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Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
Length | 291.1 km [1] (180.9 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Hwy 11 near Lumsden | |||
Hwy 99 at Craven Hwy 22 near Bulyea Hwy 15 at Nokomis Hwy 16 (TCH) at Lanigan Hwy 5 in Humboldt Hwy 41 near Tway | ||||
North end | Hwy 3 near Birch Hills | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Saskatchewan | |||
Rural municipalities | Lumsden, Longlaketon, McKillop, Last Mountain Valley, Wreford, Usborne, Wolverine, Humboldt, Three Lakes, Invergordon, Birch Hills | |||
Major cities | Humboldt | |||
Towns | Lumsden, Lanigan, Birch Hills | |||
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Highway 20 is a major road intended for travel by the public between Highway 11 Lumsden to Highway 3 at Birch Hills. Saskatchewan's main roadways are located in the central/southern geographical land area of rolling prairie and grass land in a western Canadian prairie province. This highway is one which runs south to north and is located just east of Saskatoon and just north of Regina. At the northern extremity near Lanigan, the highway helps to service the PCS Lanigan potash mining operation. Down south, the highway is popular for tourists heading out to the Qu'Appelle Valley and resorts and beaches of Last Mountain Lake.
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Rural municipality | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Lumsden No. 189 | Lumsden | 0.0 | 0.0 | Hwy 641 south – Pense Hwy 11 (Louis Riel Trail) – Saskatoon, Regina | Interchange; south end of Hwy 641 concurrency | |||
| 9.4 | 5.8 | Hwy 729 east (Russell Hill Road) | |||||
↑ / ↓ | | 9.9 | 6.2 | Crosses the Qu'Appelle River | ||||
Longlaketon No. 219 | Craven | 10.0 | 6.2 | Hwy 641 north – Earl Grey | North end of Hwy 641 concurrency | |||
10.3 | 6.4 | Hwy 99 east – Southey | ||||||
| 19.6 | 12.2 | Hwy 322 north – Silton | |||||
McKillop No. 220 | | 35.9 | 22.3 | Hwy 22 east – Southey, Fort Qu'Appelle | ||||
Bulyea | 39.1 | 24.3 | Hwy 220 west – Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park | |||||
Strasbourg | 51.5 | 32.0 | Hwy 731 east – Serath | |||||
Last Mountain Valley No. 250 | No major junctions | |||||||
Wreford No. 280 | | 91.1 | 56.6 | Hwy 15 east – Raymore | South end of Hwy 15 concurrency | |||
Nokomis | 100.8 | 62.6 | Hwy 15 west – Kenaston, Outlook | North end of Hwy 15 concurrency | ||||
101.0 | 62.8 | Hwy 744 east | ||||||
Usborne No. 310 | | 127.0 | 78.9 | To Hwy 761 west – Drake | ||||
Lanigan | 138.6 | 86.1 | Hwy 16 (TCH/YH) east – Yorkton | South end of Hwy 16 concurrency | ||||
142.0 | 88.2 | Hwy 761 – Drake, Leroy | ||||||
| 148.7 | 92.4 | Hwy 16 (TCH/YH) west – Saskatoon | North end of Hwy 16 concurrency | ||||
Wolverine No. 340 Humboldt No. 370 | No major junctions | |||||||
City of Humboldt | 186.8 | 116.1 | Hwy 5 (Glen Hall Drive / 8th Avenue) – Saskatoon, Watson | |||||
Humboldt No. 370 | | 199.7 | 124.1 | Hwy 756 east – Annaheim | ||||
| 212.2 | 131.9 | Hwy 669 south | Near Fulda | ||||
Three Lakes No. 400 | | 222.8 | 138.4 | Hwy 777 east – Lake Lenore | Near Pilger; south end of Hwy 777 concurrency | |||
Middle Lake | 227.0 | 141.1 | Hwy 777 west – Cudworth | North end of Hwy 777 concurrency | ||||
Invergordon No. 430 | | 258.8 | 160.8 | Hwy 41 – Saskatoon, Wakaw, Melfort | ||||
| 261.2 | 162.3 | Tway Access Road | |||||
| 266.1 | 165.3 | Hwy 320 west – Domremy | |||||
Crystal Springs | 268.5 | 166.8 | Hwy 778 east – Kinistino | |||||
Birch Hills No. 460 | | 291.1 | 180.9 | Hwy 3 (CanAm Highway) – Prince Albert, Birch Hills, Melfort | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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