Alberta Provincial Highway No. 18, commonly referred to as Highway 18, is a highway in

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, Canada. It stretches from Highway 43 at the hamlet of

Green Court Greencourt is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 18, approximately northwest of Edmonton. The community takes its name from Greencourt, England. His ...

, through the towns of

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and

Westlock Westlock is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1913, the town is primarily an agricultural, business, and government administration centre serving communities and rural areas within surrounding Westlock County. Geography Westlock i ...

, to Highway 63 east of the hamlet of Thorhild.

Route description

Highway 18 begins northwest of the town of

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at the junction of Highway 43 at the hamlet of Green Court. It proceeds east for , crossing the terminus of Highway 22 prior to reaching Highway 757. It turns north for a few kilometres and bends east again until it crosses Highway 764, then curves north again. The jog in the road skirts

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to the north. Upon reaching Highway 763, Highway 18 turns east to the Town of

where it meets Highway 33. The two highways run concurrently to the north for approximately until a T–intersection north of town. Highway 18 then turns east from this intersection while Highway 33 turns west. Highway 769 branches to the north towards

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, east of this intersection. Highway 18 then crosses Highways 776 and

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before it reaches

at Highway 44, some from the starting point. It continues east, crossing Highway 2 at

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at an intersection known as "Clyde Corner". The highway goes through Thorhild as it crosses Highway 827 and proceeds west until it reaches Highways 63 and

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where it ends.

History

Highway 18 originally was a connection between Highway 2 at Clyde Corner and the towns of Westlock and Barrhead. In the 1940s it was extended northwest from Barrhead to Fort Assiniboine, and then in 1960 to

Swan Hills Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills, approximately north of Whitecourt and northwest of Fort Assiniboine. The town is at the junction of Highway 32 and Grizzly Trail, and is surrounded by Big Lak ...

. In , the section of Highway 18 between Barrhead and Swan Hills was renumbered to Highway 33, while Secondary Highway 655 between Barrhead and Thunder Lake Provincial Park, as well as Secondary Highway 656 between Clyde and Highway 46 (present-day Highway 63) west of Thorhild became part of Highway 18. Around the same time, gravel roads between Thunder Lake and Green Court were designated as Secondary Highway 918, and was upgraded and paved throughout the 1980s, becoming part of Highway 18 in .

Major intersections

From west to east:''Alberta Road Atlas'' (2005 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. pp. 55, 56, 57.

References

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