Alberta Highway 663
Highway 663 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alberta Transportation | ||||
| Existed | 1964–present | |||
| West segment | ||||
| Length | 153 km (95 mi) | |||
| West end |  Hwy 44 in Fawcett | |||
| Major intersections |  Hwy 2 Hwy 63 | |||
| East end |  Hwy 55 west of Lac La Biche | |||
| East segment | ||||
| Length | 40 km (25 mi) | |||
| West end |  Hwy 881 east of Lac La Biche | |||
| East end | Torchwood Lake | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Westlock County, Athabasca County, Lac La Biche County | |||
| Major cities | Boyle, Lac La Biche | |||
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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 663[2] is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs west-east from Highway 44 near Fawcett, runs concurrent with Highway 2 and Highway 63 to Boyle. Then to a concurrency with Highway 55 (Northern Woods and Water Route) in Lac La Biche before extending north around Lakeland Provincial Park to Torchwood Lake. It is also known as Taylor Road in Boyle, and 88 Avenue in Lac La Biche.
History
In the 1940s the roads that become Secondary Highways were only dirt trails. Farmers would have to use axes to clear the brush of the boreal forest from the road allowance, and use plows and machinery pulled by horses to maintain the roads and fill in low spots that filled with water during spring melt and summer rains. These were not all weather roads, there were no snow ploughs to keep the roads clear over the winter months, so in the 1950s the larger farm trucks could only make it through a few months of the year. By 1957, the road saw an application of gravel to the surface, and was graded. A formal surveying crew came through in 1963 to clear brush and mark the path of the highway which was constructed in 1964.[3]
Major intersections
Starting from the west end of Highway 663:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Westlock County | Fawcett | 0 | 0.0 | Hwy 44 – Edmonton, Westlock, Slave Lake | Western terminus | ||
| | 17 | 11 |  Hwy 801 – Cross Lake Provincial Park | ||||
| Athabasca County | | 43 | 27 |  Hwy 812 north – Sunset Beach | |||
| 51 | 32 | Hwy 2 south – Clyde, Edmonton | Hwy 663 branches north; Hwy 2 concurrency begins | ||||
| 54 | 34 | Hwy 2 north – Athabasca | Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 2 concurrency ends | ||||
| Colinton | 60 | 37 | Railway Avenue | ||||
| | 63 | 39 |  Hwy 827 – Athabasca, Thorhild | ||||
| 83 | 52 | Hwy 63 south – Redwater, Edmonton | Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 63 concurrency begins | ||||
| Boyle | 91 | 57 | Hwy 63 north – Fort McMurray | Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 63 concurrency ends | |||
| 92 | 57 |  Hwy 831 (Lakeview Road) – Waskatenau | |||||
| | 97 | 60 | Range Road 190 – Mewatha Beach | ||||
| 101 | 63 | Bondiss Drive – Bondiss | |||||
| 144 | 89 | Pine Avenue – Caslan | |||||
| Lac La Biche County | | 119 | 74 |  Hwy 855 – Fort McMurray, Atmore, Smoky Lake | |||
| Hylo | 134 | 83 | Railway Avenue | ||||
| | 153 | 95 | Hwy 55 – Athabasca, Lac La Biche | ||||
| Hwy 663 is discontinuous for 8 km (5.0 mi) | |||||||
| Lac La Biche County | | 161 | 100 | Hwy 881 – Fort McMurray, Conklin, Lac La Biche | |||
| Beaver Lake | 164 | 102 | Birch Drive | ||||
| | 201 | 125 | Torchwood Lake | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Google (April 26, 2017). "Highway 663 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 22
- ^ Lac La Biche Heritage Society (2006). "Lac La Biche Yesterday and today". Our Roots. University of Calgary. p. 62. Retrieved 2009-11-05.