From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Alberta Highway 12

Highway in Alberta

Field	Value
province	AB
type	Hwy
route	12
map	[[File:Alberta Highway 12 Map.png	240px]]
map_custom	yes
map_notes	Highway 12 highlighted in red
length_km	363.8
length_ref
direction_a	West
direction_b	East
terminus_a	near Rocky Mountain House
junction	{{plainlist
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	20}} near Bentley
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	2}} near Lacombe
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	2A}} in Lacombe
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	21}} near Nevis
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	11}} near Nevis
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	56}} in Stettler
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	36}} near Castor
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	41}} in Consort
*{{jct	province	AB	Hwy	41}} near Monitor}}
terminus_b	at Saskatchewan border near Compeer
rural_municipalities	Clearwater County, Lacombe County, Stettler No. 6 County, Paintearth No. 18 County, Special Area No. 4
cities	Lacombe
towns	Bentley, Stettler, Castor, Coronation
villages	Alix, Botha, Halkirk, Veteran, Consort
previous_type	Hwy
previous_route	11A
next_type	Hwy
next_route	13

near Bentley
near Lacombe
in Lacombe
near Nevis
near Nevis
in Stettler
near Castor
in Consort
near Monitor}}

Highway 12 is an east-west highway through central Alberta. It runs from Highway 22, through Lacombe and Stettler, to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. It generally runs parallel to Highway 13 to the north. Highway 12 is about 364 km long.

Route description

Highway 12 begins at Highway 22, approximately 10 km north of Rocky Mountain House, and travels due east to Bentley where it intersects Highway 20. It continues along the south of Gull Lake and the summer village of Gull Lake, before intersecting Highway 2 (Queen Elizabeth II Highway). East of Highway 2, it passes through the city of Lacombe as 50 Avenue before continues east past the village of Clive. At the intersection of Highway 50 near Tees, Highway 12 turns southeast, passing through the village of Alix and shares a short concurrency with Highway 21, before turning east at Highway 11 near Nevis. It passes through Erskine before it enters Stettler and intersects Highway 56. East of Stettler, it passes Botha, Gadsby, and Halkirk before turning southeast. It passes through Castor, intersects Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway), and passes through Fleet, Coronation, Throne, and Veteran. It shares a 18 km concurrency with Highway 41 (Buffalo Trail) between Consort and Monitor before continuing past Kirriemuir and Altario, finally reaching the Saskatchewan border near Compeer where it continues as Saskatchewan Highway 51.

History

Highway 12 originally travelled 90 km north from Bentley, through Rimbey and Breton, terminating at Highway 39 at Alsike. In January 1988, the section north of Bentley was renumbered to Highway 20 while Highway 51, which at the time traveled west from Bentley and terminated at Highway 761 north of Leslieville, became part of Highway 12. In the 1990s, Highway 12 was extended west to Highway 22.

Major intersections

From west to east:

Highway 12A

Highway 12A is the designation of a 9 km alternate route off Highway 12 serving the south shore of Gull Lake.

In 2012, Alberta Transportation commenced construction of a realignment of Highway 12 between Bentley and Gull Lake, approximately 1/2 km south of the original alignment, bypassing the two communities as well as Aspen Beach Provincial Park. In 2017, Highway 12 was designated along the new roadway while the former alignment became Highway 12A.

References

(March 2017). "2017 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart". Alberta Transportation.
Alberta Culture and Tourism. "Alberta Official Road Map". City of Edmonton.
Travel Alberta. "Alberta Official Road Map". The Province of Alberta.
(January 5, 1988). "Highway Numbers New". [[Red Deer Advocate]].
Alberta Tourism Partnership. "Alberta Official Road Map". The Province of Alberta.
''Alberta Road Atlas'' (2005 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. pp. 63, 64, 65, 66, 72, and 73.
"Highway 12 in central Alberta".
(May 2016). "Highway 12, near the Town of Bentley". Alberta Transportation.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

alberta-provincial-highways,-1–216-series

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Alberta Highway 12 — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report