| Alberta Provincial Highway Network | |
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 Alberta's provincial highway system as of 2016 | |
| System information | |
| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors | |
| Length | 31,400 km (19,500 mi) |
| Formed | c. 1934[1] |
| Highway names | |
| Types | Core: Highway 1–216 X: Highway 1X–43X Local/Rural: Highway 500–986 |
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The Alberta Provincial Highway Network consists of all the roads, bridges and interchanges in Alberta that are maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors (TEC). This network includes over 64,000 lane kilometres of roads (equivalent to 31,400 kilometres), and over 4,800 bridges and interchanges.[2] The longest highway in the network is Highway 2 with a total length of 1,273 kilometres (791 mi). Over 58,000 lane kilometres (equivalent to 28,400 kilometres) of the roads in the network are paved, with the remaining being unpaved.[3] Outside this network, the total length of the road infrastructure in Alberta totals over 473,000 kilometres of single-lane equivalent roads.[4]
- ^ "The evolution of regional highways". Lacombe Express. August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
- ^ "Major construction projects". Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ 2024–27 Transportation and Economic Corridors Business Plan (February 2024) (PDF). Alberta Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors. p. 3. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ "How Alberta built enough roads to reach the moon". CBC News. October 4, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2024.