:Alberta Highway 61

{{Infobox road

| province = AB

| type = Hwy

| route = 61

| alternate_name = Red Coat Trail

| map= Alberta Highway 61 Map.png

| map_notes=Highway 61 highlighted in red

| length_km = 146.8

| length_ref =

| direction_a = West

| direction_b = East

| terminus_a ={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|4|Hwy|846}} near Stirling

| junction ={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|36}} near Wrentham

| terminus_b ={{jct|state=AB|Hwy|889}} near Manyberries

| rural_municipalities = Warner No. 5 County, Forty Mile No. 8 County

| villages = Foremost

| established = 1960

| previous_type = Hwy

| previous_route = 60

| next_type = Hwy

| next_route = 62

}}

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 61, commonly referred to as Highway 61, is an east–west highway in southern Alberta, Canada. In the west, Highway 61 starts at Highway 4 north of the Village of Stirling and ends at Highway 889 east of the Hamlet of Manyberries. It is part of the Red Coat Trail, a historical route north of the Canada–US border. The Red Coat Trail continues to Saskatchewan via Highway 889 and Highway 501.{{Cite web|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2015_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410182657/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2015_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |access-date=October 12, 2016 |date=March 2015 |title=2015 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart |publisher=Alberta Transportation |url-status=live }}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.5004857,-111.6709991,9.27z|title=Highway 61 in southern Alberta|access-date=December 20, 2017}}

History

In 1959, Alberta announced $100,000 of improvements to the highway, and incorporation of it to the provincial highway system the following year.{{Cite news |newspaper=The Lethbridge Herald |title=Stirling - Manyberries Road Will Be Improved |date=1959-04-25 |df=mdy-all }} Paving was completed by 1961.

Major intersections

From west to east:

{{ABint

|county_special=County of Warner No. 5

|cspan=2

|location=Stirling

|km=0.0

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|846|dir1=south}}

|notes=Red Coat Trail follows Highway 4 north

}}

{{ABint

|location=Wrentham

|km=23.5

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|36|city1=Taber|city2=Warner}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|county_special=County of Forty Mile No. 8

|cspan=8

|location=none

|type=concur

|km=52.2

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|877|dir1=north|city1=Grassy Lake}}

|notes=West end of Highway 877 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=Skiff

|type=concur

|km=55.2

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|877|dir1=south}}

|notes=East end of Highway 877 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=Foremost

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|km=81.1

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|879|dir1=north|city1=Bow Island}}

|notes=West end of Highway 879 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|type=concur

|km=82.7

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|879|dir1=south|city1=Aden}}

|notes=East end of Highway 879 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=Etzikom

|km=107.6

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|885}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|location=Orion

|type=concur

|km=128.8

|km2=129.1

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|887|dir1=north|city1=Seven Persons}}

|notes=West end of Highway 887 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=none

|type=concur

|km=135.6

|km2=136.0

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|887|dir1=south}}

|notes=East end of Highway 887 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=Manyberries

|km=146.8

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|889|city1=Medicine Hat|location2=Highway 41}}

|notes=Red Coat Trail follows {{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|889|Hwy|501|dir1=south|to2=yes|nolink1=yes|noshield=yes}}

}}

References

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Category:County of Forty Mile No. 8

Category:County of Warner No. 5