Mackenzie Highway Totally Explained

Everything about Mackenzie Highway totally explained

Mackenzie Highway, which begins at Grimshaw, Alberta, comprises the entire length of Alberta Highway 35 and Northwest Territories Highway 1. Originally begun prior to World War II, the project was abandoned at the outbreak of war, then resumed in the early 1960s and completed to Hay River, Northwest Territories. In 1966-67, it was extended from Enterprise, approximately 23.6 miles (38 km) south of Hay River, to the northwest, then north past Fort Providence to Behchoko (at the time, known as Rae-Edzo) and southeast to the capital city of Yellowknife. Much of this extension is now known as Northwest Territories Highway 3, the Yellowknife Highway. (The 23.6 mile stretch from Enterprise to Hay River is Highway 2).
   In approximately 1970, the highway was extended west from what is now the southern terminus of Highway 3 to reach Fort Simpson, and in 1971, when the section to Fort Simpson was opened to traffic, work began to prepare a road grade from there to Wrigley, but the work was abandoned. This roadway, which starts at a junction 2.2 miles (3.5 km) from the island that "downtown" Fort Simpson is situated on, was finally made usable in 1994, and includes the N'dulee ferry and ice crossings.
   There are social and economic studies being done on the extension of the highway north from Wrigley to join the Dempster Highway.
   Just east of Fort Simpson's airport, the highway crosses the Liard River by ferry (summer) and ice bridge (winter). 27.9 miles (45 km) further east of this crossing, the location known as Checkpoint is the site of a former gas station at the junction with the Liard Highway (Northwest Territories Highway 7, British Columbia Highway 77) from Fort Nelson, British Columbia.

Kilometre by kilometre description

From south to north:

km	escription
0	Starts at 55th Avenue in Grimshaw; begins multiplex with Alberta Highway 2.
5	Intersects Alberta Highway 2 east, ends multiplex.
14	Intersects Alberta Highway 737 (Warrensville Rd) west.
20	Intersects Alberta Highway 686 east.
40	Passes through Dixonville.
63	Intersects Alberta Highway 690 east.
75	Passes through North Star.
83	Intersects Alberta Highway 691 east.
84	Passes through Manning.
100	Passes through Hotchkiss.
210	Passes through Paddle Prairie.
219	Intersects Alberta Highway 697 east.
278	Enters High Level.
279	Intersects Alberta Highway 58 west, begins multiplex.
280	Intersects Alberta Highway 58 east, ends multiplex, leaves High Level.
350	Passes through Meander River.
465	Terminates at Northwest Territories border. Continues north as NWT Highway 1.

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