Alberta Highway 6
Highway 6 in Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Alberta Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start of the street: |
Chief Mountain ( 49 ° 0 ′ N , 113 ° 40 ′ W ) |
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End of street: |
Pincher Creek ( 49 ° 31 ′ N , 113 ° 57 ′ W ) |
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Overall length: | 48 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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The Highway 6 (short- AB 6 ) in the Canadian province of Alberta will begin on the border with Montana in the United States and ends on Highway 3 , the Crowsnest Highway in Pincher Creek . It has a length of 48 km.
Routing
The highway begins on the United States-Canada border as a continuation of Montana State Route 17 . This part of the highway is in Waterton Lakes National Park . There is a fee to stay in the park. The route heads northwest on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains . At Maskinonge Lake, the route meets Highway 5 coming from Lethbridge ; Both highways have a common route for the next kilometer. Highway 5 then branches off to the southwest, Highway 6 follows north. Passing the small town of Pincher Creek, the route meets the Crowsnest Highway, which it joins.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alberta Highways 1 to 986, traffic volume, vehicle classification, travel and esal statistic reports. (pdf, 581 KB) Government of Alberta - Ministry of Transportation, 2012, p. 10 , accessed on April 8, 2013 .
- ^ List of Fees. Parks Canada , accessed March 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Provincial Highways 1 - progress chart 216th (pdf, 7.92 MB) Government of Alberta - Ministry of Transportation, 2010, accessed on April 8, 2013 .