Alberta Highway 60
 .svg) Highway 60 | ||||
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| Devonian Way | ||||
 Highway 60 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors | ||||
| Length | 35.41 km[1] (22.00 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Highway 39 near Calmar | |||
 Highway 19 in Devon Highway 16A in Acheson | ||||
| North end |  Highway 16 (TCH) in Acheson | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Leduc County, Parkland County | |||
| Towns | Devon | |||
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Highway 60, officially named Devonian Way, is a north–south highway west of Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta, connecting Highway 39 to Highway 16. In tandem with Highway 19, it is often used as a southwest bypass of Edmonton for travellers wishing to avoid traffic within the city.[1][2]
Highway 60 begins as a two-lane rural highway east of Calmar in central Leduc County, branching due north from Highway 39 to meet Highway 19 at the south end of Devon where it becomes a divided expressway. Passing west of Devon and entering Parkland County, it bends west to cross the North Saskatchewan River on twin bridges, curving back north across Highways 627 and 628 to reach an interchange with Highway 16A in Acheson. The divided highway briefly reverts to two lanes before expanding again to four lanes and ending at Highway 16 west of Edmonton.
Alberta Transportation has outlined plans to twin the section of Highway 60 between Highways 16 and 16A, as well as long-term plans to realign Highway 60 as a freeway slightly to the west of Devon allowing for a free-flowing connection into a newly twinned Highway 19.[3]
Major intersections
[edit]From south to north:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Leduc County | | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 39 – Leduc, Calmar, Drayton Valley | Roundabout |
| Devon | 8.1 | 5.0 |  Highway 19 east – Nisku, Edmonton | Access to Edmonton International Airport | |
| 11.2 | 7.0 | Athabasca Avenue | |||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 12.4 | 7.7 | Devon Bridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River | |
| Parkland County | Enoch Cree Nation (Enoch) | 22.1 | 13.7 |  Highway 627 – Keephills, Edmonton | |
| 28.6 | 17.8 |  Highway 628 – Stony Plain, Edmonton | |||
| Acheson | 31.8 | 19.8 | Highway 16A – Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Edmonton | Interchange | |
| 35.4 | 22.0 |   Highway 16 (TCH/YH) to Highway 44 – Westlock, Spruce Grove, Edson, Jasper, Edmonton | Interchange, Hwy 16 exit 371 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2015 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^ a b "Highway 60 in central Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^ Stantec (December 2005). "Highway 60 and Highway 19 at Devon - Functional Planning Study - Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.