Alberta Highway 36

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Highway 36
Veterans Memorial Highway
Highway 36 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors
Length	679 km [1]  (422 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Highway 4 in Warner
Major intersections	Highway 3 in Taber Highway 1 (TCH) near Brooks Highway 9 near Hanna Highway 13 in Killam Highway 14 in Viking Highway 16 (TCH) near Lavoy Highway 45 in Two Hills Highway 29 in St. Brides Highway 28 in Ashmont Highway 28 near Vilna
North end	Highway 55 in Lac La Biche
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Specialized and rural municipalities	Warner No. 5 County, Taber M.D., Newell County, Special Area No. 2, Paintearth No. 18 County, Flagstaff County, Beaver County, Minburn No. 27 County, Two Hills No. 21 County, St. Paul No. 19 County, Smoky Lake County, Lac La Biche County
Towns	Taber, Vauxhall, Killam, Viking, Two Hills
Villages	Warner, Vilna
Highway system
Alberta Provincial Highway Network List Former
← Highway 35 → Highway 37

Highway 36, officially named Veterans Memorial Highway, ^[2] is a north-south highway in eastern Alberta, Canada that extends from Highway 4 near Warner to Highway 55 in Lac La Biche. ^[1] Highway 36, along with Highway 41 and the portion of Highway 881 north of Lac La Biche, is part of the Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor, ^[3] an economic development corridor that links the oil sands with Texas and Mexico, and works in association with the North American Ports-to-Plains Alliance. ^[4]

Route description

Southbound, south of Vauxhall

Northbound, south of Lac La Biche, marking the divide between the Arctic basin, and the Hudson Bay basin.

Highway 36 begins at Highway 4 near Warner, 38 kilometres (24 mi) north of the Canada–U.S. border at Coutts. It intersects Highway 61 (Red Coat Trail), about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) northwest Wrentham, before reaching Taber where it has a 2.6-kilometre (2 mi) concurrency with the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3). Highway 36 continues north, crossing the Oldman River, passing through Vauxhall, and crossing the Bow River before intersecting the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Brooks. It continues north past Duchess, crosses the Red Deer River, and continues to Highway 9 where it heads west and the two routes share an 2.6-kilometre (1.6 mi) concurrency. Highway 36 departs Highway 9 about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Hanna and continues north, intersecting Highway 12 about 4 kilometres (2 mi) southeast of Castor, Highway 53 about 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Forestburg, crossing the Battle River about 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Alliance, and intersecting Highway 13 on the east side of Killam. At Highway 26, Highway 36 heads east and the two routes share an 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) concurrency before Highway 36 continues north for 9 kilometres (6 mi) and intersects Highway 14 at Viking before intersecting the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) about 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Lavoy or 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Vegreville. Highway 36 continues to Two Hills, where it meets Highway 45, where Highway 36 heads east and the two routes share an 4-kilometre (2 mi) concurrency. Highway 36 travels north 6.5 kilometres (4 mi) before it reaches Highway 29 and the two routes share a 33-kilometre (20 mi) concurrency, crossing the North Saskatchewan River in the process. At St. Brides, Highway 29 heads east towards St. Paul, 15 kilometres (9 mi) to the east. Highway 36 continues north to Highway 28 at the southwestern edge of Ashmont, where it heads west and the two routes share an 31-kilometre (20 mi) concurrency before to turns north about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Vilna. Highway 36 meets Highway 55 (Northern Woods and Water Route) about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Lac La Biche; and the two routes share a concurrency into Lac La Biche and Highway 36 ends.

Future

The Alberta government has studied constructing interchanges at both Highway 1 and Highway 16; however neither project have been funded and no construction timelines have been established. ^[5]

Lac La Biche County has unsuccessfully lobbied the Government of Alberta to renumber Highway 881 to Highway 36 from Lac La Biche north to Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray, with the first attempt being in 2013 and revisited in 2023. ^{[6] [7]} The two routes are both part of the Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor and if proposal were to be successful, it would extend Highway 36 by 265 kilometres (165 mi) to a total length of 944 kilometres (587 mi).

Major intersections

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km [1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
County of Warner No. 5	Warner	0.0	0.0	Highway 4  – Coutts, Lethbridge	Highway 36 southern terminus
	​	1.0	0.62	Highway 504 east
	Wrentham	27.4	17.0	Highway 61  – Lethbridge, Foremost, Manyberries
M.D. of Taber	​	44.8	27.8	Highway 513 east
Taber		57.2	35.5	Highway 3 west – Lethbridge	South end of Highway 3 concurrency
		59.8	37.2	Highway 3 east – Medicine Hat	North end of Highway 3 concurrency
M.D. of Taber	​	80.1	49.8	Crosses the Oldman River
		84.1	52.3	Highway 875 north – Hays, Rolling Hills
	Vauxhall	93.2	57.9	Highway 524 west – Retlaw	South end of Highway 524 concurrency
	​	97.6	60.6	Highway 524 east – Hays, Redcliff	North end of Highway 524 concurrency
		104.1	64.7	Highway 526 west – Enchant
↑ / ↓	​	113.9	70.8	Crosses the Bow River
County of Newell	​	115.7	71.9	Highway 530 east – Rolling Hills
		120.3	74.8	UAR 110 west – Scandia
		129.8	80.7	Highway 873  – Rainier, Kinbrook Island Provincial Park
		143.0	88.9	Highway 539 west – Lomond
	Cassils	152.8	94.9	Highway 542 east – Brooks
	​	160.1	99.5	Highway 1 (TCH)  – Calgary, Brooks, Medicine Hat
		166.0	103.1	Highway 544 east – Patricia, Dinosaur Provincial Park
	Duchess	172.2	107.0	Highway 550  – Rosemary, Duchess
	​	190.3	118.2	Highway 556 west – Gem
↑ / ↓	​	192.5	119.6	Crosses the Red Deer River
Special Area No. 2	​	203.2	126.3	Highway 561 east – Cessford
		232.9	144.7	Highway 570  – Sunnynook, Dorothy
		259.3	161.1	Highway 577 east – Sheerness
		272.8	169.5	Highway 9 east – Oyen	South end of Highway 9 concurrency
		275.4	171.1	Highway 9 west – Hanna, Drumheller, Calgary	North end of Highway 9 concurrency
		278.7	173.2	Township Road 312 – Hanna
		288.4	179.2	Highway 586 east
County of Paintearth No. 18	Castor	339.6	211.0	Highway 12  – Stettler, Coronation
		342.2	212.6	Highway 599 west	South end of Highway 599 concurrency
	​	344.3	213.9	Highway 599 east	North end of Highway 599 concurrency
↑ / ↓	​	365.0	226.8	Crosses the Battle River
Flagstaff County	​	368.2	228.8	Highway 602 east – Alliance
		378.3	235.1	UAR 137 west – Galahad
		384.8	239.1	Highway 53 west – Forestburg Highway 608 east
	Killam	408.7	254.0	Highway 13  – Camrose, Provost
Beaver County	​	433.6	269.4	Highway 26 west – Camrose	South end of Highway 26 concurrency
		437.5	271.8	Highway 26 east – Kinsella	North end of Highway 26 concurrency; former Highway 615 east
	Viking	446.0	277.1	Highway 14  – Edmonton, Wainwright
		446.2	277.3	Highway 619 east – Lloydminster
County of Minburn No. 27	​	483.9	300.7	Highway 16 (TCH/YH)  – Edmonton, Lloydminster
		496.8	308.7	Highway 631
County of Two Hills No. 21	Two Hills	516.7	321.1	Highway 45 west – Bruderheim	South end of Highway 45 concurrency
	​	520.5	323.4	Highway 45 east – Marwayne	North end of Highway 45 concurrency
		527.0	327.5	Highway 29 west – Hairy Hill, Lamont	South end of Highway 29 concurrency; former Highway 637 west
	Duvernay Brosseau	528.8	328.6	Crosses the North Saskatchewan River [i]
County of St. Paul No. 19	​	548.5	340.8	Highway 646 east – Lafond, Elk Point
		558.4	347.0	Highway 652 west – Saddle Lake
	St. Brides	560.0	348.0	Highway 29 east – St. Paul	North end of Highway 29 concurrency; former Highway 28 east
	Ashmont	575.7	357.7	Highway 28 east – Bonnyville, Cold Lake	South end of Highway 28 concurrency; former Highway 28A east
	​	582.7	362.1	Highway 866 north – McRae
Smoky Lake County	​	598.1	371.6	Highway 859 south – Hamlin
	Vilna	599.4	372.4	UAR 116 north
	​	606.9	377.1	Highway 28 west – Smoky Lake, Edmonton	North end of Highway 28 concurrency
	Kikino Metis Settlement	642.7	399.4	UAR 213 west – Kikino
Lac La Biche County	​	661.3	410.9	Highway 55 east – Cold Lake	South end of Highway 55 concurrency
	Lac La Biche	679.0	421.9	Highway 55 west – Athabasca Highway 881 north – Beaver Lake, Conklin, Fort McMurray	Highway 36 northern terminus; north end of Highway 55 concurrency
		681.1	423.2	101 Avenue	Former Highway 55  / Highway 881 alignment
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former        Concurrency terminus

Footnotes

1. Duvernay is on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River and Brosseau is on the north bank.

References

1. "Highway 36 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved January 11, 2018.
2. Province of Alberta (November 11, 2005). "Highway 36 renamed Veterans Memorial Highway" . Retrieved January 27, 2010.
3. "Ports to Plains Corridor". Town of Two Hills. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
4. "The EATC – Alberta Trade Corridor". Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor (EATC). Retrieved May 13, 2024.
5. "Highway 1 and Highway 36 interchange: Functional Planning Study". Alberta Transportation. Government of Alberta. September 1, 2007.
6. "Topics for Ministers Meetings" (PDF). Lac La Biche County. March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
7. "2015 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.