Alberta Highway 6

{{Infobox road

|province=AB

|type=Hwy

| route = 6

| map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Alberta Highway 6}}}}

| map_custom=yes

| map_notes=Highway 6 highlighted in red

| length_km = 73.5

| length_ref = {{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.2635956,-113.7478257,9.88z|title=Highway 6 in Alberta|access-date=November 20, 2017}}

| direction_a = South

| direction_b = North

| terminus_a ={{Jct|state=MT|MT|17}} at Canada-U.S. border near Chief Mountain

| junction ={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|5}} in Waterton Lakes National Park

| terminus_b ={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|3}} near Pincher Creek

| rural_municipalities = I.D. No. 4, Cardston County, Pincher Creek No. 9 M.D.

| towns = Pincher Creek

| established =

| previous_type = Hwy

| previous_route = 5

| next_type = Hwy

| next_route = 7

}}

Highway 6 is a north-south highway in southern Alberta, Canada. It spans approximately {{convert|74|km}} from Alberta's border with Montana to Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway).{{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=Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart |publisher=Alberta Transportation |url-status=live }}{{Cite map | publisher=Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation | title=Alberta Official Road Map | edition=2010 | section=N-5, O-5, O-6}}

Highway 6 is part of the Cowboy Trail between Highway 5 in Waterton Lakes National Park and the Crowsnest Highway, where the Cowboy Trail follows Highway 3 to Highway 22 and continues north.{{cite web |title=Cowboy Trail Map |url=http://www.thecowboytrail.com/cowboy-trail-map/ |website=The Cowboy Trail |publisher=The Cowboy Trail Tourism Association |access-date=July 30, 2018}}

Route description

File:Alberta Highway 6 looking south from northern terminus at Pincher Creek AB.jpg

Montana Highway 17 in Glacier National Park becomes Alberta Highway 6 in Waterton Lakes National Park as it crosses the Canada–United States border at Chief Mountain. Generally travelling in a north direction from Chief Mountain, the highway provides access to the Hamlet of Waterton Park via Highway 5, and passes through the Hamlet of Twin Butte and the Town of Pincher Creek. Highway 6 ends at Highway 3 north of Pincher Creek.

Major intersections

The following is a list of major intersections along Alberta Highway 6 from south to north.

{{ABint

|county_special=I.D. No. 4
(Waterton Lakes
National Park)

|cspan=4

|location=Chief Mountain

|lspan=2

|type=trans

|km=0.0

|kspan=2

|road={{jct|state=MT|MT|17|dir1=south|location1=Glacier National Park}}

|notes=Continues into Montana

}}

{{Jctplace

|km=none

|place=Canada–United States border at Chief Mountain Border Crossing

}}

{{ABint

|location=none

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|km=22.0

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|5|dir1=east|location1=Cardston|location2=Lethbridge}}

|notes=South end of Highway 5 concurrency and Cowboy Trail

}}

{{ABint

|type=concur

|km=22.9

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|5|dir1=west|city1=Waterton Park}}

|notes=North end of Highway 5 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|county_special=M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9

|cspan=4

|location=none

|km=49.2

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|505|dir1=east|city1=Glenwood}}

|notes=

}}

{{ABint

|location=Pincher Creek

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|km=69.3

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|501|Hwy|785|dir1=east|dir2=north|name2=Macleod Street}}

|notes=South end of Highway 501 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|type=concur

|km=70.6

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|501|dir1=west|road|Hewetson Avenue|location1=Beaver Mines|location2=Castle Mountain}}

|notes=Roundabout; north end of Highway 501 concurrency

}}

{{ABint

|location=Pincher Station

|km=73.5

|road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|3|name1=Crowsnest Highway|city1=Crowsnest Pass|city2=Fort Macleod|city3=Lethbridge}}

|notes=Interchange proposed;{{cite web|title=Highway 3/6 Interchange Functional Planning Study: Executive Summary|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/projects/assets/Area_8_South/Highway%203_6/Executive%20Summary.pdf|website=Alberta Transportation|publisher=CastleGlen Consultants Inc.|access-date=November 10, 2016|date=April 2008}} Cowboy Trail follows {{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|3|Hwy|22|dir1=west|to2=yes|nolink1=yes|noshield=yes}}

}}

References

External links

[http://www.thecowboytrail.com/ The Cowboy Trail's official webpage]

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