Alberta Highway 873

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Highway 873
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation
City of Brooks
Length 57.4 km[1] (35.7 mi)
Major junctions
South end Range Road 162 near Rainier
  Hwy 36 near Rainier
Hwy 542 in Brooks
Hwy 1 (TCH) in Brooks
North end Hwy 550 in Duchess
Location
Specialized
and rural
municipalities		 County of Newell
Major cities Brooks
Villages Duchess
Highway system

Provincial highways in Alberta

← Hwy 872Hwy 875 →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 873, commonly referred to as Highway 873, is a highway in southern Alberta, Canada. It generally runs north-south from Range Road 162 near the Hamlet of Rainier, through the City of Brooks to Highway 550 in Village of Duchess.[2][3]

Route description

Highway 873 is a two-lane undivided highway in the County of Newell that begins as an east-west route at the intersection of Range Road 162 and Township Road 164, 1.6 km (1.0 mi) west of Rainer. It travels east to the intersection of Highway 36 where it becomes a gravel highway and continues east along the south end of Lake Newell to Highway 535, where it turns north and continues towards Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, where at the park entrance it once again becomes a paved highway.[2] Highway 873 continues north where it enters Brooks along 7 Street E where it follows a series of city streets, a short concurrency with Highway 542, and leaves Brooks along 2 Street W, the city's main commercial strip. It crosses the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) at the city's northern boundary and continues north past Highway 544 to Duchess where it ends at the intersection of Highway 550. The roadway continues north as Range Road 144.[2]

History

The section of Highway 873 between Brooks and Duchess has had multiple designations in its history. Along with Highway 550, the route was originally designated as part of Highway 2, which at the time was an east-west inter-provincial highway that ran through Calgary and Medicine Hat (the present-day Highway 2 was designated as Highway 1).[4] In 1941, Highway 2 was renumbered to Highway 1 to allow for continual numbering through Western Canada along the future Trans-Canada Highway, which was commissioned in 1949.[5] In the mid-1950s, the Trans-Canada Highway was realigned between Brooks and Bassano, resulting in the Duchess-Bassano section being decommissioned and the Brooks-Duchess section becoming part of Highway 36.[6] In the 1970s, Highway 36 north was realigned to align with the Highway 1/36 (south) junction located west of Brooks, resulting in the Brooks-Duchess section becoming Highway 873.[7]

Major intersections

From south to north:

Rural/specialized municipalityLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
County of Newell​0.00.0Range Road 162 / Township Road 164Hwy 873 begins and travels east
50°22′5.9″N 112°6′44.7″W / 50.368306°N 112.112417°W / 50.368306; -112.112417 (873 km 00.0)
Rainier1.60.99Range Road 16150°22′6.0″N 112°5′21.6″W / 50.368333°N 112.089333°W / 50.368333; -112.089333 (873 km 01.6)
​6.84.2 Hwy 36 – Brooks, Taber50°21′59.0″N 112°1′8.4″W / 50.366389°N 112.019000°W / 50.366389; -112.019000 (873 km 06.8)
​18.211.3 Hwy 535 west – TilleyHwy 873 turns north
50°23′53.9″N 111°53′17.3″W / 50.398306°N 111.888139°W / 50.398306; -111.888139 (873 km 18.2)
​23.414.5PAR 103 west – Kinbrook Island Provincial Park50°26′40.9″N 111°53′0.1″W / 50.444694°N 111.883361°W / 50.444694; -111.883361 (873 km 23.4)
​31.119.3Township Road 182 – Lake Newell Resort50°30′50.0″N 111°53′0.1″W / 50.513889°N 111.883361°W / 50.513889; -111.883361 (873 km 31.1)
City of Brooks37.023.0Sutherland Drive
7 Street E		Hwy 873 branches east onto Sutherland Drive
Shortcut route continues north on 7 Street E (trucks prohibited)[8]
50°33′59.8″N 111°53′0.4″W / 50.566611°N 111.883444°W / 50.566611; -111.883444 (873 km 37.0)
38.123.7 Cassils Road (Hwy 542 east) – To Hwy 1Hwy 873 branches west; Hwy 542 concurrency begins
50°34′19.8″N 111°52′26.7″W / 50.572167°N 111.874083°W / 50.572167; -111.874083 (873 km 38.1)
38.824.17 Street E / Lakewood RoadShortcut route along 7 Street E (trucks prohibited)[8]
50°34′19.6″N 111°53′0.3″W / 50.572111°N 111.883417°W / 50.572111; -111.883417 (873 km 38.8)
39.724.72 Street W – City Centre
Cassils Road (Hwy 542 west) – Cassils		Hwy 873 branches north; Hwy 542 concurrency ends
50°34′19.5″N 111°53′49.5″W / 50.572083°N 111.897083°W / 50.572083; -111.897083 (873 km 39.7)
41.826.0 Hwy 1 (TCH) – Calgary, Medicine HatInterchange
50°35′26.5″N 111°53′49.4″W / 50.590694°N 111.897056°W / 50.590694; -111.897056 (873 km 41.8)
County of Newell​52.732.7 Hwy 544 – Patricia, Dinosaur Provincial Park50°41′18.4″N 111°53′50.8″W / 50.688444°N 111.897444°W / 50.688444; -111.897444 (873 km 52.7)
Duchess57.435.7 Hwy 550 west – Rosemary, Bassano
Range Road 144		Hwy 873 ends
50°43′50.3″N 111°53′50.6″W / 50.730639°N 111.897389°W / 50.730639; -111.897389 (873 km 57.4)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Google (January 24, 2017). "Highway 873 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Road Map (PDF) (Map). County of Newell. 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Department of Public Works (1939). Alberta Official Road Map (PDF) (Map). Government of Alberta. §§ B-2, C-2.
  5. ↑ "Trans-Canada Highway Act". Department of Justice Canada. R.S.C. 1970, c. T-12.
  6. ↑ The H.M. Gousha Company (1956). Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Map). The Shell Oil Company. §§ E-13, F-13.
  7. ↑ Travel Alberta (1978–79). Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. § M-7.
  8. 1 2 Truck Routes (Map). City of Brooks. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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