Alberta Highway 63

Highway 63 in Alberta, Canada
Basic data
Operator:	Alberta Transportation
Start of the street:	north of Fort MacKay ( 57 ° 25 ′  N , 111 ° 38 ′  W )
End of street:	west of Radway, Alberta ( 54 ° 2 ′  N , 113 ° 2 ′  W )
Overall length:	434 km
Municipal District :	Wood Buffalo Athabasca County Thorhild County
Map of the highway
Course of the road Wood Buffalo Fort MacKay Athabasca River Athabasca River Fort McMurray O to Fort McMurray International Airport S according to Anzac Mariana Lake Athabasca County Wandering River La Biche River Atmore O to Lac La Biche S to Caslan Grassland W after Athabasca Boyle O to Caslan S to Long Lake Provincial Park W after Colinton Thorhild County O to Newbrook O to Thorhild , W to Continue on S as , after O and W as  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Alberta Highway 63 is a highway in northwestern Alberta . It begins north of Fort MacKay , then crosses the Athabasca oil sands deposits and Fort McMurray . Further south, it ends after 434 km at the junction with Alberta Highway 28 . The highway is part of the Canadian National Highway System as a so-called “core route” .

Worth seeing

In the northern area the highway runs through boreal coniferous forest and the Athabasca oil sands deposits.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alberta Highways 1 to 986. (PDF, 419 kB) Transport Alberta, p. 38f , accessed on May 9, 2016 (English). 
2. ^ National Highway System - An Overview. (PDF; 146.21 kB) Council of Ministers - Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety, April 2008, accessed on June 29, 2016 (English).