FireRadar Highways · official status + environmental context

Highway 2 — Calgary to Edmonton · Slave Lake → Peace River

Alberta 511 events and camera images for the province's primary north–south corridor.

Official road report
CLOSURE REPORTED

Alberta 511 · CURRENT

Alberta 511 reports at least one matching closed road segment. Review the official event details before travel.

Active incidents
2
Retrieved
Aug 20, 2026, 6:49 a.m. UTC

Active incidents & restrictions

closures · None
Closure on HWY-2 Westbound

Paving operations on ramp from HWY-2 Westbound to HWY-743 . All lanes closed. Activities: Local road detour, Follow Directions

Official update: Aug 17, 2026, 4:30 p.m. UTC
roadwork · None
Construction on HWY-2

Bridge maintenance operations on HWY-2 Both Directions Near Peace River. Speed Restriction: 50km/hr Activities: Road Closed, Lane closure, One - lane alt traffic, Speed reduction, Temp traffic signals, Flag persons, Be prepared to stop, On site detour, Bridge closed, Two way traffic

Official update: Aug 16, 2026, 5:21 a.m. UTC
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Live highway tools

Explore this corridor by question

Open a focused view for official road conditions, closures, incidents, cameras, weather, wildfire context, winter driving or travel alerts. These pages use this exact route scope and keep official travelability separate from environmental context.

Latest highway camera images

These are snapshots—not live video and not proof of travelability. FireRadar proxies only the latest image with short caching and keeps no camera archive.

Route map & wildfire context

The highway is the orange route focus. Official fires, recent out fires, smoke and AQHI remain independently sourced layers. FireRadar does not convert them into a travel-safety claim.

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Orange line: selected highway scope · Fire and smoke layers remain separate official/modelled datasets.
Official restriction context

Fire restrictions along Highway 2 — Calgary to Edmonton · Slave Lake → Peace River

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Weather

Official alerts & forecast context

Check Environment Canada warnings and Alberta 511. FireRadar does not infer visibility, snowfall or traction when an official field is absent.

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Wildfire impact

Current corridor assessment

Below, FireRadar publishes a conservative current corridor assessment using direct-official wildfire information and available Environment Canada weather context. It is not a fire-spread forecast or travel-safety score.

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Data freshness

Each source stands alone

Integrated road events revalidate every 5 minutes. Camera metadata revalidates every 6 hours; images use short-lived edge caching. An unavailable source stays unavailable—not zero.

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Current corridor intelligence

Weather warnings and wildfire impact

Environment Canada weather and FireRadar's current wildfire corridor assessment are shown separately from the transportation authority's official road state. Neither is a statement that travel is safe.

Environment Canada

Corridor weather

Current
Alerts
0
Temperature
14°C
Wind
4 km/h
Humidity
82%

No Environment Canada weather alert geometry currently matches the corridor bounding area. This is not a guarantee of benign road conditions.

Nearest available weather point: Slave Lake · 109 km from the corridor anchor · observation Aug 20, 2026, 6:00 a.m. UTC
Tonight
Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this evening. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low 10.
Thursday
Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the morning. High 23. Humidex 26. UV index 5 or moderate.
Thursday night
A few clouds. Low 9.
Friday
Sunny. High 25.
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FireRadar assessment · not road status

Current wildfire corridor risk

LOW · 5
Within 5 km
0
Within 25 km
0
Out of control
0
Confidence
HIGH

Nearest direct-official active wildfire is 267 km from the configured corridor spine.

Nearest official active fire: LWF-087-2026 · 267 km · Under control

Current heuristic only. FireRadar does not predict future fire spread in this stage and deliberately caps point-based assessments below Critical. Official road travelability remains separate.

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