Alberta Highway 49

Highway 49 in Alberta, Canada
Northern Woods and Water Route Spirit River Highway
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Basic data
Operator:	Alberta Transportation
Start of the street:	Saddle Hills County ( 55 ° 47 ′  N , 120 ° 0 ′  W )
End of street:	Valleyview ( 55 ° 4 ′  N , 117 ° 17 ′  W )
Overall length:	266 km
Municipal District :	Saddle Hills County Municipal District of Spirit River No. 133 Birch Hills County Municipal District of Smoky River No. 130 Municipal District of Greenview No. 16
Course of the road On  to Dawson Creek ===  British Columbia Saddle Hills County MD of Spirit River No. 133 Spirit River Rycroft S to Grande Prairie , N to Peace River Birch Hills County Wanham Watino Smoky River MD of Smoky River No. 130 Wrong Donnelly S to Edmonton , N to Peace River S to Edmonton Little Smoky River MD of Greenview No. 16 Valleyview On  to Edmonton  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Alberta Highway 49 is part of the so-called Northern Woods and Water Route leads, a tourist route, the westernmost of the four provinces of Canada. The highway begins at the border with British Columbia and leads to the east, where he worked in Valley View on Highway 43 meets and merges into it. The route has a length of 266 km, the eastern section is part of the National Highway System .

Routing

Tipi in Rycroft on Highway 49

The route begins in northwest Alberta on the border with British Columbia, from there it continues to Dawson Creek as British Columbia Highway 49 . It leads east through remote areas of Alberta, along the highway are the communities Spirit River , hence the nickname Spirit River Highway , and Rycroft . In Rycroft, Highway 2 crosses , which leads south to Grande Prairie and north in a wide arc to the town of Peace River . From there, Highway 2 leads back to Highway 49, the roads cross in Donnelly .

The section between Donnelly and Valleyview is part of the National Highway System of Canada, Route 49 is included as the core route. From Donnelly onwards, the Northern Woods and Water Route also ends, and continues on Highway 2.

Web links

Commons : Northern Woods and Water Route  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Progress Chart. (PDF, 9.08 MB) Government of Alberta: Alberta Transportation, accessed July 4, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alberta Highways 1 to 986. (PDF, 419 kB) Transport Alberta, p. 33f , accessed on July 5, 2016 (English). 
2. ↑ Canada's National Highway System, Annual Report 2014. (PDF, 1.45 MB) Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety, September 2015, p. 30 , accessed on July 4, 2016 (English).