Alberta Highway 40
Highway 40 is a south–north highway in western Alberta, Canada.[2] It is also named Bighorn Highway and Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Country. Its segmented sections extend from Coleman in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass northward to the City of Grande Prairie and is currently divided into four sections.[3]
Route description
The southernmost section is gravel; it runs for 3.9 km (2.4 mi) through the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, where it then becomes the Forestry Trunk Road to Highway 541, which has a combined length of 102 km (63 mi). The second section of Highway 40 is Kananaskis Trail, which is paved and runs through Kananaskis Country for 104 km (65 mi) from Highway 541, over Highwood Pass, and through Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and Spray Valley Provincial Park. The highway passes Kananaskis Village before terminating at the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1).[4] The third section is gravel and is part of the Forestry Trunk Road, which runs 46 km (29 mi) from Highway 1A to Highway 579. The highway continues as the Forestry Trunk Road and Highway 734 for approximately 293 km (182 mi), through the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. The intention is that one day the entire road will be a continuous paved highway. In the past, other gravel sections were named Highway 940; the 900 series in Alberta is used for temporary names. There is no signed connection between the Kananaskis Trail section and the Forestry Trunk Road section; however, it is connected by using Highway 1, Highway 1X, and Highway 1A between Seebe and Ghost Lake. The fourth section is 434 km (270 mi) and runs from the Lovett River in Yellowhead County to the City of Grande Prairie. The 61 km (38 mi) section south of Cadomin is gravel while the remainder is paved. The highway shares 2 km (1.2 mi) concurrency with the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16), before continuing north and passing through the Hamlet of Grande Cache en route to Grande Prairie.[5]
Major intersections
Starting from the south end of Highway 40:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowsnest Pass | Coleman | 0 | 0.0 | File:Alberta Highway 3.svg Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway) – Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, Fernie | Southern terminus 49°38′11″N 114°29′52″W / 49.63639°N 114.49778°W | ||
| Crowsnest Pass– M. D. of Ranchland No. 66 boundary | | 3.8 | 2.4 | Forestry Trunk Road | North end of Hwy 40 49°39′20.1″N 114°28′46.4″W / 49.655583°N 114.479556°W | ||
| 101 km (63 mi) gap in Hwy 40 | |||||||
| Kananaskis I.D. (Kananaskis Country) | | 105 | 65 | Forestry Trunk Road File:Alberta Highway 541.svg Highway 541 east – Longview | South end of Kananaskis Trail; south end of seasonal closure[1] 50°22′59″N 114°39′5″W / 50.38306°N 114.65139°W | ||
| | 142 | 88 | Highwood Pass – el. 2,206 m (7,238 ft) — 50°35′57.7″N 114°59′22.2″W / 50.599361°N 114.989500°W | ||||
| Peter Lougheed Provincial Park | 160 | 99 | Kananaskis Lakes Trail | Former Hwy 742; north end of seasonal closure;[1] 50°42′52.0″N 115°06′36.6″W / 50.714444°N 115.110167°W | |||
| | 186 | 116 | Mount Allan Drive – Kananaskis Village, Nakiska | 50°55′56″N 115°7′36″W / 50.93222°N 115.12667°W | |||
| | 201 | 125 | File:Alberta Highway 68.svg Highway 68 east (Sibbald Creek Trail) | 51°2′24″N 115°1′45″W / 51.04000°N 115.02917°W | |||
| Stoney I.R. Nos. 142, 143, and 144 | | 209 | 130 | File:Alberta Highway 1.svg Highway 1 (TCH) – Canmore, Banff, Calgary | Interchange; exit 118 on Hwy 1; north end of Kananaskis Trail 51°6′14″N 115°1′14″W / 51.10389°N 115.02056°W | ||
| 45 km (28 mi) gap in Hwy 40 | |||||||
| Rocky View County | | 254 | 158 | File:Alberta Highway 1A.svg Highway 1A (Bow Valley Trail) – Canmore, Cochrane, Calgary | South end of Forestry Trunk Road concurrency 51°13′27″N 114°39′36″W / 51.22417°N 114.66000°W | ||
| M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 | Waiparous | 271 | 168 | Hummingbird Lane | 51°17′3″N 114°50′13″W / 51.28417°N 114.83694°W | ||
| | 300 | 190 | File:Alberta Highway 579.svg Highway 579 east – Water Valley, Cremona Forestry Trunk Road to Hwy 734 | North end of Hwy 40 51°26′57″N 115°2′18″W / 51.44917°N 115.03833°W | |||
| 293 km (182 mi) gap in Hwy 40 | |||||||
| Yellowhead County | | 593 | 368 | File:Alberta Highway 734.svg Highway 734 south (Forestry Trunk Road) | South end of Big Horn Highway 52°59′14″N 116°38′12″W / 52.98722°N 116.63667°W | ||
| Crosses the Lovett River | |||||||
| | 626 | 389 | File:Alberta Highway 47.svg Highway 47 north – Robb, Edson | 53°10′17″N 117°0′27″W / 53.17139°N 117.00750°W | |||
| | 635 | 395 | Crosses the McLeod River — 53°8′21″N 117°6′16″W / 53.13917°N 117.10444°W | ||||
| Cadomin | 654 | 406 | road | Hwy 40 branches northwest 53°3′13″N 117°19′3″W / 53.05361°N 117.31750°W | |||
| | 678 | 421 | Crosses the Gregg River — 53°12′15″N 117°29′44″W / 53.20417°N 117.49556°W | ||||
| Hinton | 701 | 436 | File:Alberta Highway 16.svgFile:Yellowhead Blank.svg Highway 16 (TCH/YH) east – Edmonton | South end of Hwy 16 concurrency 53°22′13″N 117°38′14″W / 53.37028°N 117.63722°W | |||
| | 703 | 437 | File:Alberta Highway 16.svgFile:Yellowhead Blank.svg Highway 16 (TCH/YH) west – Jasper | North end of Hwy 16 concurrency 53°21′25″N 117°39′23″W / 53.35694°N 117.65639°W | |||
| | 708 | 440 | Crosses the Athabasca River — 53°22′39″N 117°41′50″W / 53.37750°N 117.69722°W | ||||
| | 709 | 441 | Brule Road – Brule | 53°22′28″N 117°42′38″W / 53.37444°N 117.71056°W | |||
| | 726 | 451 | PAR 123 – William A. Switzer Provincial Park | 53°29′25″N 117°49′36″W / 53.49028°N 117.82667°W | |||
| M.D. of Greenview No. 16 | | 805 | 500 | Pierre Grey's Lakes Provincial Park | 53°54′31″N 118°37′0″W / 53.90861°N 118.61667°W | ||
| Muskeg River | 810 | 500 | Forestry Trunk Road | Former Hwy 734 53°55′29″N 118°40′22″W / 53.92472°N 118.67278°W | |||
| Grande Cache | 841 | 523 | Hoppe Avenue, 100 Avenue | 53°53′19″N 119°6′52″W / 53.88861°N 119.11444°W | |||
| | 846 | 526 | Crosses the Smoky River — 53°53′30″N 119°9′53″W / 53.89167°N 119.16472°W | ||||
| | 1,016 | 631 | File:Alberta Highway 666.svg Highway 666 west – Grovedale | Grade separated 55°4′18″N 118°48′46″W / 55.07167°N 118.81278°W | |||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 1,017 | 632 | Crosses the Wapiti River — 55°4′18″N 118°48′12″W / 55.07167°N 118.80333°W | |||
| County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | | 1,021 | 634 | File:Alberta Highway 668.svg Highway 668 east (37 Avenue) / Township Road 710 | 55°6′45″N 118°49′14″W / 55.11250°N 118.82056°W | ||
| City of Grande Prairie | 1,024 | 636 | 68 Avenue | 55°8′29″N 118°49′13″W / 55.14139°N 118.82028°W | |||
| 1,026 | 638 | 84 Avenue | 55°9′22″N 118°49′14″W / 55.15611°N 118.82056°W | ||||
| 1,027 | 638 | File:Alberta Highway 43.svgFile:Ontario M502.svg 100 Avenue / 108 Street to Highway 43 – Airport, Dawson Creek, Edmonton | Hwy 40 northern terminus 55°10′14″N 118°49′14″W / 55.17056°N 118.82056°W | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
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Highway 40 crossing Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie -
Highway 40 in Grande Cache -
Bighorn Highway, westbound, east of Grande Cache
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Highway 734 through the Foothills, southbound, north of Nordegg
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Kananaskis Trail, southbound through the Canadian Rockies in Kananaskis Country
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Kananaskis Trail at Highwood Pass
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Annual Road Closures". Alberta Parks. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ↑ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 7
- ↑ "2015 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Central Alberta section of Highway 40 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Northern section of Highway 40 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 4, 2016.