User:Hwy43/Sandbox/List of Alberta provincial highways

This is a list of provincial highways in Alberta. Alberta's provincial highway network comprised nearly 31,000 km (19,000 mi) of highways as of 2009, of which 24,851 km (15,442 mi) were paved.

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Main Road Network of Alberta

The majority of the highways in Alberta are maintained by Alberta Transportation (AT), a department of the Government of Alberta. Some highway segments are maintained by the federal government or municipal jurisdictions.

Alberta's highway system comprises 386 "provincial highways" as designated through the Provincial Highways Designation Order under the authority of the Highways Development and Protection Act. These provincial highways are divided into two series – "Provincial Highways 1-216" and "Provincial Highways 500-986". Alberta's highway system also consists of 31 park access roads and 76 urban approach roads.

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This is a list of highways in the Province of Alberta. Alberta’s highway system includes facilities that are managed by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, and municipal jurisdictions. Alberta Transportation (AT) is the government ministry responsible for maintaining those highways under provincial jurisdiction. Alberta Transportation considers Alberta’s provincial highway network to be those highways under its jurisdiction.

Alberta’s provincial highway network consists of two sets of provincial highways – Provincial Highways 1-216 and Provincial Highways 500-986. It also consists of park access roads and urban approach roads. Alberta's provincial highway network comprised nearly 31,000 km (19,000 mi) of highways as of 2009, of which 24,851 km (15,442 mi) were paved.

Provincial Highways 1-216

Alberta’s 1 to 216 Series of Primary Highways are Alberta’s main highways. Prior to 2000/2001, this highway series was designated simply as Alberta’s "Primary Highways" network. However, it was redesignated by Alberta Transportation as the "Primary Highways, 1 to 216 Series" when Alberta’s former "Secondary Highways" network was redesignated as Alberta’s "Primary Highways, 500 to 986 Series" network in 2000/2001. The redesignation of both highway networks was triggered when jurisdiction over the former "Secondary Highways" network was transferred from municipalities to the Province. Despite the redesignation, the 1 to 216 Series and the 500 to 986 Series of Primary Highways are still commonly referred to as "Primary Highways" and "Secondary Highways" respectively by the public, municipalities, politicians, the media and even other provincial ministries.

The 1 to 216 Series of Primary Highways are numbered from 1 to 100, with the exception of the ring roads around Calgary and Edmonton, which are numbered 201 and 216, denoting their bypass linkages between highways 2 & 1 and 2 & 16 respectively.

All or portions of Highways 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 16, 28, 28A, 35, 43, 49, and 63 are considered Core Routes of Canada’s National Highway System (NHS). Highway 28 from Highway 63 to Cold Lake is considered a NHS feed route and Highway 58 between Rainbow Lake and Highway 88 is considered a NHS Northern/Remote Route.

Highways 1, 2, 3, 4, 16, and 43 are considered Alberta’s most important interprovincial and international highways and are divided highways (expressways) or freeways for much or all of their length. Speed limits are generally 100 km/h (62 mph) except on some divided highways and freeways which are 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) or on Highways 1 and 16 through the Banff and Jasper National Parks which can be 90 km/h (56 mph).

The Highway 15/28A/28/63 corridor between Edmonton and Fort McMurray is considered one of Alberta’s most important intraprovincial highways. A twinning program is currently underway between Boyle and Fort McMurray. Highway 63 from Fort McMurray north to the Suncor and Syncrude oil sands operations is also twinned.

Provincial Highways 500-986

Alberta's 500 to 986 Series of Primary Highways are generally considered local or rural highways. Prior to 2000/2001, this highway series was under municipal jurisdication and was previously known as Alberta’s ‘Secondary Highway’ network. Over a short period of time in 2000 and 2001, responsibility and funding of this highway network was transferred to the Province, particularly Alberta Transportation. Concurrent with the transfer, the designation of the ‘Secondary Highways’ network was changed to the ‘Primary Highways, 500 to 986 Series’ network to reflect that they were now under provincial jurisdiction. As a result, the Province’s ‘Primary Highways’ network was also redesignated as the ‘Primary Highways, 1 to 216 Series’ network. Despite the change in jurisdiction and the redesignation, this series of highways is still commonly referred to as ‘Secondary Highways’ by the public, municipalities, politicians, the media and even other provincial ministries.

The 500 to 986 Series of Primary Highways is divided into three sub-series:

• The 500/600 Highways are west-east roads where the numbering increases northward from the Montana border to the Northwest Territories border.
• The 700/800 Highways are south-north roads where numbering increases eastward from the British Columbia border to the Saskatchewan border.
• The 900 Highways are newer or planned roads that have been established for future consideration as, or as potential extensions or re-alignments of, the 1-216 Highway Series.

Some of these highways are paved, while others are entirely or partially gravel. Rural speed limits range from 80 km/h (50 mph) to 100 km/h (62 mph).

900 and X series

The roads in the 900 and X series are typically highways that are planned realignments, potential realignments currently under consideration, or extensions of existing highways. The numbers applied to each highway in the 900 and X series are derived from the highway that is planned to be realigned or extended (i.e. Hwy 901 is a potential reaignment of Hwy 1, Hwy 16X will be a realignment of Hwy 16, and Hwy 986 is an extension of Hwy 686). Highway 1X between Cochrane and Canmore, which is a short spur route connecting Highway 1 and Highway 1A, is an exception to the typical roles of the 900 and X series highways, as well as Highway 10X, which is also a spur.