Saskatchewan Highway 39

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North Portal
Major intersections Hwy 18 at Estevan

Hwy 47 at Estevan
Hwy 35 at Weyburn
Hwy 13 at Weyburn

Hwy 6 at Corinne
North end Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 301 near Moose Jaw
Location
Country
Moose Jaw No. 161
Major citiesEstevan, Weyburn
Highway system
← Hwy 38→ Hwy 40

Highway 39 is a provincial paved

North Portal as well as north of Weyburn for 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi). The junction of Hwy 39 with the Trans–Canada divided four-lane highway is done via a "Parclo
" or partial cloverleaf interchange.

Travel route

A sunrise on Highway 39 near North Portal

Starting in the south-east is

Bienfait and Roche Percee.[13]

Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. (PMRL) operates the two large coal mines, The Boundary Dam Mine and Bienfait Mine supplying 6.1 million cubic tons of coal to the Shand Power Station and Boundary Dam Power Station.[14] Estevan Heritage Walking Tour and the Historic Driving Tour through the Souris Valley brochures are both available at the Saskatchewan Visitor Information booth. Woodlawn Regional Park features the Souris Valley Theatre which puts on live plays.[15]

Weyburn, the opportunity city, has also been dubbed the Soo Line City due its connection with Chicago on the Soo Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway CPR.[16] The city of 9,433[17] people is on Sk Hwy 35, Sk Hwy 39, and Sk Hwy 13.[18] The small towns of Exon and Converge have been absorbed into the city of Weyburn today.[19] The Pasqua branch or the Souris, Arcola, Weyburn, Regina CPR branch, Portal Section CPR on the Soo Line, Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Shaunavon, Lethbridge section CPR, The Brandon, Marfield, Carlyle, Lampman, Radville, Willow Bunch sectionCNR, and the Regina, Weyburn, Radville, Estevan, Northgate section CNR have all run through Weyburn.[20] Weyburn is located astride the Williston geological Basin which contains oil deposits, and several wells operate in the vicinity.[18] Weyburn features roadside attractions of a large Lighthouse Water Tower, Wheat sheaves and Prairie Lily.[21] Weyburn is near the upper delta of the 470-mile (760 km) long Souris River. The Souris River continues south-east through North Dakota eventually meeting the Assiniboine River in Manitoba.[16] In the 19th century this area was known as an extension of the Greater Yellow Grass Marsh. "Extensive flood control programs have created reservoirs, parks and waterfowl centres along the Souris River."[18] Between 1988 and 1995, the Rafferty-Alameda Project was constructed to alleviate spring flooding problems created by the Souris River.[22]

Dog River, Saskatchewan.[23]

Parclo or partial cloverleaf interchange at Sk Hwy 1, the Trans-Canada Highway (east west), Sk Hwy 39 (south) and Sk Hwy 301 (north)

Near the northern terminus is

Moose Jaw No 161 which serves 1,228 residents (2006 census) which includes the Moose Jaw, Canadian Forces Base. Meat-processing plants, salt, potash, urea fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia and ethanol producers abound in this area with easy transport access to the Trans–Canada Highway.[24][33]

  • Highway 39 at Roche Percee
    Highway 39 at Roche Percee
  • Short Creek Cairn
    Short Creek Cairn
  • Estevan, and the Estevan Coalfield, along the Souris River, viewed from the Space Shuttle, February 2001
    Estevan, and the Estevan Coalfield, along the Souris River, viewed from the Space Shuttle, February 2001

History

The railways would not build across the western frontier without settlement as it would be too costly to provide train service across a barren wilderness. The Clifford Sifton immigration policy encourages settlers to arrive. Western settlement began and immigration encroached across the Manitoba and United States borders into the North-West Territories which later became Saskatchewan. Immigration settlement to the last best west and the early highways began in the south-east. The Federal Government survey crew reached this south-eastern area of the District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories in 1880. In 1881, the province of Manitoba expanded to its present boundaries and land could be purchased for $10.00 an acre.[34] President Lincoln's U.S. Homestead Act was passed in 1862 and lands there were taken. In 1872, Canada passed the Dominion Lands Act attracting homesteaders to the West.[35]

Saskatchewan Provincial Highway 39 paralleled the headwaters of the Souris River as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) along the south-eastern portion of its route. The highway traverses a course on a diagonal from south-east to north-west. The road followed the early surveyed road allowances made by the Provincial Highway 39, the precursor of the Saskatchewan Highway 39 followed the surveyed grade of the CPR or Soo Line between the United States border and east of Moose Jaw. Travel along Provincial Highway 39 before the 1940s would have been travelling on the square following the township road allowances, barbed wire fencing, and rail lines. As the surveyed township roads were the easiest to travel, the first highway was designed on 90 degree right angle corners as the distance traversed the prairie along range roads and township roads.[36]

With the establishment of settlements and population came the attendant need for education, health, fire, and police protection and an urgent need to improve methods of travel. The

Brock No. 64 in the district of Assiniboia, North-West Territories
. Historically, community residents could pay taxes or supply a couple days per quarter section labour constructing roads, bridges, and fireguards instead of paying taxes. This civic government with its elected officials attended to the maintenance and construction of the early pioneer road. Two horse then eight horse scrapers maintained these early dirt roads.

"The final meeting of the joint LIDs was held on November 5, 1910. By now taxes were up to $8.00 per quarter section. During the last few years of the LID Government a few changes began to take place. The road work day was reduced from ten to eight hours. The first grader was bought on March 31, 1906. Further road machinery was purchased, drag scrapers at $7,25 each and wheel scrapers at $51.00 each. Road overseers were also weed inspectors. In 1908, each Township received $100.00 for road work. Farmers were paid $30.00 an acre for land used for road building.... Road appropriations for 1927 were $2,500.00 for each Division with a tax rate of 6 mills... In 1928, the R. M.[Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5] purchased a Holt 60 Caterpillar tractor and a 12-foot grader for $9,200.00. Road building now cost $103.00 a mile. The next year an elevating grader was purchased for $2,425.00. In 1930... Construction began on Highway 39."-A Tale That is Told: Estevan 1890 - 1980.[37]

By 1940 Hwy 39 is shown on maps as travelling on the diagonal and straightened, no longer is the road depicted on the square.

North Portal.[39]

In 1947 and 1948, the highway was paved from North Portal to its junction with Hwy 6 at Corinne.

Leader-Post reporter wrote in 1953 that "practically the entire road, from North Portal through to Corinne is just a mass of large gaping potholes, ruts, and cracks, and in some places the hard surface is gone completely."[40] Saskatchewan Motor Transport association director A.R. Mang blamed the poor condition of the road on a failure to place a suitable "base course", a layer of gravel and clay, between the pavement and the road's earthen base.[41] A 1955 map shows that a segment between Estevan and Lang had reverted to gravel[39] and a 1956 highway map shows the entire segment between Weyburn and Estevan as a gravel highway.[42] These maps also show the segment between Corinne and the junction with the Trans Canada Highway as gravel. Repairs were carried out at considerable expense,[43] but the situation required temporary bans on heavy traffic[44] and the rerouting of traffic along nearby roads.[40][43]

Highways and Transportation Minister Maynard Sonntag announced a highway resurfacing for Hwy 39 for the summer of 2001.

trade group called the Soo Line Corridor Association advocates twinning much of Hwy 39 and part of Hwy 6 to create a continuous twinned corridor stretching from Regina to North Portal to boost Saskatchewan's trade with the United States.[46] Premier Calvert had expressed interest in the proposal[47]
but no action has been taken to implement it.

CanAm Highway

The 71.7 kilometres (44.6 mi) segment between Weyburn and Corinne is designated as a portion of the CanAm Highway. Near Corinne, Hwy 39 is concurrent with Hwy 6, at Corinne, the CanAm Highway continues north on Hwy 6. South of Weyburn the CanAm Highway crosses the Canada–United States border via Hwy 35. "The projects on Highways 39 and 6 will help to improve traffic flow through these Canada/U.S. ports. 'Highways 6 and 39 are very important to Saskatchewan – serving as tourism links and major north-south trade corridors to the U.S.,' Sonntag said."[48]

Major intersections

From south to north.

Rural municipalityLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
North Portal
0.00.0
 US 52 east – Minot		Continuation into North Dakota
Canada–United States border at Portal–North Portal Border Crossing
1.10.68
Hwy 604
north
​10.96.8
Hwy 703
west
​20.212.6Crosses Souris River
Roche Percée
Access Road
​27.016.8
Bienfait, Oxbow
South end of Hwy 18 concurrency
Estevan
33.220.6 Hwy 18 west / Hwy 39A north – City Centre, TorquayHwy 39 follows Estevan Bypass; north end of Hwy 18 concurrency
41.125.5 Hwy 47 (Souris Avenue) – City Centre, U.S. border, Stoughton
46.228.7 Hwy 39A south – City CentreWest end of Estevan Bypass
Benson No. 35

 No major junctions
Hwy 702
east
80.850.2
Hwy 606 – Torquay, Fillmore
Hwy 705
Weyburn
122.075.816th Street
123.576.7Crosses Souris River
124.077.1 Hwy 35 (Government Road) – Tribune, U.S. border, Francis CanAm Highway south end;
CanAm Highway continues along Hwy 35 south
126.578.6 Hwy 13 (Red Coat Trail) – Assiniboia, Carlyle
Weyburn No. 67
McTaggart137.785.6
Lewvan
South end of Hwy 621 concurrency
​152.794.9
Hwy 621
south		North end of Hwy 621 concurrency
Lang170.7106.1
Hwy 710
​191.5119.0
Regway, U.S. border
South end of Hwy 6 concurrency
Bratt's Lake No. 129
Corinne194.4120.8 Hwy 334 west – Avonlea
​195.2121.3 Hwy 6 north – Regina CanAm Highway north end;
north end of Hwy 6 concurrency; CanAm Highway follows Hwy 6 north
Redburn No. 130
Wilcox204.0126.8
Dog River
​225.8140.3
Hwy 623 south – Truax
South end of Hwy 623 concurrency
​227.6141.4
Hwy 623 north – Pense, Lumsden
North end of Hwy 623 concurrency
Drinkwater240.8149.6
Hwy 642 north – Claybank, Avonlea
Swift Current, Regina
Hwy 301 north – Buffalo Pound Provincial Park
Interchange; through traffic follows Hwy 301
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Highway 39A

Estevan
Length11 km[1] (6.8 mi)

Highway 39A is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan serving the city of Estevan. It runs from the Highway 18 / Highway 39 concurrency east of Estevan to Highway 39, northwest of the city. It is the original configuration for Highway 39 through Estevan and was designated after the Estevan Bypass was opened in 2015.[49]

The highway runs concurrently with Highway 18 from it southern terminus east of Estevan along 4th Street, to Souris Avenue where Highway 18 turns south and leaves the concurrency, becoming concurrent with Highway 47. It continues to 13th Avenue where Highway 47 turns north and Highway 39A continues northwest, leaving Estevan to its northern terminus with Highway 39. Highway 39A is about 11 km (7 mi) long.[50]

Major intersections

Rural municipalityLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
North Portal, U.S. border
Estevan
5.13.2 Hwy 18 west / Hwy 47 south (Souris Avenue) – Torquay, U.S. borderNorth end of Hwy 18 concurrency;
south end of Hwy 47 concurrency
5.63.5 Hwy 47 north (13th Avenue) – StoughtonNorth end of Hwy 47 concurrency
Weyburn, Regina
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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