Saskatchewan Highway 21
Highway 21 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 714.6 km[1] (444.0 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Canada–U.S. border (S-233) at Willow Creek | |||
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| North end |   Hwy 919 / Hwy 950 in Meadow Lake Provincial Park | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Saskatchewan | |||
| Rural municipalities | Reno, Big Stick, Fox Valley, Happyland, Chesterfield, Newcombe, Kindersley, Oakdale, Progress, Mariposa, Grass Lake, Tramping Lake, Round Valley, Cut Knife, Hillsdale, Eldon, Frenchman Butte, Loon Lake, Beaver River | |||
| Towns | Maple Creek, Leader, Eatonia, Kindersley, Kerrobert, Unity, Maidstone | |||
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Highway 21 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Montana Secondary Highway 233 at the United States border near Willow Creek to Highway 950/Highway 919 within the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Highway 21 is about 715 km (444 mi) long.[1]
Highway 21 passes through the major communities of Maple Creek, Kindersley, Kerrobert, and Unity. Highway 21 intersects three major western Saskatchewan highways: Highway 1, Highway 7, and Highway 16.
Highway 21 has average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 500 vehicles a day and truck traffic is 30% of this total. Unity has two inland grain terminals. The oil and gas industry is also active in this area.[2]
History
The original Provincial Highway 21 is between Highway 13 west of Robsart and Leader.[3] It originally continued west from Leader to Estuary and Empress, Alberta, before it turned north and followed Range Road 3293, adjacent to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. It followed a series of country roads through Loverna, Macklin, and Lloydminster to Onion Lake.[3] In the 1930s, the Leader-Empress section was renumbered to Highway 32 while the Empress-Onion Lake was renumbered to Highway 17 (the section south of Macklin was later decommissioned).[4][5]
At the same time, Provincial Highway 30 ran from Lemsford, through Glidden and Kindersley, to Kerrobert; the section between Lemsford and Glidden was decommissioned in the 1940s.[3][4][5] In the 1960s, Highway 330 was commissioned between Kerrobert, through Unity, to Highway 40 west of Cut Knife. Provincial Highway 48 ran between Govenlock and Willow Creek; however in the 1960s, it was renumbered to Highway 348.[4][6]
In 1971, the Chesterfield Bridge across the South Saskatchewan River was opened, extending Highway 21 to Eatonia.[6][7] Bridges were opened across the Battle and North Saskatchewan Rivers were opened later in the decade, and along with the renumbering Highways 348, 30, and 330, Highway 21 assumed its present length.[8]
Major intersections
From south to north:[9]
| Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno No. 51 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  S-233 south – Havre | Continues into Montana |
| Canada–United States border at Willow Creek Border Crossing | |||||
| Govenlock | 29.2 | 18.1 |  Hwy 13 west – Alberta border | South end of Hwy 13 concurrency | |
| Senate | 43.8 | 27.2 |   Hwy 615 north – Fort Walsh | ||
| Consul | 56.8 | 35.3 | Range Road 3271 | ||
| | 73.1 | 45.4 | Hwy 13 east – Eastend, Shaunavon | North end of Hwy 13 concurrency | |
| Maple Creek No. 111 | | 94.9 | 59.0 |  Hwy 706 east – Belanger | |
| | 107.5 | 66.8 |  Hwy 221 west – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Centre Block) | ||
| Maple Creek | 134.1 | 83.3 |  Hwy 271 south – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (West Block), Fort Walsh Hwy 724 (5th Avenue) | ||
| | 144.4 | 89.7 |  Hwy 1 (TCH) – Medicine Hat, Swift Current | ||
| Big Stick No. 141 | | 171.2 | 106.4 |  Hwy 728 west – Golden Prairie | South end of Hwy 728 concurrency |
| | 177.7 | 110.4 | Hwy 728 east | North end of Hwy 728 concurrency | |
| Fox Valley No. 141 | Fox Valley | 198.0 | 123.0 |  Hwy 371 west – Richmound | |
| Happyland No. 231 | Liebenthal | 221.9 | 137.9 |  Hwy 321 west – Burstall | |
| | 234.9 | 146.0 | Mendham access road | ||
| Leader | 247.0 | 153.5 |  Hwy 32 east – Swift Current | ||
| 247.8 | 154.0 |   Hwy 741 west – Estuary, Estuary Ferry | |||
| ↑ / ↓ | | 256.6 | 159.4 | Crosses the South Saskatchewan River | |
| Chesterfield No. 261 | Eatonia | 288.0 | 179.0 |  Hwy 44 west – Alsask | South end of Hwy 44 concurrency |
| Newcombe No. 260 | Glidden | 307.2 | 190.9 | Hwy 44 east – Eston Hwy 649 south – Lemsford Ferry, Lemsford | North end of Hwy 44 concurrency |
| Kindersley No. 290 | Kindersley | 333.3 | 207.1 |  Hwy 7 – Alsask, Rosetown | |
| Oakdale No. 320 | | 359.1 | 223.1 |  Hwy 307 west – Coleville | |
| | 369.3 | 229.5 |  Hwy 31 east – Rosetown | South end of Hwy 31 concurrency | |
| Progress No. 351 | Kerrobert | 382.9 | 237.9 |  Hwy 51 east – Biggar | South end of Hwy 51 concurrency |
| 385.3 | 239.4 | Hwy 31 west / Hwy 51 west – Macklin, Major | North end of Hwy 31 / Hwy 51 concurrency | ||
| Progress No. 351 – Mariposa No. 350 line | | 402.6 | 250.2 |  Hwy 771 east – Luseland | |
| ↑ / ↓[a] | | 409.1 | 254.2 |  Hwy 374 east – Tramping Lake | |
| Round Valley No. 410 | Unity | 443.2 | 275.4 |  Hwy 14 – Macklin, Wilkie | |
| | 462.7 | 287.5 |  Hwy 787 | ||
| Cut Knife No. 439 | | 478.8 | 297.5 |  Hwy 40 east – Cut Knife, The Battlefords | South end of Hwy 40 concurrency |
| Hillsdale No. 440 | | 489.0 | 303.9 | Baldwinton access road | |
| | 494.3 | 307.1 | Hwy 40 west – Neilburg, Wainwright | North end of Hwy 40 concurrency | |
| ↑ / ↓ | | 510.8 | 317.4 | Crosses the Battle River | |
| Eldon No. 471 | | 525.2 | 326.3 |  Hwy 16 west – Lloydminster | South end of Hwy 16 concurrency |
| Maidstone | 528.4 | 328.3 | Hwy 16 east – The Battlefords | North end of Hwy 16 concurrency | |
| | 548.1 | 340.6 |  Hwy 303 west – Lloydminster | South end of Hwy 303 concurrency | |
| ↑ / ↓ | | 561.2 | 348.7 | Crosses the North Saskatchewan River | |
| Frenchman Butte No. 501 | | 563.0 | 349.8 | Hwy 303 east – Turtleford | North end of Hwy 303 concurrency |
| | 580.3 | 360.6 |  Hwy 3 east – St. Walburg, Prince Albert | South end of Hwy 3 concurrency | |
| Paradise Hill | 591.0 | 367.2 | Hwy 3 west – Lloydminster | North end of Hwy 3 concurrency | |
| Loon Lake No. 561 | | 648.5 | 403.0 |  Hwy 699 east – Loon Lake | |
| ↑ / ↓ | | 684.5 | 425.3 | Crosses the Beaver River | |
| Beaver River No. 622 | Pierceland | 691.9 | 429.9 |  Hwy 55 – Cold Lake, Meadow Lake | |
| Meadow Lake Provincial Park | 714.6 | 444.0 | Hwy 919 / Hwy 950 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Footnotes
- ^ Four corners of the Rural Municipalities of Progress No. 351, Mariposa No. 350, Grass Lake No. 381, and Tramping Lake No. 380.
References
- ^ a b c Google (February 13, 2018). "Highway 21 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Safronetz, Joshua Devon (February 2003). "Project Level Highway Management Framework" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ a b c Province of Saskatchewan (1926). Highway Map (Map). Department of Highways. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
- ^ a b c Rand McNally (1940). Road map of Western and Central Canada (Map). Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ a b The H.M. Gousha Company (1956). "Saskatchewan & Manitoba" (Map). Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The Shell Oil Company.
- ^ a b Department of Highways and Transportation (1972). Saskatchewan Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
- ^ "A History of the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield". Winning The Prairie Gamble History Album. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
The Chesterfield Bridge, north of Leader, did not open for traffic until 1971.
- ^ Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation (1980). Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
- ^ MapArt (2007). Saskatchewan Road Atlas (Map) (2007 ed.). 1:540,000. Oshawa, ON: Peter Heiler Ltd. pp. 16, 22, 30, 38, 46. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.