Saskatchewan Highway 52 Explained

Province:SK
Type:Hwy
Route:52
Photo Notes:Highway 52 at Homefield
Photo Width:250
Length Km:70.4
Length Round:1
Direction A:West
Terminus A: near Ituna
Junction: near Willowbrook
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Yorkton
Rural Municipalities:Ituna Bon Accord No. 246, Garry No. 245, Orkney No. 244
Cities:Yorkton
Previous Type:Hwy
Previous Route:51
Next Type:Hwy
Next Route:54

Highway 52 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The highway runs from Highway 15 / Highway 310 near Ituna to Highway 10A in Yorkton near Pleasant Heights. It is about long.

Highway 52 connects with Highways 617, 651, and 47. It also carries a short concurrency with Highway 310 for 1.6km (01miles) to its western terminus; Highway 310 continues its concurrency with Highway 15 south of the junction. The communities of Homefield, Willowbrook, Fonehill, Vanstone, and Collacott are near the highway between Highway 15 and Yorkton.

History

The section of Highway 52 between Yorkton and Willowbrook was originally part of Highway 10, which then continued south to Melville along present-day Highway 47.[1] The designation was changed when a more direct highway was constructed in the 1960s.[2]

Major intersections

From west to east:

Highway 52A

Province:SK
Type:Hwy
Route:52A
Length Km:3.1
Location:Yorkton

Highway 52A runs from Highway 52 to Highway 16 along the western edge of Yorkton. It is about long and was commissioned in 2012 as part of the Yorkton West Truck Route Project, which runs along the western edge of Yorkton.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Province of Saskatchewan. Highway Map. Department of Highways. 1926. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829073841/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/1926/sask-highway-map.html. August 29, 2017.
  2. Department of Highways and Transportation. Saskatchewan Official Highway Map. Government of Saskatchewan. 1972.
  3. Web site: New Segment of Yorkton West Truck Traffic Relief Route Opens . Government of Saskatchewan . September 8, 2017. en. August 23, 2012.