Alberta Provincial Highway No. 779 is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs south-north from Highway 627 (Garden Valley Road) in Parkland County through the Town of Stony Plain to Highway 37 west of Calahoo in Sturgeon County. It runs along the Fifth Meridian for its entire length, which was surveyed as 114° Longitude in the Dominion Land Survey, and used by the Alberta Township System. The highway is also known as Range Road 10 in the two counties and 48 Street within Stony Plain.[1][2]
 Highway 779 | ||||
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| Range Road 10 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alberta Transportation | ||||
| Length | 29.74 km[1] (18.48 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Highway 627 south of Stony Plain | |||
 Highway 16A in Stony Plain Highway 16 (TCH) near Stony Plain | ||||
| North end |  Highway 37 west of Calahoo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Parkland County, Sturgeon County | |||
| Towns | Stony Plain | |||
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Major intersections
editStarting from the south end of Highway 779:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Parkland County | | 0 | 0.0 | Highway 627 (Garden Valley Road) – Keephills, Edmonton | Southern terminus |
| Stony Plain | 6 | 3.7 |  79 Avenue (Highway 628 east) | ||
| 9 | 5.6 | Highway 16A – Jasper, Spruce Grove, Edmonton | Interchange | ||
| | 13 | 8.1 |  Highway 16 (TCH/YH) – Jasper, Edmonton | Interchange; Hwy 16 exit 355 | |
| Sturgeon County | | 22 | 14 |  Highway 633 – Alberta Beach, Villeneuve, St. Albert | |
| 30 | 19 | Highway 37 – Onoway, Calahoo, Fort Saskatchewan | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "2012 Provincial Highway 500-989 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "Highway 779 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
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