Alberta Highway 779

Highway 779 shield

Highway 779
Range Road 10
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation
Length 29.74 km[1] (18.48 mi)
Major junctions
South end Hwy 627 south of Stony Plain
  Hwy 16A in Stony Plain
Hwy 16 (TCH) near Stony Plain
North end Hwy 37 west of Calahoo
Location
Specialized
and rural
municipalities
Parkland County, Sturgeon County
Towns Stony Plain
Highway system

Provincial highways in Alberta

Hwy 778Hwy 780

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 779 is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs south-north from Highway 627 (Garden Valley Road) in Parkland County through the Town of Stony Plain to Highway 37 west of Calahoo in Sturgeon County. It runs along the Fifth Meridian for its entire length, which was surveyed as 114° Longitude in the Dominion Land Survey, and used by the Alberta Township System. The highway is also known as Range Road 10 in the two counties and 48 Street within Stony Plain.[1][2]

Major intersections

Starting from the south end of Highway 779:

Rural/specialized municipalityLocationkm[2]miDestinationsNotes
Parkland County00.0 Hwy 627 (Garden Valley Road) Keephills, Devon, EdmontonHwy 779 southern terminus
53°27′14″N 114°0′7″W / 53.45389°N 114.00194°W / 53.45389; -114.00194 (779 km 00)
Stony Plain63.7 79 Avenue (Hwy 628 east) Spring Lake, Stony Plain No. 13553°30′43″N 114°0′6″W / 53.51194°N 114.00167°W / 53.51194; -114.00167 (779 km 06)
85.050 Avenue53°31′49″N 114°0′7″W / 53.53028°N 114.00194°W / 53.53028; -114.00194 (779 km 08)
95.6 Hwy 16A (Parkland Highway) Jasper, Spruce Grove, EdmontonInterchange
53°32′29″N 114°0′7″W / 53.54139°N 114.00194°W / 53.54139; -114.00194 (779 km 09)
138.1 Hwy 16 (TCH) (Yellowhead Highway) Jasper, EdmontonInterchange
53°34′11″N 114°0′1″W / 53.56972°N 114.00028°W / 53.56972; -114.00028 (779 km 13)
Sturgeon County2214 Hwy 633 Alberta Beach, Villeneuve, St. Albert53°39′27″N 114°0′7″W / 53.65750°N 114.00194°W / 53.65750; -114.00194 (779 km 22)
3019 Hwy 37 Onoway, Calahoo, Fort SaskatchewanHwy 779 northern terminus
53°43′15″N 114°0′7″W / 53.72083°N 114.00194°W / 53.72083; -114.00194 (779 km 30)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 Provincial Highway 500-989 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Google (December 18, 2016). "Highway 779 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 18, 2016.


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