Saskatchewan Highway 52
{{Short description|Provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox road
|province=SK
|type=Hwy
|route=52
|map=
|map_notes=
|image=Sk Hwy 52.jpg
|photo_notes=Highway 52 at Homefield
|photo_width=250
|length_km=70.4
|length_round=1
|established=
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=SK|Hwy|15|Hwy|310}} near Ituna
|junction={{Jct|state=SK|Hwy|47}} near Willowbrook
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=SK|Hwy|10A}} 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 {{convert|70|km}} long.
Highway 52 connects with Highways 617, 651, and 47. It also carries a short concurrency with Highway 310 for {{convert|1.6|km|abbr=on|1}} 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.{{cite map|author=Province of Saskatchewan|title=Highway Map|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/1926/sask-highway-map.html|publisher=Department of Highways|date=1926|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829073841/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps/1926/sask-highway-map.html|archive-date=August 29, 2017}} The designation was changed when a more direct highway was constructed in the 1960s.{{cite map|author=Department of Highways and Transportation|title=Saskatchewan Official Highway Map|publisher=Government of Saskatchewan|date=1972}}
Major intersections
From west to east:
{{SKinttop|length_ref={{google maps|title=Highway 52 in Saskatchewan|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.2357639,-102.9313187,10.75z|access-date=September 9, 2017}}}}
{{SKint
|county_special=Ituna Bon Accord No. 246
|cspan=2
|location=none
|lspan=1
|type=concur
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|15|Hwy|310|dir2=south|city1=Raymore|city2=Ituna}}
|notes=West end of Hwy 310 concurrency
}}
{{SKint
|location=none
|lspan=1
|type=concur
|km=1.6
|road={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|310|dir1=north|city1=Foam Lake}}
|notes=East end of Hwy 310 concurrency
}}
{{SKint
|county_special=Garry No. 245
|cspan=2
|location=Homefield
|lspan=1
|type=
|km=18.0
|road={{jct|state=SK|Mun|617|city1=Sheho|city2=Goodeve}}
|notes=
}}
{{SKint
|location=none
|lspan=1
|type=
|km=34.2
|road={{jct|state=SK|Mun|651|dir1=north|city1=Theodore}}
|notes=
}}
{{SKint
|county_special=Orkney No. 244
|cspan=2
|location=Willowbrook
|lspan=1
|type=
|km=48.9
|road={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|47|city1=Springside|city2=Melville}}
|notes=
}}
{{SKint
|location=none
|lspan=1
|type=
|km=66.1
|road={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|52A|dir1=north|name1=Yorkton West Truck Route|nolink1=yes}}
|notes=
}}
{{SKint
|indep_city=Yorkton
|type=
|km=70.4
|road={{jct|state=SK|Hwy|10A|location1=City Centre|city2=Melville|city3=Regina}}
|notes=
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
{{-}}
Highway 52A
{{Infobox road small
| 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 {{convert|3.1|km}} long and was commissioned in 2012 as part of the Yorkton West Truck Route Project, which runs along the western edge of Yorkton.{{cite web|title=New Segment of Yorkton West Truck Traffic Relief Route Opens |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |url=http://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2012/august/23/new-segment-of-yorkton-west-truck-traffic-relief-route-opens |access-date=September 8, 2017|language=en|date=August 23, 2012}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Saskatchewan Provincial Highways}}
{{Authority control}}