Alberta provincial highway 40

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Alberta provincial highway 40 (also called Bighorn Highway) is a north-south highway located in western Alberta extending from the city of Grande Prairie southward to Coleman with several breaks in the highway where it is named Highway 734 or Highway 940. The intention is that the entire road will become a provincial paved highway, although it is already paved from Grande Prairie to a point a few km short of the hamlet of Cadomin.


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0 km The highway begins at the intersection of Wapiti Road (108 St) and 100 Avenue in Grande Prairie and goes south.
11 km Crosses over Wapiti River
12 km Highway 666 branches off to the west toward the hamlet of Grovedale
182 km Crosses Smoky River
182 km Passes through the town of Grande Cache and turns east
218 km Highway 734 the "Forestry Trunk Road" branches off to the north while Highway 40 turns to the southeast
293 km Enters the William A. Switzer Provincial Park
320 km Crosses Athabasca River
325 km Meets Highway 16 and merges with it to the northeast toward Hinton
327 km Leaves Highway 16 and goes to the south
375 km Passes near the hamlet of Cadomin where it turns to the northeast
394 km Crosses Mcleod River
405 km Meets Highway 47 (8 km south of the hamlet of Robb) where it turns to the southeast
441 km Reaches the end of Highway 40 at the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation on the Elk River Reservation where the highway is named Highway 734 for a stretch before it is called Highway 940
520 km Crosses Highway 11
609 km Highway 752 branches off to the northeast
638 km Highway 591 branches off to the northeast
657 km Highway 584 branches off to the east toward the town of Sundre
737 km Highway 579 branches off to the east where the highway is now named Highway 40 again
777 km Reaches Highway 1A and turns west
808 km Follows Highway 1A through the Stony Indian Reseve toward the hamlet of Seebe and turns south, following Highway 1X
812 km Reaches Highway 1 and turns east
805 km Leaves Highway 1 and runs south, parallel with the Kananaskis River, as Highway 40 again (this segment also called Kananaskis Trail)
922 km Highway 541 branches off to the east and Highway 40 is called Highway 940 again
956 km Highway 532 branches off to the northeast
995 km Highway 517 branches off to the southeast
1025 km Enters the hamlet of Coleman where it ends

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1 1A 1X 2 2A 3 3A 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11A 12 13 13A 14 15 16 16A 17 18 19
20 20A 21 22 22X 23 24 25 26 27 28 28A 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 41A 42 43 44
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