Alberta Highway 13

Highway 13
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation, the City of Wetaskiwin, and the City of Camrose
Length:	366 km (227 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Alder Flats
	Hwy 22 Hwy 20 Hwy 2 Hwy 2A Hwy 21 Hwy 26 Hwy 56 Hwy 36 Hwy 41
East end:	Saskatchewan border near Hayter continues east as Hwy 14
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	Wetaskiwin No. 10 County, Camrose County, Flagstaff County, Provost No. 52 M.D.
Major cities:	Wetaskiwin, Camrose
Towns:	Daysland, Killam, Sedgewick, Hardisty, Provost
Villages:	Bittern Lake, Bawlf, Lougheed, Amisk, Hughenden
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 12 Hwy 13A →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 13^[1] is an east–west highway through central Alberta. It spans from Alder Flats, 7 km west of Highway 22, to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.^[2] East of the City of Wetaskiwin, it generally parallels a Canadian Pacific rail line.

Route description

From the west, Highway 13 starts at Alder Flats and then intersects Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail). It continues east, passing south of Buck Lake and Winfield before crossing Highway 20. The highway then passes south of Battle Lake, the headwaters of the Battle River, and then south of Pigeon Lake, passing through the hamlets of Westerose and Falun prior to intersecting Highway 2 (Queen Elizabeth II Highway), approximately 51 km (32 mi) south of Edmonton.^[3][4]

East of Highway 2, Highway 13 enters the City of Wetaskiwin as 40 Avenue and then turns north along Highway 2A (56 Street). At the north side of Wetaskiwin, the highway turns east and passes north of Gwynne and through Bittern Lake. After crossing Highway 21, it enters the City of Camrose as 48 Avenue.^[3]

East of Camrose, Highway 13 generally travels in a southeast direction, passing by Ohaton, Bawlf, Daysland and Strome before intersecting with Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway) in Killam. The highway continues southeast passing by Sedgewick, Lougheed, Hardisty, Amisk and Hughenden before intersecting with Highway 41 (Buffalo Trail) north of Czar. The highway travels by Metiskow, through Provost, and by Hayter. Upon entering Saskatchewan, Highway 13 continues as Highway 14 to Saskatoon.^[3][4]

History

The section of Highway 13 west of Wetaskiwin used to be designated as Highway 19 but was renumbered sometime in the 1960s.^[5]

Major intersections

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[4]	mi	Destinations	Notes
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10	Alder Flats	0	0		Hwy 13 begins
		7	4	Hwy 22 – Drayton Valley, Rocky Mountain House
	Buck Lake	15	9	Balsam Road / Maywood Road
		21	13	Hwy 761 north
	Winfield	39	24	Urban Approach Road 175 north
		40	25	Hwy 20 – Breton, Rimbey, Sylvan Lake
		59	37	Crosses Battle River
		64	40	Hwy 771 – Pigeon Lake Provincial Park
	Westerose	70	43	Hwy 13A east – Ma-Me-O Beach
		75	47	Hwy 13A west – Ma-Me-O Beach
	Falun	82	51	Hwy 795 – Calmar
		92	57	Hwy 2 (Exit 482) – Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary	Grade Separated
City of Wetaskiwin		109	68	Hwy 2A south (56 Street) – Maskwacis, Ponoka, Red Deer Hwy 613 east (40 Avenue)	Hwy 13 turns north Hwy 2A concurrency begins
		113	70	Hwy 2A north – Millet, Leduc, Edmonton	Hwy 13 turns east Hwy 2A concurrency ends
		114	71	Hwy 814 north / 47 Street south – Beaumont
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10		125	78	Hwy 822
	Gwynne	126	78	Urban Approach Road 189 south
Camrose County	Bittern Lake	136	85	James Street
		143	89	Hwy 21 – Three Hills, Sherwood Park, Edmonton	Roundabout
City of Camrose		150	93	Hwy 13A east (68 Street)
		152	94	Hwy 833 north (51 Street) – Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
		154	96	Hwy 26 east – Viking
		156	97	Hwy 13A west (Camrose Drive)
Camrose County		161	100	Hwy 56 south – Stettler, Drumheller Hwy 834 north – Tofield
	Bawlf	180	112	Hwy 854 – Ryley, Rosalind
Flagstaff County	Daysland	194	121	Hwy 855 north – Holden	Hwy 855 concurrency begins
		196	122	Hwy 855 south – Heisler, Big Knife Provincial Park	Hwy 855 concurrency ends
	Strome	209	130	Hwy 856 south – Forestburg
	Killam	224	139	Hwy 36 – Viking, Castor, Hanna
	Sedgewick	196	122	Hwy 869 north
	Lougheed	246	153	Hwy 870 north – Kinsella
		258	160	Hwy 872 south – Coronation
		264	164	Hwy 881 north – Hardisty, Irma
		266	165	Crosses Battle River
M.D. of Provost No. 52	Amisk	284	176	Hwy 884 south – Veteran
	Hughenden	294	183	Hwy 603 west / Urban Approach Road 86 east
		305	190	Hwy 41 – Czar, Consort, Wainwright
		320	199	Urban Approach Road 87 south – Metiskow
		333	207	Urban Approach Road 108 south – Cadogan
	Provost	348	216	Hwy 899 north – Ribstone Hwy 600 west – Cadogan	Hwy 899 concurrency begins
		349	217	Hwy 899 south – Bodo, Altario	Hwy 899 concurrency ends
	Hayter	358	222	road
		366	227	Alberta – Saskatchewan border	Hwy 13 ends
Succeeded by Hwy 14 east – Macklin, Unity, Biggar, Saskatoon
Concurrency terminus

Highway 13A

Highway 13A
Ma-Me-O Beach
Length:	7.4 km (4.6 mi)
West end:	Hwy 13 near Westerose
East end:	Hwy 13 near Falun
Camrose
Length:	8.2 km (5.1 mi)
West end:	Hwy 13 in Camrose
East end:	Hwy 13 in Camrose
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	County of Wetaskiwin No. 10
Major cities:	Camrose
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 13 Hwy 14 →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 13A^[1] is the designation of the following two alternate routes off the Highway 13.

 

• From 2.0 km (1.2 mi) east of Westerose to 5.6 km (3.5 mi) west of Falun, the first segment of Highway 13A travels 7 km (4.3 mi) through Pigeon Lake Indian Reserve 138A. It provides access to the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach on the southern shore of Pigeon Lake. This segment, which runs north of Highway 13, formed the original Highway 13 alignment prior to it being realigned to bypass the Indian reserve and summer village to the south in the 2000s.
• The second segment of Highway 13A is a southern bypass of Camrose that is 8 km (5.0 mi) in length.

References

1. Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 3
2. "2015 Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Series Progress Chart" (pdf). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
3. Alberta Official Road Map (Map) (2016 ed.). Alberta Culture and Tourism. § J–5, J–6, J–7, K–7, K–8.
4. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
5. Alberta Official Road Map (Map) (1963 ed.). Government of the Province of Alberta.

External links

• 2015 Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Series Progress Chart (map, 8 MB) by Alberta Transportation.