Alberta Highway 734

Last updated
Alberta Highway 734.svg
Forestry Trunk Road
Highway 734
Alberta Highway 734.png
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors
Forestry Trunk Road
(southern segment)
Length99 km [1]  (62 mi)
South endAlberta Highway 40.svg Highway 40 north of Coleman
Major intersectionsAlberta Highway 532.svg Highway 532
North endAlberta Highway 40.svgAlberta Highway 541.svg Highway 40  / Highway 541 west of Longview
Forestry Trunk Road
(central segment)
Length27 km [1]  (17 mi)
South endAlberta Highway 40.svgAlberta Highway 579.svg Highway 40  / Highway 579 west of Water Valley
North endAlberta Highway 734.svg Highway 734
Highway 734
Length268 km [1]  (167 mi)
South endForestry Trunk Road
Major intersectionsAlberta Highway 584.svg Highway 584
Alberta Highway 591.svg Highway 591
Alberta Highway 752.svg Highway 752
Alberta Highway 11.svg Highway 11
North endAlberta Highway 40.svg Highway 40 south of Coalspur
Forestry Trunk Road
(northern segment)
Length168 km [1]  (104 mi)
South endAlberta Highway 40.svg Highway 40 at Muskeg River
North endAlberta Highway 43.svg Highway 43 west of Debolt
Location
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Specialized and rural municipalities Crowsnest Pass, M.D. of Ranchland No. 26, Kananaskis I.D., Bighorn No. 8 M.D., Clearwater County, Yellowhead County, Greenview No. 16 M.D.
Highway system
    Alberta Highway 733.svg Highway 733 Alberta Highway 735.svg Highway 735

    Highway 734 is a highway in western Alberta, Canada that travels through the forested foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road and is still colloquially referred to as such.

    Contents

    It is preceded by the remaining central segment of Forestry Trunk Road, Highway 734 begins south of the Red Deer River to the southwest of Sundre, and is succeeded by Highway 40, which also used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road. The highway ends north of the Pembina River.

    Forestry Trunk Road was a north-south resource road that ran from the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) in southern Alberta to Highway 43 in northern Alberta. Over time, some segments of the road have been designated as parts of Highway 40 or Highway 734, while the northernmost segment between Highway 40 and Highway 43 is no longer named Forestry Trunk Road.

    Two segments of Forestry Trunk Road remain – a southern segment from the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass to Highway 541 to the southwest of Longview, and a short central segment from Highway 579 west of Cremona to south of the Red Deer River. The southern segment is preceded and succeeded by the first and second segments of Highway 40 respectively, while the central segment is preceded by the third segment of Highway 40 and succeeded by Highway 734.

    Route description

    Highway 734 through the Foothills, southbound, north of Nordegg BigHorn Highway-734south.JPG
    Highway 734 through the Foothills, southbound, north of Nordegg
    View from Highway 734 after crossing Corkscrew Mountain in May 2017 Forestry Trunk Road.jpg
    View from Highway 734 after crossing Corkscrew Mountain in May 2017

    The southern remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road begins 3.8 km (2.4 mi) north of the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) as a continuation of the southernmost segment of Highway 40. Over its 99 km (62 mi) length, the gravel road provides access to numerous public campgrounds, crosses the Oldman River, and intersects with Highway 532. It also passes near the Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park, Livingstone Falls, and the Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park before ending at its intersection with Highway 541 and the second segment of Highway 40, which was part of Forestry Trunk Road before being designated a provincial highway.

    Another former segment of Forestry Trunk Road, now the third segment of Highway 40, begins at Highway 1A to the west of Cochrane and ends 46 km (29 mi) later at an intersection with Highway 579. Highway 40 continues as the central remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road for 27 km (17 mi) to a point 8 km (5.0 mi) prior to the Red Deer River. The road then continues for 268 km (167 mi) as Highway 734 to north of the Pembina River, north of the Elk River Indian reserve, where it becomes the fourth segment of Highway 40.

    Over its course, the central segment of Forestry Trunk Road combined with Highway 734 provides access to Ram Falls Provincial Park and numerous campgrounds, and intersects Highway 579, Highway 584, Highway 591, Highway 752, and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway) west of Nordegg. This stretch also crosses the Red Deer, James, Clearwater, Ram, North Saskatchewan, Blackstone, Brazeau, and Pembina rivers.

    Major intersections

    Starting from the south end of Highway 40:

    Rural/specialized municipalityLocationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
    Crowsnest Pass Coleman 00.0Alberta Highway 3.svg Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway) Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, Fernie, Cranbrook As Hwy 40
    49°38′11″N114°29′52″W / 49.63639°N 114.49778°W / 49.63639; -114.49778 (40 km 0000)
    ↑ / ↓3.82.4Municipal boundary 49°39′20.1″N114°28′46.4″W / 49.655583°N 114.479556°W / 49.655583; -114.479556 (40 km 0004)
    M. D. of Ranchland No. 66 3321Township Road 104A Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park Former Hwy 517
    49°51′33″N114°23′21″W / 49.85917°N 114.38917°W / 49.85917; -114.38917 (40 km 0033)
    Kananaskis I.D.
    (Kananaskis Country)
    7245Alberta Highway 532.svg Highway 532 east Chain Lakes Provincial Park 50°10′47″N114°28′9″W / 50.17972°N 114.46917°W / 50.17972; -114.46917 (40 km 0072)
    10565Alberta Highway 541.svg Highway 541 east Longview
    Alberta Highway 40.svg Highway 40 north Kananaskis Village
    50°22′59″N114°39′5″W / 50.38306°N 114.65139°W / 50.38306; -114.65139 (40 km 0105)
    150 km (93 mi) gap
    Rocky View County 254158Alberta Highway 1A.svg Highway 1A (Bow Valley Trail) Canmore, Cochrane, Calgary South end of Hwy 40 concurrency
    51°13′27″N114°39′36″W / 51.22417°N 114.66000°W / 51.22417; -114.66000 (40 km 0254)
    M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 Waiparous 271168Hummingbird Lane 51°17′3″N114°50′13″W / 51.28417°N 114.83694°W / 51.28417; -114.83694 (40 km 0271)
    300190Alberta Highway 579.svg Highway 579 east Water Valley, Cremona North end of Hwy 40 concurrency
    51°26′57″N115°2′18″W / 51.44917°N 115.03833°W / 51.44917; -115.03833 (40 km 0300)
    ↑ / ↓326203Municipal boundary 51°37′19″N115°13′28″W / 51.62194°N 115.22444°W / 51.62194; -115.22444 (40 km 0326)
    Alberta Highway 734.svg Highway 734 south end [2]
    Clearwater County 378235Alberta Highway 584.svg Highway 584 east Sundre 51°52′16″N115°6′17″W / 51.87111°N 115.10472°W / 51.87111; -115.10472 (40 km 0378)
    399248Alberta Highway 591.svg Highway 591 east Caroline 50°10′47″N114°28′9″W / 50.17972°N 114.46917°W / 50.17972; -114.46917 (40 km 0072)
    425264Alberta Highway 752.svg Highway 752 north Rocky Mountain House 52°4′30″N115°30′3″W / 52.07500°N 115.50083°W / 52.07500; -115.50083 (40 km 0425)
    Nordegg 515320Alberta Highway 11.svg Highway 11  Saskatchewan River Crossing, Rocky Mountain House, Red Deer 52°28′33″N116°6′25″W / 52.47583°N 116.10694°W / 52.47583; -116.10694 (40 km 0515)
    Yellowhead County Elk River I.R. 233 583362Lodgepole-Lovett Forestry Road 52°55′49″N116°33′34″W / 52.93028°N 116.55944°W / 52.93028; -116.55944 (40 km 0583)
    593368Crosses Lovett River 52°59′14″N116°38′12″W / 52.98722°N 116.63667°W / 52.98722; -116.63667 (40 km 0593)
    Alberta Highway 734.svg Highway 734 north end • Alberta Highway 40.svg Highway 40 south end
    Coalspur 626389Alberta Highway 47.svg Highway 47 north Robb, Edson
    Alberta Highway 40.svg Highway 40 north Cadomin, Hinton
    53°10′17″N117°0′27″W / 53.17139°N 117.00750°W / 53.17139; -117.00750 (40 km 0626)
    1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
    •       Closed/former
    •        Concurrency terminus
    •        Route transition

    Related Research Articles

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Crowsnest Highway</span> Canadian cross-provincial highway (est. 1932)

    The Crowsnest Highway is an east-west highway in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. It stretches 1,161 km (721 mi) across the southern portions of both provinces, from Hope, British Columbia to Medicine Hat, Alberta, providing the shortest highway connection between the Lower Mainland and southeast Alberta through the Canadian Rockies. Mostly two-lane, the highway was officially designated in 1932, mainly following a mid-19th-century gold rush trail originally traced out by an engineer named Edgar Dewdney. It takes its name from the Crowsnest Pass, the location at which the highway crosses the Continental Divide between British Columbia and Alberta.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Kananaskis Country</span> Multiuse area west of Calgary, Canada

    Kananaskis Country is a multi-use area west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The area is named for the Kananaskis River, which was named by John Palliser in 1858 after a Cree acquaintance. Covering an area of approximately 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi), Kananaskis Country was formed by the Alberta Government in 1978 to provide an assortment of land uses and designations. Land uses include resource extraction activities, recreation, power generation, and residential communities. Land designations include public land and protected areas.

    Highway 93 is a north–south route through the southeastern part of British Columbia, in the Regional District of East Kootenay and takes its number from U.S. Highway 93 that it connects with at the Canada–United States border. It follows the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) and Highway 95 through Radium Hot Springs and to where it crosses the Continental Divide into Alberta at Vermilion Pass, where it continues as Alberta Highway 93. The section between the Canada-U.S. border and the Crowsnest Highway is known as the Elko–Roosville Highway, the section between the Crowsnest Highway and Radium Hot Springs is known as the Kootenay–Columbia Highway, while the section east of Radium Hot Springs is known as the Banff–Windermere Parkway.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 2A</span> Highway in Alberta, Canada

    Highway 2A is the designation of six alternate routes off Highway 2 in Alberta, Canada. In general, these are original sections of Highway 2, such as the southern portion of Macleod Trail in Calgary. They passed through communities before limited-access freeways were built to shorten driving distance, accommodate heavier volumes and to bypass city traffic. Portions of the alignment of Highway 2A follow the route of the former Calgary and Edmonton Trail.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 3</span> Highway in Alberta, Canada

    Highway 3 is a 324-kilometre (201 mi) highway that traverses southern Alberta, Canada, running from the Crowsnest Pass through Lethbridge to the Trans-Canada Highway in Medicine Hat. Together with British Columbia Highway 3 which begins in Hope, it forms an interprovincial route that serves as an alternate to the Trans-Canada from the Lower Mainland to the Canadian Prairies.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 93</span> Provincial highway in Banff and Jasper national parks in Alberta, Canada

    Highway 93 is a north–south highway in Alberta, Canada. It is also known as the Banff-Windermere Parkway south of the Trans-Canada Highway and the Icefields Parkway north of the Trans-Canada Highway. It travels through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and is maintained by Parks Canada for its entire length. It runs from the British Columbia border at Vermilion Pass in the south, where it becomes British Columbia Highway 93, to its terminus at the junction with the Yellowhead Highway at Jasper. The route takes its number from U.S. Route 93, which runs uninterrupted south to central Arizona, and was initially designated as '93' in 1959.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 13</span> Highway in Alberta

    Highway 13 is an east–west highway through central Alberta. It runs from Alder Flats, 7 km (4 mi) west of Highway 22, to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, where it becomes Saskatchewan Highway 14. Highway 13 is about 366 kilometres (227 mi) long. East of the City of Wetaskiwin, it generally parallels a Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail line.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)</span> Highway in Western Canada

    Highway 17 is a highway in Canada that straddles and criss-crosses the Alberta–Saskatchewan provincial border. The portion from the provincial border at Dillberry Lake Provincial Park to the provincial border 800 metres (2,600 ft) north of the North Saskatchewan River is designated as Alberta Provincial Highway No. 17 by Alberta Transportation, commonly referred to as Highway 17.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 40</span> Highway in Alberta, Canada

    Highway 40 is a south–north highway in western Alberta, Canada. It is also named Bighorn Highway and Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Country. Its segmented sections extend from Coleman in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass northward to the City of Grande Prairie and is currently divided into four sections.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 41</span> Highway in Alberta, Canada

    Highway 41, officially named Buffalo Trail, is a 686-kilometre (426 mi) north-south highway in eastern Alberta, Canada. It extends from the United States border at Wild Horse to Highway 55 in the hamlet of La Corey north of Bonnyville. Highway 41, along with Highway 36 and Highway 63, is part of the Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor, 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.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Highwood River</span> River in Alberta, Canada

    The Highwood River is a tributary of the Bow River in southwestern Alberta, Canada.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Highway 666</span> Highway in Alberta, Canada

    Alberta Provincial Highway No. 666, commonly referred to as Highway 666, is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs mostly west-east, on mostly existing township and range roads in the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 in Northern Alberta, for 37 km.

    Highway 3A is the designation of four alternate routes of Highway 3 in southern Alberta, Canada. All four segments are former alignments of Highway 3, also known as the Crowsnest Highway.

    Alberta Provincial Highway No. 837, commonly referred to as Highway 837, is a short north–south highway in central Alberta, Canada. It runs from the Highway 575 to Highway 27 in Kneehill County along the west bank of the Red Deer River in the Canadian badlands; it does not pass through any communities. The section between Highway 575 and Highway 838 is part of the Dinosaur Trail.

    British Columbia Highway 3, officially named the Crowsnest Highway, is an 841-kilometre (523 mi) highway that traverses southern British Columbia, Canada. It runs from the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) at Hope to Crowsnest Pass at the Alberta border and forms the western portion of the interprovincial Crowsnest Highway that runs from Hope to Medicine Hat, Alberta. The highway is considered a Core Route of the National Highway System.

    Alberta Provincial Highway No. 838, commonly referred to as Highway 838, is a short highway in central Alberta, Canada. It runs from Highway 837 across the Red Deer River on the free, cable-operated Bleriot Ferry to Highway 9 / Highway 56 in Drumheller. Outside of Drumheller, Highway 838 does not pass through any communities. All of Highway 838 is part of the Dinosaur Trail and is known as North Dinosaur Trail.

    Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in central Alberta, Canada. The park was established on 4 October 2000 and has an area of 9,665.46 hectares. The park is included in the Upper Athabasca Region Land Use Framework.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Lundbreck Falls</span> Waterfall in Pincher Creek M.D. No. , Alberta

    Lundbreck Falls is a waterfall of the Crowsnest River located in southwestern Alberta, Canada near the hamlet of Lundbreck.

    Brazeau Canyon Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in Yellowhead County, central Alberta, Canada. The park has an area of 5,039.32 hectares and was created on 20 December 2000. The park is named for the valley in which flows the Brazeau River. The park is contained in the Upper Athabasca Land Use Framework.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Highway 734 / Forestry Trunk Road in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved December 21, 2017.
    2. "Provincial Highways: 500 - 986 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2016.