Alberta Highway 666

Highway 666
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation
Length: 37 km (23 mi)
Major junctions
West end: Creek crossing on Range Road 85
East end: Hwy 40 south of Grande Prairie
Location
Specialized
and rural
municipalities:
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16
Highway system

Provincial highways in Alberta

Hwy 665Hwy 667

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 666[1] 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. The name highway 666 is often avoided, due to its association with the Number of the Beast. However, Alberta numbers its west-east minor highways from south to north, and decided not to skip 666, despite skipping numerous other numbers.

Route description

Hwy 40 bridge over Wapiti River and Hwy 666 east terminus

It starts on Range Road 85 at a creek crossing, south from there Weyerhaeuser Canada Corporation maintains a network of forestry roads, extending approximately 100 km (62 mi) south to the Two Lakes Provincial Park and Nose Mountain camping areas, and further to the 30 m (98 ft) high Kakwa Falls on the Kakwa River. Highway 666 travels north east on Township Road 692, Range Road 82, and Township Road 700, to the hamlet of Grovedale. It then follows the south bank of Wapiti River, with O'Brien Provincial Park in between, before meeting up with Highway 40. The Highway 40 bridge over Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie also crosses Highway 666, and with separate northbound and southbound exits to Hwy 666, it makes a Trumpet/Directional-T hybrid.

It is used by Forestry and the Oil and Gas industry working in the area of the Wapiti River valley, as well as for recreational use (two summer campgrounds are open in this wilderness area). It is paved for its entire length.

Major intersections

Starting from the west end of Highway 666:

County km
Intersecting road Notes Coordinates
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 0 Creek South to Two Lakes Provincial Park 54°57′3″N 119°11′44″W / 54.95083°N 119.19556°W / 54.95083; -119.19556 (666 km 00)
1 Township Road 692 54°58′0″N 119°11′17″W / 54.96667°N 119.18806°W / 54.96667; -119.18806 (666 km 01)
6 Range Road 82 54°58′21″N 119°7′11″W / 54.97250°N 119.11972°W / 54.97250; -119.11972 (666 km 06)
12 Township Road 700 55°1′30″N 119°6′48″W / 55.02500°N 119.11333°W / 55.02500; -119.11333 (666 km 12)
29 Range Road 64 Grovedale 55°1′24″N 118°51′55″W / 55.02333°N 118.86528°W / 55.02333; -118.86528 (666 km 29)
32 Road O'Brien Provincial Park 55°3′18″N 118°51′27″W / 55.05500°N 118.85750°W / 55.05500; -118.85750 (666 km 32)
37 Hwy 40 SB to WB 55°4′16″N 118°48′7″W / 55.07111°N 118.80194°W / 55.07111; -118.80194 (666 km 36)
NB to WB, EB to NB, EB to SB 55°4′18″N 118°47′46″W / 55.07167°N 118.79611°W / 55.07167; -118.79611 (666 km 37)

References

  1. Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 22


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