Alberta Highway 10

Route description

Highway 10 is 22 km long. The route begins at a signalized intersection with Highway 9 in central Drumheller approximately 400 m south of the Red Deer River. Continuing as four-lane Railway Avenue southeast through the river valley concurrent with Highway 56 at a speed limit of 50 kph, the highway exits the Drumheller main townsite. It becomes to a two-lane rural highway with a speed limit of 100 kph as it passes the Drumheller Regional Landfill and jogs to within 100 m of the Red Deer River. The highway continues for another 4 km and enters Rosedale where the limit again reduces to 50 km/h. Just prior to crossing the Red Deer River, Highway 10X splits to the southwest from the combined Highway 10/56, paralleling the Rosebud River.

Highway 10/56 continues across the Rosebud River, exiting Rosedale where the speed limit again increases to 100 km/h. East of Rosedale, Highway 56 splits due south toward Dalum and Hussar, while Highway 10 continues to the southeast to Cambria after which it crosses the Red Deer River. Highway 849 then splits to the north en route to Michichi and Highway 10 continues east paralleling the river, now on its north bank. Highway 573 is the next to split from Highway 10. It proceeds due east while Highway 10 continues southeast through the scenic river valley to Lehigh and East Coulee. East of Lehigh, the road continues east along the north river bank to Dorothy as Highway 570, while Highway 10 veers to the south across the river. Just to the south of the river at the entrance to the Atlas Coal Mine, Highway 10 ends and continues as Highway 569.

Major intersections

Starting from the west end of Highway 10. The entire route is in Drumheller.

Highway 10X

Highway 10X is a 5.6 km spur of Highway 10 that runs for 5.6 km, connecting Wayne with Highway 10. Following the amalgamation of the former City of Drumheller with the Municipal District of Badlands No. 7 on January 1, 1998, the entire highway falls within the Town of Drumheller. The road follows the course of the Rosebud River through a 100–150 m deep canyon. Nine bridges lead the road from one side of the river to the other, and most of the bridges are paralleled by railroad bridges of a presently abandoned track that used to cart coal from the Wayne mine. At its end, Highway 10X continues as Excelsior Avenue, which crosses the Rosebud River twice more, before splitting into Range Road 195A and Township Road 280A.

Major intersections

References

References

1. (March 2015). "Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart". Alberta Transportation.
2. (2006). "Town of Drumheller maps". Town of Drumheller.
3. (2010-12-24). "Town of Drumheller – Location and History Profile". Alberta Municipal Affairs.
4. Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors. (2025-04-16). "Alberta Numbered Highway Network". Government of Alberta.
5. (October 2014). "Highway 10/56 enters Rosedale". Google Street View.
6. "Highways 10, 56, and 10X in Rosedale, Alberta".
7. (October 2014). "Highway 10/56 crosses the Rosebud River in Rosedale". Google Street View.
8. (October 2014). "Highway 10 crossing the Red Deer River east of Cambria". Google Street View.
9. (May 2014). "Highway 10 in Lehigh". Google Street View.
10. (May 2014). "Highway 10/570 Split". Google Street View.
11. (May 2025). "Highway 10/569 transition".
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