Alberta Highway 40

Highway 40
Bighorn Highway, Kananaskis Trail, Forestry Trunk Road
Grande Prairie Grande Cache Hinton • Cadomin • Nordegg Coleman Calgary Edmonton
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation
Length:	734 km (456 mi) Two sections: 300 km (190 mi) and 434 km (270 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Hwy 3 (Crowsnest Hwy, 20 Ave) in Crowsnest Pass
	Hwy 1 (TCH) Hwy 1A Hwy 734 Hwy 47 Hwy 16 (TCH)
North end:	Hwy 43 (100 Ave) in Grande Prairie
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	Crowsnest Pass, Ranchland No. 66 M.D., Kananaskis I.D., Bighorn No. 8 M.D., Rocky View County, Yellowhead County, Greenview No. 16 M.D., County of Grande Prairie No. 1
Major cities:	Grande Prairie
Towns:	Hinton, Grande Cache
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 39 Hwy 41 →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 40^[1] is a south-north highway located in western Alberta, Canada. It is also named Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Improvement District and Bighorn Highway in the M.D. of Bighorn No. 8. It extends from Coleman in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass northward to the City of Grande Prairie, it currently has two gravel sections.

The first gravel section runs for approximately 102 km (63 mi) from the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass to Highway 541, and is currently marked as Highway 40. The second gravel section, which runs for approximately 293 km (182 mi), through the Rocky Mountains Forest is named Highway 734, also called Forestry Trunk Road. The intention is that one day the entire road will be a continuous paved highway. In the past, other gravel sections were named Highway 940, the 900 series in Alberta is used as temporary names.

Major intersections

Starting from the south end of Highway 40:

Municipality	km	Intersecting road	Notes	Coordinates
Municipality of Crowsnest Pass	0	Hwy 3 (Crowsnest Highway) – Lethbridge, Pincher Creek, Sparwood, Cranbrook	Coleman 20 Avenue Continues as 81 Street Hwy 40 begins	49°38′11″N 114°29′52″W / 49.63639°N 114.49778°W
Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66	33	Township Road 104A – Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park		49°51′33″N 114°23′21″W / 49.85917°N 114.38917°W
Kananaskis Improvement District	72	Hwy 532 east – Hwy 22		50°10′47″N 114°28′9″W / 50.17972°N 114.46917°W
	105	Hwy 541 east – Longview	Crosses Highwood River	50°22′59″N 114°39′5″W / 50.38306°N 114.65139°W
	186	Road	Kananaskis Village	50°55′56″N 115°7′36″W / 50.93222°N 115.12667°W
	201	Hwy 68 east (Sibbald Creek Trail) – Trans-Canada Highway		51°2′24″N 115°1′45″W / 51.04000°N 115.02917°W
M.D. of Bighorn No. 8	209	Hwy 1 (TCH) east (Trans-Canada Highway, Exit 118) – Calgary, Strathmore, Brooks, Medicine Hat	Grade separated Hwy 1 concurrency begins	51°6′14″N 115°1′14″W / 51.10389°N 115.02056°W
	213	Hwy 1 (TCH) west (Trans-Canada Highway, Exit 114) – Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise Hwy 1X north – Exshaw	Grade separated Hwy 1 concurrency ends Hwy 1X concurrency begins	51°4′41″N 115°3′27″W / 51.07806°N 115.05750°W
	215	Crosses Bow River		51°5′48″N 115°3′51″W / 51.09667°N 115.06417°W
	217	Hwy 1A west (Bow Valley Trail) – Exshaw, Canmore	Hwy 1X concurrency ends Hwy 1A concurrency begins	51°6′9″N 115°5′14″W / 51.10250°N 115.08722°W
	237	Road	Access to Morley
	246	Road	Ghost Lake	51°12′36″N 114°45′48″W / 51.21000°N 114.76333°W
Rocky View County	254	Hwy 1A east (Bow Valley Trail) – Cochrane, Calgary	Hwy 1A concurrency ends Forestry Trunk Road concurrency begins	51°13′27″N 114°39′36″W / 51.22417°N 114.66000°W
M.D. of Bighorn No. 8	271	Hummingbird Lane	Waiparous	51°17′3″N 114°50′13″W / 51.28417°N 114.83694°W
	300	Hwy 579 east – Water Valley, Cremona	Begin Highway 734	51°26′57″N 115°2′18″W / 51.44917°N 115.03833°W
Clearwater County	334		Red Deer Forestry Airport	51°39′24″N 115°17′13″W / 51.65667°N 115.28694°W
	378	Hwy 584 east – Sundre		51°52′16″N 115°6′17″W / 51.87111°N 115.10472°W
	399	Hwy 591 east – Caroline	Clearwater River Airport	51°59′7″N 115°14′31″W / 51.98528°N 115.24194°W
	425	Hwy 752 north – Rocky Mountain House		52°4′30″N 115°30′3″W / 52.07500°N 115.50083°W
	456		Ram Falls Provincial Park	52°5′10″N 115°50′37″W / 52.08611°N 115.84361°W
	515	Hwy 11 – Saskatchewan River Crossing, Rocky Mountain House, Sylvan Lake, Red Deer	Nordegg	52°28′33″N 116°6′25″W / 52.47583°N 116.10694°W
Yellowhead County	583	Road	Elk River I.R. 233	52°55′49″N 116°33′34″W / 52.93028°N 116.55944°W
	593	Crosses Lovett River	End Highway 734	52°59′14″N 116°38′12″W / 52.98722°N 116.63667°W
	626	Hwy 47 north – Robb, Edson	Coalspur	53°10′17″N 117°0′27″W / 53.17139°N 117.00750°W
	633	Road	Mercoal	53°9′29″N 117°5′19″W / 53.15806°N 117.08861°W
	635	Crosses McLeod River		53°8′21″N 117°6′16″W / 53.13917°N 117.10444°W
	654	Road	South to Cadomin	53°3′13″N 117°19′3″W / 53.05361°N 117.31750°W
	659		Luscar	53°4′10″N 117°23′59″W / 53.06944°N 117.39972°W
	678	Crosses Gregg River		53°12′15″N 117°29′44″W / 53.20417°N 117.49556°W
	701	Hwy 16 (TCH) east (Yellowhead Highway) – Hinton, Edson, Edmonton	Hwy 16 concurrency begins	53°22′13″N 117°38′14″W / 53.37028°N 117.63722°W
	703	Hwy 16 (TCH) west (Yellowhead Highway) – Jasper, Prince George, Kamloops	Hwy 16 concurrency ends	53°21′25″N 117°39′23″W / 53.35694°N 117.65639°W
	708	Crosses Athabasca River		53°22′39″N 117°41′50″W / 53.37750°N 117.69722°W
	726	Road	William A. Switzer Provincial Park	53°29′25″N 117°49′36″W / 53.49028°N 117.82667°W
	739	Crosses Wildhay River		53°33′32″N 117°55′14″W / 53.55889°N 117.92056°W
	767	Crosses Little Berland River		53°40′42″N 118°14′30″W / 53.67833°N 118.24167°W
	779	Crosses Berland River		53°45′41″N 118°21′22″W / 53.76139°N 118.35611°W
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16	805	Road	Pierre Gray's Lakes Provincial Park	53°54′31″N 118°37′0″W / 53.90861°N 118.61667°W
	810	Forestry Trunk Road	Alternate (gravel) route north at Muskeg River Forestry Trunk Road concurrency ends	53°55′29″N 118°40′22″W / 53.92472°N 118.67278°W
	819	Crosses Muskeg River	Grande Cache Airport	53°55′32″N 118°48′58″W / 53.92556°N 118.81611°W
	841	Hoppe Avenue, 100 Avenue	Grande Cache	53°53′19″N 119°6′52″W / 53.88861°N 119.11444°W
	846	Crosses Smoky River		53°53′30″N 119°9′53″W / 53.89167°N 119.16472°W
	931	Crosses Kakwa River		54°25′15″N 118°33′14″W / 54.42083°N 118.55389°W
	960	Crosses Cutbank River		54°38′6″N 118°41′7″W / 54.63500°N 118.68528°W
	1016	Hwy 666 west – Grovedale	Grade separated	55°4′18″N 118°48′46″W / 55.07167°N 118.81278°W
County of Grande Prairie No. 1	1017	Crosses Wapiti River		55°4′18″N 118°48′12″W / 55.07167°N 118.80333°W
	1021	Hwy 668 east – Resources Road	Township Road 710, 37 Avenue	55°6′45″N 118°49′14″W / 55.11250°N 118.82056°W
City of Grande Prairie	1027	Hwy 43, Township Road 714, 100 Avenue	West to Grande Prairie Airport & Beaverlodge East to downtown Hwy 40 ends Continues as Hwy 43, 108 Street, east to Valleyview Continues as Hwy 2 north to Sexsmith	55°10′14″N 118°49′14″W / 55.17056°N 118.82056°W
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus

Gallery

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  Highway 40 crossing Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie

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  Highway 40 in Grande Cache

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  Bighorn Highway, westbound, east of Grande Cache

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  Highway 734 through the Foothills, southbound, north of Nordegg

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  Kananaskis Trail, southbound through the Canadian Rockies in Kananaskis Country

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  Kananaskis Trail in Highwood Pass

References

1. Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 7

External links

• 2010 Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Series Progress Chart (map, 8 MB) by Alberta Transportation.