Alberta Highway 53
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Route information | ||||
Length: | 223 km (139 mi) | |||
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Location | ||||
Specialized and rural municipalities: | Clearwater County, Ponoka County, Camrose County, Stettler No. 6 County, Flagstaff County | |||
Towns: | Rimbey, Ponoka, Bashaw | |||
Villages: | Donalda, Forestburg | |||
Highway system | ||||
Provincial highways in Alberta
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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 53 is an east–west highway of approximately 223 km (139 mi) in central Alberta, Canada.[1][2][3]
From the west, Highway 53 starts at Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and ends at Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway), passing through the communities of Rimbey, Ponoka, Bashaw, Donalda, and Forestburg.[3] It crosses the Medicine River and Blindman River west of Rimbey, and crosses the Battle River three times between Rimbey and Forestburg (west of Ponoka, within Ponoka, and between Donalda and Forestburg). Highway 53 also provides access to Big Knife Provincial Park southwest of Forestburg.[3]
Major intersections
Intersections are from west to east.[4]
Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[5] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Clearwater County | | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Hwy 53 western terminus | ||
Ponoka County | | 15 | 9.3 | ![]() | Hwy 761 concurrency begins | ||
| 25 | 16 | ![]() | Hwy 761 concurrency ends | |||
| 36 | 22 | ![]() | ||||
| 43 | 27 | Crosses Blindman River | ||||
Rimbey | 44 | 27 | ![]() ![]() 51 Street | Hwy 53 branches north Hwy 20A concurrency begins | |||
46 | 29 | ![]() | Hwy 20A concurrency ends Hwy 20 concurrency begins | ||||
| 48 | 30 | ![]() | Hwy 53 branches east Hwy 20 concurrency ends | |||
| 56 | 35 | ![]() | Hwy 771 concurrency begins | |||
| 59 | 37 | ![]() | Hwy 771 concurrency ends | |||
Crestomere | 70 | 43 | ![]() | North and south intersections are offset. Hwy 792 concurrency for 200 m (650 ft). | |||
| 84 | 52 | Crosses Battle River | ||||
| 85 | 53 | ![]() | ||||
Ponoka | 88 | 55 | ![]() | Grade Separated | |||
92 | 57 | ![]() | |||||
93 | 58 | Crosses Battle River | |||||
| 96 | 60 | ![]() | ||||
| 111 | 69 | ![]() | ||||
| 120 | 75 | ![]() | ||||
Camrose County | | 136 | 85 | ![]() | Hwy 53 branches south Hwy 21 concurrency begins | ||
Bashaw | 142 | 88 | Urban Approach Road 206 (50 Avenue) east | ||||
143 | 89 | ![]() ![]() | Hwy 53 branches east Hwy 21 concurrency ends | ||||
↑ / ↓ | | 162 | 101 | ![]() | |||
County of Stettler No. 6 | Donalda | 171 | 106 | ![]() | |||
| 179 | 111 | ![]() | ||||
↑ / ↓ | | 187 | 116 | Crosses Battle River | |||
Flagstaff County | | 196 | 122 | ![]() | Hwy 855 concurrency begins | ||
| 198 | 123 | ![]() | Hwy 855 concurrency ends | |||
Forestburg | 206 | 128 | ![]() | ||||
| 216 | 134 | ![]() | ||||
| 222 | 138 | ![]() | Hwy 53 eastern terminus | |||
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 8
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 Google (October 31, 2016). "Highway 53 in central Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ↑ Alberta Road Atlas (2005 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. pp. 63, 64, 65, and 66.
- ↑ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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