Province: | SK |
Type: | Hwy |
Route: | 51 |
Photo Width: | 250 |
Length Km: | 154.7 |
Length Round: | 1 |
Direction B: | East |
Terminus B: | in Biggar |
Junction: | in Kerrobert |
Direction A: | West |
Terminus A: | at Alberta border west of Fusilier |
Rural Municipalities: | Antelope Park, Heart's Hill, Prairiedale, Progress, Grandview, Biggar |
Towns: | Kerrobert, Biggar |
Previous Type: | Hwy |
Previous Route: | 49 |
Next Type: | Hwy |
Next Route: | 52 |
Highway 51 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border near Compeer, Alberta, where it is preceded by Highway 12, to Highway 4 in Biggar, 1.1km (00.7miles) south of Highway 14. Highway 51 is approximately long. It passes through the town of Kerrobert, where it shares a concurrency with Highway 21 and Highway 31.
The former western terminus of Highway 51 is at Highway 656, north of Springwater, where it met the former alignment of Highway 14.[1] When Highway 14 was realigned between Biggar and Landis, a portion of the bypassed section was renumbered and became part of Highway 51.
In 1999, the thin membrane surface section of Highway 51 east of Kerrobert was tested with a Cold in-place recycling or "CIR" method to rehabilitate highways. This CIR process is a cost-effective method which recycles the top surface of a road. This pulverized material is mixed with asphalt emulsion and spread and compacted back onto the highway surface. This surface is then recovered with a new seal dependent on traffic volume.[2]
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