Alberta Highway 63
Highway 63 in Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Alberta Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start of the street: | north of Fort MacKay ( 57 ° 25 ′ N , 111 ° 38 ′ W ) |
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End of street: | west of Radway, Alberta ( 54 ° 2 ′ N , 113 ° 2 ′ W ) |
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Overall length: | 434 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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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
- ↑ Alberta Highways 1 to 986. (PDF, 419 kB) Transport Alberta, p. 38f , accessed on May 9, 2016 (English).
- ^ 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).