Alberta Highway 56

Major junctionsSouth end Hwy 1 (TCH) near CrowfootMajor intersectionsNorth end Hwy 26 near Camrose LocationCountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaSpecialized and rural municipalitiesWheatland County, Starland County, Stettler No. 6 County, Camrose CountyTownsStettler, Drumheller Highway system

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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 56, commonly referred to as Highway 56, is a north-south highway in central Alberta, Canada. It begins near the locality of Crowfoot, 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Bassano, at Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway). It continues through Drumheller and Stettler before ending at Highway 26, 6 km (4 mi) east of Camrose.^[2][3]

History

In the early 1990s, there was talk of extending Highway 56 from the Highway 1 to the US border. This was due in large part to then Alberta Premier Don Getty, who at the time was also the MLA for Stettler. All talk of this endeavor stopped once Getty retired from politics and was succeeded as Premier by Ralph Klein.

In September 2021, a 4.0 km (2.5 mi) section of Highway 834 was renumbered to Highway 56, extending its northern terminus from Highway 13 to Highway 26. The renumbering was a response to local requests to align the numbering of the short portion of highway with the pre-existing portions of Highway 56.^[3] It also rendered the 5.2 km (3.2 mi) Highway 26 / Highway 834 concurrency obsolete.

Major intersections

Starting from the south end of Highway 56:

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Wheatland County	​	0.0	0.0	Hwy 1 (TCH) – Calgary, Medicine Hat	Hwy 56 southern terminus; continues as Range Road 201 to Crowfoot Ferry
		19.5	12.1	Hwy 561 east	South end of Hwy 561 concurrency
	Hussar	22.7	14.1	Hwy 561 west – Standard	North end of Hwy 561 concurrency
	​	39.4	24.5	Hwy 564
	Dalum	52.4	32.6	Hwy 569
Town of Drumheller		64.7	40.2	Hwy 10 east (Hoodoo Trail) – East Coulee	South end of Hwy 10 concurrency
		66.1	41.1	Hwy 10X south – Wayne	Rosedale
		72.8	45.2	Hwy 10 ends Hwy 9 west / 5 Street SE – Calgary	North end of Hwy 10 concurrency; south end of Hwy 9 concurrency
		73.7	45.8	Hwy 575 west (South Dinosaur Trail) / 2 Street SW – Nacmine
		74.3	46.2	Crosses Red Deer River
		74.8	46.5	Hwy 838 west (North Dinosaur Trail) – Royal Tyrrell Museum
		75.1	46.7	Hwy 576 east
Starland County	Munson	85.4	53.1	Township Road 302
	​	95.0	59.0	Hwy 9 east – Hanna, Saskatoon Hwy 27 west – Morrin, Three Hills	North end of Hwy 9 concurrency
		117.7	73.1	Hwy 585 – Rumsey, Trochu
County of Stettler No. 6	​	130.6	81.2	Hwy 589 east – Byemoor, Endiang
	Big Valley	137.0	85.1	Hwy 590 west – Innisfail
		138.6	86.1	UAR 55 west
	​	156.4	97.2	Hwy 594 west
Town of Stettler		170.0	105.6	Hwy 12 – Lacombe, Consort
County of Stettler No. 6	​	180.8	112.3	Hwy 601 – White Sands, Red Willow
↑ / ↓	​	200.2	124.4	Hwy 53 – Bashaw, Donalda, Forestburg
Camrose County	Meeting Creek	212.4	132.0	UAR 210 east
	​	223.8	139.1	Hwy 609 west – Edberg, Ferintosh	South end of Hwy 609 concurrency
		224.1	139.2	Crosses Battle River
		227.0	141.1	Hwy 609 east – Rosalind	North end of Hwy 609 concurrency
		245.6	152.6	Hwy 13 – Camrose, Provost	Former Hwy 56 northern terminus; formerly Hwy 834
		249.8	155.2	Hwy 26 – Camrose, Viking	Hwy 56 northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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