List of Northwest Territories highways
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Route list[]
The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Highway | Name | Length (km)[1] | From | To[2] | Notes |
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Mackenzie Highway | 690.0 km (428.7 mi) | Alberta border north of Indian Cabins | Wrigley | Construction began 1938, paused during Second World War, resumed and completed to Hay River in 1949; extended to Highway 3 junction in 1960 and to Fort Simpson in 1971; latest extension to Wrigley completed 1994 | |
Hay River Highway | 48.6 km (30.2 mi) | Hwy 1 in Enterprise | Hay River | Also connects with Highway 5 | |
Yellowknife Highway | 338.8 km (210.5 mi) | Hwy 1 near Fort Providence | Hwy 4 in Yellowknife | Also known as the Great Slave Highway, completed in 1960 | |
Ingraham Trail | 69.2 km (43.0 mi) | Hwy 3 in Yellowknife | Tibbitt Lake | Provides access to Dettah (27 km (17 mi)) when the ice road (6.5 km (4.0 mi)) is closed | |
Fort Smith Highway | 267.0 km (165.9 mi) | Hwy 2 near Hay River | Fort Smith | Completed in 1966, passes through Wood Buffalo National Park | |
Fort Resolution Highway | 90.0 km (55.9 mi) | Hwy 5 near Hay River | Fort Resolution | Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point | |
Liard Highway | 254.1 km (157.9 mi) | British Columbia border south of Fort Liard | Hwy 1 near Fort Simpson | Packed dirt and gravel road | |
Dempster Highway | 272.5 km (169.3 mi) | Hwy 5 at Yukon border | Inuvik | Canada's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle, completed as a through road from the Yukon in 1979; studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway | |
Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road | 97 km (60 mi) | Hwy 3 near Behchokǫ̀ | Whatì | Under construction, will open in 2022. | |
Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway | 138 km (86 mi) | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk | Replaced the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road; construction began 2013, completed 2017 and opened in November. Designated as Highway 10. |
Unnumbered highways[]
Highway | Length (km)[3] | From | To[4] | Notes |
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Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road | 568 km (353 mi) | Tibbitt Lake | Contwoyto Lake, Nunavut | Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities |
483 km (300 mi) | Wrigley | Fort Good Hope | Connects to Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, with 106 km branch route to Deline and 165 km branch route to Colville Lake. 34 permanent bridges completed along route which can be used as part of an all-weather route. | |
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road (closed) | 187 km (116 mi) | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk | Former ice road; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway |
Canol Road (closed) | 357 km (222 mi) | Norman Wells | , Yukon/Northwest Territories border | Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road |
Access by community[]
The communities reached by the all-weather highway network are:
Communities that can only be reached by ice-road are:
- Aklavik
- Colville Lake
- Deline
- Gamèti
- Hay River Reserve
- Fort Good Hope
- Nahanni Butte
- Norman Wells
- Trout Lake
- Tulita
- Wekweeti
- Whatì
Communities with no access by surface vehicle:
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
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