Alberta Highway 57 Explained

Province:AB
Type:AB 1970s
Route:57
Length Km:82
Established:1950s
Decommissioned:1979
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: in Alsike
Terminus B: in Entwistle
Previous Type:Hwy
Next Type:Hwy
Previous Route:56
Next Route:58
Rural Municipalities:Brazeau, Parkland
Towns:Drayton Valley

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 57, commonly referred to as Highway 57, was a highway in central Alberta, Canada that served the Town of Drayton Valley and existed between the 1950s and 1979. It is now part of Highway 22 and Highway 39.

History

Highway 57 originally was a north - south gravel highway that linked Drayton Valley to Highway 16 in Entwistle.[1] In the mid-1950s, spurred on by increased oil activity, Highway 57 was extended from Drayton Valley eastward across the North Saskatchewan River. In 1955, a ferry that started operations[2] and travelled east to the Village of Breton, terminating Highway 39.[3] In 1957, the highway was realigned across a new bridge[4] and terminated at Hamlet of Alsike, north of Breton.[5] In the 1970s, work was being done to establish a north-south highway west of Highway 2, as at the time Highway 22 terminated at Cremona, north of Cochrane.[6] In 1980, the Highway 22 designation was extended north, which included a section of Highway 57 being renumbered; the remaining section of Highway 57 became part of Highway 39.[7]

Notes and References

  1. The H.M. Gousha Company . The Shell Oil Company . 1951 . Shell Map of Montana . Southern Alberta . D-4, E-4.
  2. Book: Martin, Isobel. Forests to Grainfields. 1977. Berrymoor/Carnwood Historical Society. Berrymoor, Alberta. 0-919213-36-7. 133. January 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160110064843/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=4821671. January 10, 2016. dead.
  3. The H.M. Gousha Company . The Shell Oil Company . 1956 . Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba . C-11, D-11.
  4. Web site: Transportation Infrastructure Management System - Existing Structures in the Provincial Highway Corridor . 2012-09-28 . January 26, 2017 . Alberta Transportation . 108.
  5. Department of Highways . The Province of Alberta . 1960 . Alberta Official Road Map . D-6, D-7.
  6. Travel Alberta . The Province of Alberta . 1978–1979 . Alberta Official Road Map . J-5, I-5.
  7. Travel Alberta . The Province of Alberta . 1980 . Alberta Official Road Map . J-5, I-5.