Alberta Highway 501

{{Infobox road

|province=AB

|type=Hwy

|route=501

|maint=Alberta Transportation

|map= Alberta Highway 501.png

|length_km=300.1

|length_ref=

|established=

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|5}} near Mountain View

|junction={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2}} in Cardston
{{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|4}} in Milk River
{{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|41}} in Cypress County

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|13}} at Saskatchewan border

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

|towns=Cardston, Milk River

|previous_type=Hwy

|previous_route=500

|next_type=Hwy

|next_route=503

}}

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 501, commonly referred to as Highway 501, is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs west–east from Highway 5 east of Mountain View as gravel to Cardston, then pavement through Del Bonita and Milk River to Highway 879, then gravel again to the Saskatchewan border.{{cite map|title=Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2017_PROVINCIAL_HWY_500-986_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf|publisher=Alberta Transportation|accessdate=January 24, 2018|date=March 2017}}

It is also known as 9 Avenue in Cardston, and Centre Avenue in Milk River. From Highway 889, on through to Saskatchewan, it follows the path of the Red Coat Trail.

The section of Highway 501 between Cardston and the ghost town of Whiskey Gap was originally designated as part of Highway 40, where Highway 40 continued south to the Canada–United States border. The Highway 40 designation was removed in the early 1970s.{{Cite map | publisher=Government of the Province of Alberta | title=Province of Alberta Canada Official Road Map 1971 | section=O-6}}{{Cite map | publisher=Government of the Province of Alberta | title=Province of Alberta Canada Official Road Map 1972 | section=O-6}}

Cardston bypass

The Cardston truck bypass is officially designated as part of Highway 501 but it unsigned. The signed designation follows 9th Avenue through Cardston, and then follows a short concurrency with Highway 2.

Major intersections

From west to east:

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{{ABint

|county_special=Cardston County

|cspan=8

|location=none

|km=0.0

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|5|city1=Waterton Park|location2=Cardston}}

|notes=West of Mountain View

}}

{{ABint

|location=Cardston

|lspan=3

|km=22.4

|road=12 Street W / 9 Avenue W

|notes=Bypass route to Hwy 5

}}

{{ABint

|km=24.6

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|dir1=north|name1=Main Street|location1=Fort Macleod|location2=Calgary}}

|notes=West end of Hwy 2 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|km=26.7

|road=Cardston Truck Bypass

|notes=Unsigned spur of Hwy 501

}}

{{ABint

|location=none

|lspan=3

|km=27.4

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|dir1=south|city1=Carway|location2=U.S. border|location3=Browning}}

|notes=East end of Hwy 2 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|km=46.6

|road=Township Road 11A / Range Road 241A

|notes=Former Hwy 40

}}

{{ABint

|km=50.6

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|820|dir1=north|city1=Spring Coulee}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|location=Del Bonita

|km=72.8

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|62|city1=Magrath|location2=U.S. border|location3=Cut Bank}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|county_special=County of Warner No. 5

|cspan=4

|location=none

|km=131.7

|type=concur

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|4|dir1=south|city1=Coutts|location2=U.S. border|location3=Great Falls}}

|notes=West end of Hwy 4 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=Milk River

|type=concur

|km=134.8

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|4|dir1=north|city1=Lethbridge}}

|notes=East end of Hwy 4 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=none

|lspan=2

|km=157.3

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|877|dir1=north|city1=Skiff}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|km=167.9

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|500|dir1=south|location1=Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|county_special=County of Forty Mile No. 8

|cspan=5

|location=none

|lspan=5

|km=187.5

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|879|dir1=north|city1=Foremost}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|km=197.3

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|880|dir1=south|city1=Aden}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|km=212.3

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|885|dir1=north|city1=Etzikom}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|km=236.4

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|887|dir1=north|city1=Orion}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|type=concur

|km=249.4

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|889|dir1=north|name1=Red Coat Trail|Hwy|61|to2=yes|noshield2=yes|city1=Manyberries}}

|notes=West end of Red Coat Trail concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|county_special=Cypress County

|cspan=2

|location=none

|lspan=2

|km=281.7

|road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|41|city1=Medicine Hat|location2=U.S. border|location3=Havre}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|type=trans

|km=300.1

|road={{Jct|state=SK|Hwy|13|dir1=east|name1=Red Coat Trail|city1=Eastend|city2=Shaunavon}}

|notes=Continues into Saskatchewan

}}

References

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