Alberta Highway 88
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| North end |  Fort Vermilion | |||
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| Country | Slave Lake | |||
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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 88, commonly referred to as Highway 88 and officially named the Bicentennial Highway, is a north–south highway in Northern Alberta.[2]
Highway 88 begins at its intersection with
Peace River approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Highway 58. The total length of the highway is 428 km (266 mi).[1][3]
History
Highway 88 was originally numbered as Highway 67. It was renumbered to Highway 88 and labeled as Bicentennial Highway in 1988 in celebration of 200 years history of
Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca to the east).[citation needed
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Major intersections
From south to north:
specialized municipality | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Edmonton | Southern terminus | ||||
Wabasca-Desmarais | |||||
High Prairie | |||||
| | 159 | 99 |  Hwy 986 west – Little Buffalo, Peace River | ||
Red Earth Creek | 169 | 105 |  Hwy 686 east – Peerless Lake, Trout Lake | ||
Fort Vermilion | 408 | 254 | 50 Street | ||
| | 412 | 256 |  La Crete | ||
| | 414 | 257 | Crosses the Peace River | ||
| | 430 | 270 | John D'Or Prairie | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b "2015 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 10
- ^ Google (October 31, 2016). "Highway 88 in northern Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 31, 2016.