Once completed, it will be the third freeway in Edmonton not to have a highway designation after Groat Road and Wayne Gretzky Drive.

It travels in a southwest direction through the Riverbend and Terwillegar Heights areas, passing through three split intersections that are staged for future diamond interchanges.

At 41 Avenue SW, the roadway enters Leduc County and continues south as Range Road 253.

The City of Edmonton is presently engaged in two planning studies to upgrade Terwillegar Drive and 170 Street SW to a freeway, which was originally envisioned in the 1980s.

It remains to be seen if the 170 Street SW section will be renamed Terwillegar Drive; current planning documents refer to both names.