The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada. They are divided amongst Arterial Class Highways, of which there are six; Collector Class Highways, of which there are 23; and closed highways, of which there are two. Only some places in the Northwest Territories can be reached by means of highways.
Highway | Name | Length (km)[1] | From[2] | To | Notes | |
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Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road (closed) | 187km (116miles) | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk | Former ice road; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway | ||
Canol Road (closed) | 357km (222miles) | 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 |
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: