Alberta Highway 56

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 56, commonly referred to as Highway 56, is a north-south highway in central Alberta, Canada. It begins 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Bassano at its intersection with Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway). It continues through Drumheller and Stettler and before ending at intersection with Highway 13 and Highway 834 9 km (6 mi) southeast of Camrose.[2]

Highway 56
Route information
Length	245.6 km[1] (152.6 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Hwy 1 (TCH) near Bassano
	Hwy 10 in Rosedale Hwy 9 / Hwy 27 near Morrin Hwy 12 in Stettler Hwy 53 near Donalda
North end	Hwy 13 / Hwy 834 near Camrose
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities	Wheatland County, Starland County, Stettler No. 6 County, Camrose County
Towns	Stettler, Drumheller
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 55 → Hwy 58

History

Intersection of Highway 56 and Highway 10

In the early 1990s, there was talk of extending Highway 56 from the Highway 1 to the US border. This was due in large part to then Alberta Premier Don Getty, who at the time was also the MLA for Stettler. All talk of this endeavor stopped once Getty retired from politics and was succeeded as Premier by Ralph Klein.

Major intersections

Starting from the south end of Highway 56:

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Wheatland County	​	0.0	0.0	Range Road 201 – Crowfoot Ferry Hwy 1 (TCH) – Calgary, Medicine Hat	Hwy 56 southern terminus; becomes Range Road 201
		19.5	12.1	Hwy 561 east	South end of Hwy 561 concurrency
	Hussar	22.7	14.1	Hwy 561 west – Standard	North end of Hwy 561 concurrency
	​	39.4	24.5	Hwy 564
	Dalum	52.4	32.6	Hwy 569
Town of Drumheller	​	64.7	40.2	Hwy 10 east – East Coulee	Hwy 56 branches northwest; south end of Hwy 10 concurrency
	Rosedale	66.1	41.1	Hwy 10X south – Wayne
	Drumheller (Townsite)	72.8	45.2	Hwy 9 west – Calgary	North end of Hwy 10 concurrency; south end of Hwy 9 concurrency
		73.7	45.8	Hwy 575 west (South Dinosaur Trail) – Nacmine 2 Street SW	Hwy 9/56 branches north
		74.3	46.2	Crosses Red Deer River
		74.8	46.5	Hwy 838 west (North Dinosaur Trail) – Royal Tyrrell Museum
		75.1	46.7	Hwy 576 east
Starland County	Munson	85.4	53.1	Township Road 302
	​	95.0	59.0	Hwy 9 east – Hanna, Saskatoon Hwy 27 west – Morrin, Three Hills	North end of Hwy 9 concurrency
		117.7	73.1	Hwy 585 – Rumsey, Trochu
County of Stettler No. 6	​	130.6	81.2	Hwy 589 east – Byemoor, Endiang
	Big Valley	137.0	85.1	Hwy 590 east – Innisfail
		138.6	86.1	UAR 55 east
	​	156.4	97.2	Hwy 594 west
Town of Stettler		170.0	105.6	Hwy 12 – Lacombe, Coronation, Consort
		170.6	106.0	51 Avenue	Hwy 56 branches east
		171.7	106.7	46 Street	Hwy 56 branches north
County of Stettler No. 6	​	180.8	112.3	Hwy 601 – White Sands, Red Willow
↑ / ↓	​	200.2	124.4	Hwy 53 – Bashaw, Ponoka, Donalda, Forestburg
Camrose County	Meeting Creek	212.4	132.0	UAR 210 east
	​	223.8	139.1	Hwy 609 west – Edberg, Ferintosh	South end of Hwy 609 concurrency
		224.1	139.2	Crosses Battle River
		227.0	141.1	Hwy 609 east – Rosalind	North end of Hwy 609 concurrency
		245.6	152.6	Hwy 13 – Camrose, Provost Hwy 834 north – Tofield	Hwy 56 northern terminus; becomes Hwy 834
		249.8	155.2	Hwy 26 – Camrose, Viking
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Google (December 19, 2017). "Highway 56 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
2. "2016 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.