List of Northwest Territories highways

Route list

The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Highway Name Length (km)[1] From To[2] Notes
Mackenzie Highway 690.0 km (428.7 mi) Alberta border north of Indian Cabins Wrigley Construction began 1938, paused during Second World War, resumed and completed to Hay River in 1949; extended to Highway 3 junction in 1960 and to Fort Simpson in 1971; latest extension to Wrigley completed 1994
Hay River Highway 48.6 km (30.2 mi) Hwy 1 in Enterprise Hay River Also connects with Highway 5
Yellowknife Highway 338.8 km (210.5 mi) Hwy 1 near Fort Providence Hwy 4 in Yellowknife Also known as the Great Slave Highway, completed in 1960
Ingraham Trail 69.2 km (43.0 mi) Hwy 3 in Yellowknife Tibbitt Lake Provides access to Dettah (27 km (17 mi)) when the ice road (6.5 km (4.0 mi)) is closed
Fort Smith Highway 267.0 km (165.9 mi) Hwy 2 near Hay River Fort Smith Completed in 1966, passes through Wood Buffalo National Park
Fort Resolution Highway 90.0 km (55.9 mi) Hwy 5 near Hay River Fort Resolution Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point
Liard Highway 254.1 km (157.9 mi) British Columbia border south of Fort Liard Hwy 1 near Fort Simpson Packed dirt and gravel road
Dempster Highway 272.5 km (169.3 mi) Hwy 5 at Yukon border Inuvik Canada's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle, completed as a through road from the Yukon in 1979; studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway
Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway 138 km (86 mi) Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Replaced the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road; construction began 2013, completed 2017 and opened in November. Designated as Highway 10.

Unnumbered highways
Highway Length (km)[3] From To[4] Notes
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road 568 km (353 mi) Tibbitt Lake Contwoyto Lake, Nunavut Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities
Mackenzie Valley Winter Road 483 km (300 mi) Wrigley Fort Good Hope Connects to Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, with 106 km branch route to Deline and 165 km branch route to Colville Lake. 34 permanent bridges completed along route which can be used as part of an all-weather route.
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road (closed) 187 km (116 mi) Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Former ice road; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Canol Road (closed) 357 km (222 mi) Norman Wells Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road

Access by community

The communities reached by the all-weather highway network are:

Communities that can only be reached by ice-road are:

Communities with no access by surface vehicle:

See also

References
  1. Northwest Territories Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic, 2006 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Highway Designation and Classification Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. 047-92
  3. Northwest Territories Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic, 2006 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Highway Designation and Classification Regulations, N.W.T. Reg. 047-92


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