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In Saskatchewan roads near the Manitoba border begin with 1 as they are west of the prime or First Meridian, then the range numbers are west of the second and finally west of the Third Meridian. There are no roads in Saskatchewan west of the Fourth Meridian as the Fourth Meridian line defines the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. A range ...
Range Road 1304: Hwy 3 near Armit — — Highway 981: 22: 14 Township Road 441: Hwy 980 near Armit: Garson Lake Road — — Highway 982: 57: 35 Hwy 8 at Swan Plain: Hwy 9 south of Hudson Bay — — Highway 983: 54: 34 Hwy 984 near Somme: Hwy 982 in McBride Lake Rec. Site — — Highway 984: 18: 11 dead end: Hwy 23 near Somme — — Highway ...
Today the only two passenger rail services in the province are The Canadian and the Winnipeg – Churchill train, both operated by Via Rail. The Canadian is a transcontinental service linking Toronto with Vancouver. Within Saskatchewan The Canadian calls at Melville, Watrous, Saskatoon, Biggar, and Unity stations.
In 1913 the road system consisted of miles of prairie trails. The roads gradually improved with the assistance of jointly funded Provincial and Municipal road programs such as the Grid Road program, the Main Farm Access program, and the Super Grid system which led to the eventual formation of Municipal Maintenance Areas.
South of Highway 55, Highway 694 is named Hilldrop Road. [68] Highway 694 begins west of Shellbrook and east of Shell Lake. The highway extends north 22.9 kilometres (14.2 mi) to the Highway 55 intersection. At Km 2.0, Highway 694 intersects with a range road which provides access to Ordale west of the highway. The highway turns sharply to the ...
Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation (SHT), now the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure undertook a landslide risk management system program to monitor risk sites, apply technological innovations to prevent any further erosion of the riverbank and plan responses to future landslide movement detected by monitors.
It passes through three major communities, all in south-east Saskatchewan — Estevan, Oxbow, and Carnduff. It also passes north of the West and East Blocks of Grasslands National Park. Highway 18 is about 712 kilometres (442 mi) long, which is the longest east–west highway and second longest highway in Saskatchewan.
The calendar garnered world-wide attention and sold 3,000 copies raising $40,000 for a new roof on Leader's community hall. Also in 2006, bumper stickers were being sold that read, "I survived Sask Hwy 32". On 17 May 2006, Southwest TV News produced a three-part series regarding the highway and its road condition.