Alberta Highway 44

Highway 44
Route information
Length	171.63 km[1] (106.65 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Hwy 16 (TCH) near Acheson
	Hwy 37 near Rivière Qui Barre; Hwy 18 in Westlock
North end	Hwy 2 near Hondo
Location
Specialized; and rural; municipalities	Parkland County, Sturgeon County, Westlock County, Lesser Slave River No. 124 M.D.
Towns	Westlock
Highway system

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 44, commonly referred to as Highway 44, is a highway in northern Alberta, Canada that extends from Hondo to Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) east of Spruce Grove. It is the primary route between the Edmonton area and the Lesser Slave Lake region. The stretch between Highway 16 and Westlock was formerly Secondary Highway 794, but due to a large increase in traffic it was upgraded to Highway 44 in 1999.^[2] Highway 44 is approximately 172 kilometres (107 mi) long.^[1]

Major intersections

From south to north:

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km^[3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Parkland County	Acheson	0.0	0.0	Hwy 16 (TCH) – Spruce Grove, Jasper, Edmonton	Interchange; Hwy 16 exit 368
Sturgeon County	Villeneuve	9.9	6.2	Hwy 633 – Alberta Beach, St. Albert	Roundabout
		16.5	10.3	Hwy 37 – Onoway, Fort Saskatchewan
	Rivière Qui Barre	23.3	14.5	Township Road 544
		26.8	16.7	Hwy 642 – Sandy Beach, Morinville
	Alcomdale	36.6	22.7	Township Road 570	Former Hwy 650 west
Westlock County		43.0	26.7	Hwy 651 – Busby, Legal
		54.4	33.8	Township Road 585 – Pickardville
	Westlock	65.8	40.9	Hwy 18 (100 Street) to Hwy 2 – Barrhead, Swan Hills, Clyde, Edmonton
		77.2	48.0	UAR 73 west – Pibroch
		86.9	54.0	Hwy 601 west – Dapp	South end of Hwy 601 concurrency
		88.5	55.0	Hwy 601 east / Hwy 801 north – Rochester	North end of Hwy 601 concurrency
		102.3	63.6	UAR 81 west – Jarvie
	Fawcett	115.5	71.8	UAR 83 west
		117.7	73.1	Hwy 663 east – Boyle
M.D. of Lesser Slave River No. 124		132.3	82.2	UAR 82 west – Flatbush
		157.9	98.1	Township Road 684 – Chisholm
		171.6	106.6	Hwy 2 – Slave Lake, Peace River, Athabasca, Edmonton	Through traffic follows Hwy 2 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

Route map:

References

1 2 "Provincial Highways 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF) (Map). Alberta Transportation. Government of Alberta. March 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
↑ "Secondary Hwy 794 status changed". Government of Alberta. September 15, 1999. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
↑ Google (March 19, 2018). "Highway 44" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

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[length-1] 1 2 "Provincial Highways 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF) (Map). Alberta Transportation. Government of Alberta. March 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

[2] "Secondary Hwy 794 status changed". Government of Alberta. September 15, 1999. Retrieved June 10, 2011.

[map-3] Google (March 19, 2018). "Highway 44" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 19, 2018.