Saskatchewan Highway 16

Highway 16 in Saskatchewan, Canada
Yellowhead Highway Trans-Canada Highway Route Transcanadienne
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Basic data
Operator:	Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Start of the street:	Lloydminster ( 53 ° 17 ′  N , 110 ° 0 ′  W )
End of street:	Marchwell ( 50 ° 47 ′  N , 101 ° 31 ′  W )
Overall length:	690 km
Census Division :	Division No. 17th Division No. 12 Division No. 16 Division No. 15th Division No. 11 Division No. 10 Division No. 9 Division No. 5
Railway crossing
Course of the road Further on  ===  Alberta Division No. 17th Lloydminster N to Onion Lake , S to Macklin Marshall Lashburn Waseca Maidstone N to Paradise Hill , S to Unity Paynton Division No. 12 Battleford S to Swift Current , W to Marsden North Saskatchewan River Division No. 16 North Battleford N to Meadow Lake O to Blaine Lake Denholm Maymont Radisson Borden Bridge North Saskatchewan River Saskatoon N to Prince Albert , N to Shell Lake Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport S by Saskatoon -Zentrum South Saskatchewan River O by Humboldt , W by Saskatoon -Zentrum N to Saskatoon Center , S to Regina Division No. 15th Elstow Division No. 11 viscount S to Moose Jaw , N to Prince Albert Plunkett N after Humboldt Lanigan S to Lumsden Division No. 10 N to Melfort S to Regina Wynyard Elfros S to Weyburn , N to Wadena Foam Lake Division No. 9 Sheho Theodore Springside S to Melville , N to Preeceville Yorkton N to Preeceville O to Dauphin , W to Ituna S to Carlyle , W to Balgonie Division No. 5 Saltcoats Bredenbury W to Melville Churchbridge S to Esterhazy , N to Wroxton Langenburg S to Moosomin , N to Wroxton Marchwell ===  Manitoba Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Highway 16 the Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan is part of the Trans-Canada Highway -Netzes. This part operates under the name Yellowhead Highway and leads through the provinces of British Columbia , Alberta and Saskatchewan to Manitoba . The route is numbered 16 in all four provinces . The part in Saskatchewan has a length of 690 km and is part of the Canadian National Highway System as a so-called core route .

Route

The route begins on the Alberta border in the city of Lloydminster , which is part of both Alberta and Saskatchewan , on Alberta and Saskatchewan Highway 17 . It leads east and comes about 50 km west of Battleford into the valley of the North Saskatchewan River . This is followed by the highway, only to cross it at Battleford. At Langham the river is crossed a second time, but the river is also left. The highway continues in a south-easterly direction and comes to the largest city in the province, Saskatoon . As a bypass in the north and east, it leads around the city and meets several highways that open up the area around Saskatoon. The South Saskatchewan River is also crossed in Saskatoon . East of Saskatoon, Highway 16 takes you to the Quill Lakes , Canada's largest salt lakes. The route then runs in a south-easterly direction, bypassing the city of Yorkton in the northeast. Past Langenburg , the highway then meets the provincial border with Manitoba and continues there as Manitoba Highway 16 .

Signage

Distinguished as a Trans-Canada Highway and a Yellowhead Highway

As part of the Trans-Canada Highway, the highway is marked with the special Trans-Canada sign. In addition, the Yellowhead Highway will be marked with a special sign along its entire route. The yellowhead symbol is reminiscent of Tête Jaune (French for yellow head). Tête Jaune was a trapper of Iroquois descent who led an expedition for the Hudson's Bay Company along this route to western Canada.

Web links

Commons : Saskatchewan Highway 16  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Trans-Canada Highway website
• The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: Yellowhead Highway

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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). 
2. ^ The Annotated Ramsar List: Canada. In: The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar Convention Bureau January 10, 2000, archived from the original December 30, 2007 ; accessed on July 21, 2012 (English).