List of Northwest Territories highways
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The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Name | Shield | From | To[1] | Length (km)[2] | Notes |
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Mackenzie Highway | 50px | Towards Grimshaw, Alberta | Wrigley | 690.0 km (428.7 mi) | Construction began 1938, completed 1994 |
Hay River Highway | 50px | Enterprise (Hwy 1) | Hay River | 48.6 km (30.2 mi) | Also connects with Highway 5 |
Yellowknife Highway | 50px | Near Fort Providence (Hwy 1) | Yellowknife (Hwy 4) | 338.8 km (210.5 mi) | Also known as the Great Slave Highway |
Ingraham Trail | 50px | Yellowknife (Hwy 3) | Tibbitt Lake | 69.2 km (43.0 mi) | Provides access to Dettah (27 km (17 mi)) when the ice road (6.5 km (4.0 mi)) is closed |
Fort Smith Highway | 50px | Near Hay River (Hwy 2) | Fort Smith | 267.0 km (165.9 mi) | Completed in 1966, passes through Wood Buffalo National Park |
Fort Resolution Highway | 50px | Near Hay River (Hwy 5) | Fort Resolution | 90.0 km (55.9 mi) | Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point |
Liard Highway | 50px | Towards Fort Nelson, British Columbia | Near Fort Simpson (Hwy 1) | 254.1 km (157.9 mi) | Packed dirt and gravel road |
Dempster Highway | 50px | Towards Dawson City, Yukon | Inuvik | 272.5 km (169.3 mi) | Canada's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle, studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway |
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road | None | Tibbitt Lake | Contwoyto Lake, Nunavut | 568 km (353 mi) | Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities |
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road | None | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk | 187 km (116 mi) | Construction of an all-weather highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk commenced in April 2013 |
Canol Road (closed) | n/a | Norman Wells | Whitehorse, Yukon | 357 km (222 mi) | Second World War road, now the Canol Heritage Trail |
Access by community
The communities reached by the all-weather highway network are:
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Communities that can only be reached by ice-road are:
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Communities with no access by surface vehicle:
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References
External links
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