Talk:Mackenzie Highway

Breakup

The infobox and kilometre layout applied only to the Alberta portion. I've broken out the two component highways back to existing Alberta Highway 35 and Northwest Territories Highway 1 articles, which were previous redirects here. The text here now duplicates a chunk of the NWT article, and can probably be removed or replaced with a summary or information about the Mackenzie Highway as a whole.

If someone comes along and disagrees with these alterations, you will have to design a single Mackenzie Highway which includes the NWT portion (highway signage, kilometres, and other infobox stuff) for the entire highway, not just the Alberta section. NorthernRaven (talk) 08:43, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Does it go to Yellowknife or Fort Simpson?

This article implies that, from the intersection south of Fort Providence, the Mackenzie Highway designation splits and goes in two directions – to both Yellowknife and Fort Simpson. My NWT road map indicates the Mackenzie Highway designation is only carried along the highway from this intersection to Fort Simpson. It does not indicate the Mackenzie Highway designation applies to the highway to Yellowknife as well. This should be resolved. If no one confirms otherwise with a reference, or if no one resolves this, I'll take the initiative. Hwy43 (talk) 14:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

It goes beyond Fort Simpson to Wrigley. According to the map the Yellowknife Highway (#3) starts just north of Kakisa, listed as km 0/km 187. Also the NWT Road Reports would seem to confirm the Wrigley terminus and this definitely says it ends at Wrigley. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 23:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks CBW! Can anyone confirm if the Mackenzie Highway originally went to Yellowknife, but the name designation was transferred when the highway was extended west from what is now the southern terminus of Highway 3 to reach Fort Simpson? Hwy43 (talk) 05:32, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't know but I did notice that the article says "Originally begun prior to World War II, the project was abandoned at the outbreak of war, then resumed in the early 1960s and completed to Hay River, Northwest Territories." However, if you follow the first external link, 1948 Mackenzie Highway, Grimshaw to Hay River, in the article it says "...delayed completion of the road, originally planned for the fall of 1947, until the early winter of 1948 but even before it was finished people had started to use it. On August 20, 1948 the first tourists to travel the road arrived in Hay River by motorcar." Also if you scroll to the bottom of that page and click on "1959 First on the Yellowknife Highway" there is a bit but it's not clear what if any number was used. Also the Yellowknife Highway article says it was built in 1968 but that short piece at the PWNHC give the impression it was open earlier. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 13:51, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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