Saskatchewan Highway 21
.svg) Highway 21 | ||||
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 Highway 21 through Maple Creek | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 714.6 km[1] (444.0 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Canada–U.S. border (S-233) at Willow Creek | |||
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| North end |   Highway 919 / Highway 950 in Meadow Lake Provincial Park | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Saskatchewan | |||
| Rural municipalities | Reno, Big Stick, Fox Valley, Happyland, Chesterfield, Newcombe, Kindersley, Oakdale, Progress, Mariposa, Grass Lake, Tramping Lake, Round Valley, Cut Knife, Hillsdale, Eldon, Frenchman Butte, Loon Lake, Beaver River | |||
| Towns | Maple Creek, Leader, Eatonia, Kindersley, Kerrobert, Unity, Maidstone | |||
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Highway 21 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Montana Secondary Highway 233 at the United States border near 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 Maple Creek, Kindersley, Kerrobert, and Unity. Highway 21 intersects three major western Saskatchewan highways: Highway 1, Highway 7, and Highway 16.
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
[edit]The original Provincial Highway 21 is between Highway 13 west of Robsart and Leader.[3] It originally continued west from Leader to Estuary and Empress, Alberta, before it turned north and followed Range Road 3293, adjacent to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. It followed a series of country roads through 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, Provincial Highway 30 ran from Lemsford, through Glidden and Kindersley, to Kerrobert; the section between Lemsford and Glidden was decommissioned in the 1940s.[3][4][5] In the 1960s, Highway 330 was commissioned between Kerrobert, through Unity, to Highway 40 west of Cut Knife. Provincial Highway 48 ran between Govenlock and Willow Creek; however in the 1960s, it was renumbered to Highway 348.[4][6]
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
[edit]From south to north:[9]
| Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno No. 51 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  S-233 south – Havre | Continuation into Montana | |||
| Canada–United States border at Willow Creek Border Crossing | ||||||||
| Govenlock | 29.2 | 18.1 |  Highway 13 west – Alberta border | South end of Hwy 13 concurrency | ||||
| Senate | 43.8 | 27.2 |   Highway 615 north – Fort Walsh | |||||
| Consul | 56.8 | 35.3 | Range Road 3271 | |||||
| | 73.1 | 45.4 | Highway 13 east – Eastend, Shaunavon | North end of Hwy 13 concurrency | ||||
| Maple Creek No. 111 | | 94.9 | 59.0 |  Highway 706 east – Belanger | ||||
| | 107.5 | 66.8 |  Highway 221 west – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Centre Block) | |||||
| Maple Creek | 134.1 | 83.3 |  Highway 271 south – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (West Block), Fort Walsh Highway 724 (5th Avenue) | |||||
| | 144.4 | 89.7 |  Highway 1 (TCH) – Medicine Hat, Swift Current | |||||
| Big Stick No. 141 | | 171.2 | 106.4 |  Highway 728 west – Golden Prairie | South end of Hwy 728 concurrency | |||
| | 177.7 | 110.4 | Highway 728 east | North end of Hwy 728 concurrency | ||||
| Fox Valley No. 141 | Fox Valley | 198.0 | 123.0 |  Highway 371 west – Richmound | ||||
| Happyland No. 231 | Liebenthal | 221.9 | 137.9 |  Highway 321 west – Burstall | ||||
| | 234.9 | 146.0 | Mendham access road | |||||
| Leader | 247.0 | 153.5 |  Highway 32 east – Swift Current | |||||
| 247.8 | 154.0 |   Highway 741 west – Estuary, Estuary Ferry | ||||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 256.6 | 159.4 | Crosses the South Saskatchewan River | ||||
| Chesterfield No. 261 | Eatonia | 288.0 | 179.0 |  Highway 44 west – Alsask | South end of Hwy 44 concurrency | |||
| Newcombe No. 260 | Glidden | 307.2 | 190.9 | Highway 44 east – Eston Highway 649 south – Lemsford Ferry, Lemsford | North end of Hwy 44 concurrency | |||
| Kindersley No. 290 | Kindersley | 333.3 | 207.1 |  Highway 7 – Alsask, Rosetown | ||||
| Oakdale No. 320 | | 359.1 | 223.1 |  Highway 307 west – Coleville | ||||
| | 369.3 | 229.5 |  Highway 31 east – Rosetown | South end of Hwy 31 concurrency | ||||
| Progress No. 351 | Kerrobert | 382.9 | 237.9 |  Highway 51 east – Biggar | South end of Hwy 51 concurrency | |||
| 385.3 | 239.4 | Highway 31 west / Highway 51 west – Macklin, Major | North end of Hwy 31 / Hwy 51 concurrency | |||||
| Progress No. 351 – Mariposa No. 350 line | | 402.6 | 250.2 |  Highway 771 east – Luseland | ||||
| ↑ / ↓[a] | | 409.1 | 254.2 |  Highway 374 east – Tramping Lake | ||||
| Grass Lake No. 381 – Tramping Lake No. 380 line |
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| Round Valley No. 410 | Unity | 443.2 | 275.4 |  Highway 14 – Macklin, Wilkie | ||||
| | 462.7 | 287.5 |  Highway 787 | |||||
| Cut Knife No. 439 | | 478.8 | 297.5 |  Highway 40 east – Cut Knife, The Battlefords | South end of Hwy 40 concurrency | |||
| Hillsdale No. 440 | | 489.0 | 303.9 | Baldwinton access road | ||||
| | 494.3 | 307.1 | Highway 40 west – Neilburg, Wainwright | North end of Hwy 40 concurrency | ||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 510.8 | 317.4 | Crosses the Battle River | ||||
| Eldon No. 471 | | 525.2 | 326.3 |   Highway 16 (TCH/YH) west – Lloydminster | South end of Hwy 16 concurrency | |||
| Maidstone | 528.4 | 328.3 | Highway 16 (TCH/YH) east – The Battlefords | North end of Hwy 16 concurrency | ||||
| | 548.1 | 340.6 |  Highway 303 west – Lloydminster | South end of Hwy 303 concurrency | ||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 561.2 | 348.7 | Crosses the North Saskatchewan River | ||||
| Frenchman Butte No. 501 | | 563.0 | 349.8 | Highway 303 east – Turtleford | North end of Hwy 303 concurrency | |||
| | 580.3 | 360.6 |  Highway 3 east – St. Walburg, Prince Albert | South end of Hwy 3 concurrency | ||||
| Paradise Hill | 591.0 | 367.2 | Highway 3 west – Lloydminster | North end of Hwy 3 concurrency | ||||
| Loon Lake No. 561 | | 648.5 | 403.0 |  Highway 699 east – Loon Lake | ||||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 684.5 | 425.3 | Crosses the Beaver River | ||||
| Beaver River No. 622 | Pierceland | 691.9 | 429.9 |  Highway 55 (NWWR) – Cold Lake, Meadow Lake | ||||
| Meadow Lake Provincial Park | 714.6 | 444.0 | Highway 919 / Highway 950 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Four corners of the Rural Municipalities of Progress No. 351, Mariposa No. 350, Grass Lake No. 381, and Tramping Lake No. 380.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Highway 21 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. 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.
- ^ MapArt (2007). Saskatchewan Road Atlas (Map) (2007 ed.). 1:540,000. Oshawa, ON: Peter Heiler Ltd. pp. 16, 22, 30, 38, 46. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.
External links
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Media related to Saskatchewan Highway 21 at Wikimedia Commons