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Saskatchewan Highway 56

{{Short description|Provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox road

|province=SK

|type=Hwy

|route=56

|map=

|map_notes=

|image=Hwy 56 Standing Buffalo IR.jpg

|photo_notes=Hwy 56 through the Standing Buffalo IR

|photo_width=250

|length_km=55.4

|length_round=1

|length_ref={{google maps|title=Highway 56 in Saskatchewan|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.66768,-103.9184499,11z?hl=en|access-date=February 12, 2018}}

|established=

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{Jct|province=SK|TCH|1}} at Indian Head

|junction={{Jct|province=SK|Hwy|10|Hwy|35}} at Fort Qu'Appelle

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{Jct|province=SK|Hwy|210}} in Echo Valley Provincial Park

|rural_municipalities=Indian Head, Abernethy, North Qu'Appelle

|previous_type=Hwy

|previous_route=55

|next_type=Hwy

|next_route=57

}}

Highway 56 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The highway runs from Highway 1 near Indian Head to Highway 210 within Echo Valley Provincial Park. It is about {{convert|55|km}} long.

Highway 56 travels along the eastern shore of Katepwa Lake and the northern shores of Mission and Echo Lakes of the Fishing Lakes.

Major intersections

From south to north:{{cite map|author = MapArt|author-link = MapArt|year = 2007 |title = Saskatchewan Road Atlas |scale = 1:540,000 |location = Oshawa, ON |publisher = Peter Heiler Ltd |pages = 42-43 |isbn = 1-55368-020-0 |edition = 2007 }}

{{SKinttop|length_ref=}}

{{SKint

|county_special=Indian Head No. 156

|location=Indian Head

|km=0.0

|road={{jct|province=SK|TCH|1|city1=Regina|location2=Winnipeg}}

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{Jctbridge

|county_special=↑ / ↓

|location=none

|km=24.2

|bridge=Crosses the Qu'Appelle River

}}

{{SKint

|county_special=Abernethy No. 186

|location=Katepwa Beach

|km=26.9

|road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|619|dir1=north|city1=Balcarres}}

|notes=

}}

{{SKint

|county_special=North Qu'Appelle No. 187

|cspan=5

|location=Fort Qu'Appelle

|km=44.2

|road={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|35|Hwy|10|to2=yes|city1=Yorkton|city2=Regina|city3=Wadena}}

|notes=

}}

{{SKint

|location=Fort San

|km=49.0

|road=

|notes=

}}

{{SKint

|location=none

|km=54.3

|road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|727|dir1=west}}

|notes=

}}

{{Jctbridge

|location_special=Echo Valley Provincial Park

|lspan=2

|km=54.8

|bridge=Crosses the Qu'Appelle River

}}

{{SKint

|km=55.4

|road={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|210|city1=Fort Qu'Appelle|location2=Hwy 10}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

{{Jctbtm}}

Photo gallery

File:Hwy 56 Lebret 01.jpg|Hwy 56 through Lebret, facing east

File:Hwy 56 Lebret 02.jpg|Hwy 56 through Lebret, facing west

See also

References

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{{Saskatchewan Provincial Highways}}

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