Saskatchewan Highway 21
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Highway 21 is a
Willow Creek to Highway 950 / Highway 919 within the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Highway 21 is about 715 kilometres (444 mi) long.[1]
Highway 21 passes through the major communities of
Kerrobert, and Unity. Highway 21 intersects three major western Saskatchewan highways: Highway 1, Highway 7, and Highway 16
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Highway 21 has average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 500 vehicles a day and truck traffic is 30% of this total. Unity has two inland grain terminals. The oil and gas industry is also active in this area.[2]
History
The original Provincial Highway 21 is between
Loverna, Macklin, and Lloydminster to Onion Lake.[3] In the 1930s, the Leader-Empress section was renumbered to Highway 32 while the Empress-Onion Lake was renumbered to Highway 17 (the section south of Macklin was later decommissioned).[4][5]
At the same time,
In 1971, the Chesterfield Bridge across the South Saskatchewan River was opened, extending Highway 21 to Eatonia.[6][7] Bridges were opened across the Battle and North Saskatchewan Rivers were opened later in the decade, and along with the renumbering Highways 348, 30, and 330, Highway 21 assumed its present length.[8]
Major intersections
From south to north:[9]
| Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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S-233 south – Havre | Continuation into Montana | |||||||
| Canada–United States border at Willow Creek Border Crossing | ||||||||
Govenlock | 29.2 | 18.1 |  Hwy 13 west – Alberta border | South end of Hwy 13 concurrency | ||||
Fort Walsh | ||||||||
| Consul | 56.8 | 35.3 | Range Road 3271 | |||||
| | 73.1 | 45.4 | Eastend, Shaunavon | North end of Hwy 13 concurrency | ||||
Hwy 706 east – Belanger | ||||||||
| | 107.5 | 66.8 |  Hwy 221 west – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Centre Block) | |||||
Hwy 724 (5th Avenue) | ||||||||
| | 144.4 | 89.7 |  Swift Current | |||||
Hwy 728 west – Golden Prairie | South end of Hwy 728 concurrency | |||||||
| | 177.7 | 110.4 |   Hwy 728 east | North end of Hwy 728 concurrency | ||||
Richmound | ||||||||
Happyland No. 231 | Liebenthal | 221.9 | 137.9 |  Hwy 321 west – Burstall | ||||
| | 234.9 | 146.0 | Mendham access road | |||||
Swift Current | ||||||||
| 247.8 | 154.0 |   Hwy 741 west – Estuary, Estuary Ferry | ||||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 256.6 | 159.4 | Crosses the South Saskatchewan River | ||||
Alsask | South end of Hwy 44 concurrency | |||||||
Hwy 649 south – Lemsford Ferry, Lemsford | North end of Hwy 44 concurrency | |||||||
Alsask, Rosetown | ||||||||
Oakdale No. 320 | | 359.1 | 223.1 |  Hwy 307 west – Coleville | ||||
| | 369.3 | 229.5 |  Hwy 31 east – Rosetown | South end of Hwy 31 concurrency | ||||
Kerrobert | 382.9 | 237.9 |  Hwy 51 east – Biggar | South end of Hwy 51 concurrency | ||||
| 385.3 | 239.4 | Hwy 31 west / Hwy 51 west – Macklin, Major | North end of Hwy 31 / Hwy 51 concurrency | |||||
| Progress No. 351 – Luseland | ||||||||
| ↑ / ↓[a] | | 409.1 | 254.2 |  Hwy 374 east – Tramping Lake | ||||
| Grass Lake No. 381 – Tramping Lake No. 380 line |
No major junctions | |||||||
Round Valley No. 410 | Unity | 443.2 | 275.4 |  Hwy 14 – Macklin, Wilkie | ||||
| | 462.7 | 287.5 |  Hwy 787 | |||||
The Battlefords | South end of Hwy 40 concurrency | |||||||
Baldwinton access road | ||||||||
| | 494.3 | 307.1 |  Neilburg, Wainwright | North end of Hwy 40 concurrency | ||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 510.8 | 317.4 | Crosses the Battle River | ||||
Lloydminster | South end of Hwy 16 concurrency | |||||||
The Battlefords | North end of Hwy 16 concurrency | |||||||
| | 548.1 | 340.6 |  Lloydminster | South end of Hwy 303 concurrency | ||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 561.2 | 348.7 | Crosses the North Saskatchewan River | ||||
Turtleford | North end of Hwy 303 concurrency | |||||||
| | 580.3 | 360.6 |  Hwy 3 east – St. Walburg, Prince Albert | South end of Hwy 3 concurrency | ||||
Lloydminster | North end of Hwy 3 concurrency | |||||||
Hwy 699 east – Loon Lake | ||||||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 684.5 | 425.3 | Crosses the Beaver River | ||||
Pierceland | 691.9 | 429.9 |  Hwy 55 (NWWR) – Cold Lake, Meadow Lake | |||||
| Meadow Lake Provincial Park | 714.6 | 444.0 | Hwy 919 / Hwy 950 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Footnotes
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References
- ^ a b c Google (February 13, 2018). "Highway 21 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Safronetz, Joshua Devon (February 2003). "Project Level Highway Management Framework" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2008.
- ^ a b c Province of Saskatchewan (1926). Highway Map (Map). Department of Highways. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
- ^ a b c Rand McNally (1940). Road map of Western and Central Canada (Map). Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ a b The H.M. Gousha Company (1956). "Saskatchewan & Manitoba" (Map). Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The Shell Oil Company.
- ^ a b Department of Highways and Transportation (1972). Saskatchewan Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
- ^ "A History of the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield". Winning The Prairie Gamble History Album. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
The Chesterfield Bridge, north of Leader, did not open for traffic until 1971.
- ^ Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation (1980). Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
- ISBN 1-55368-020-0.
External links
Media related to Saskatchewan Highway 21 at Wikimedia Commons