Alberta Provincial Highway No. 23, commonly referred to as Highway 23, is a highway in southern
Alberta
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, Canada, east of
Highway 2 that serves as an alternate route between
Calgary
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and
Lethbridge
Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...
.
[
It begins at Highway 3 (]Crowsnest Highway
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) west of Lethbridge near the Hamlet of Monarch
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and shares a short concurrency with Highway 3A. It continues north and passes by the Villages of Nobleford, Barons
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, and Carmangay before it crosses the Little Bow River The Little Bow River is a tributary of the Oldman River in southern Alberta, Canada. It is about long. From its headwaters near High River, it flows south, then turns east and flows into Travers Reservoir. Afterwards, it flows southeast into the Ol ...
. It continues north, passing through the Hamlet of Kirkcaldy
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and Town of Vulcan
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before it meets the junction of Highway 24 and Highway 542.[ From there, the highway turns west and passes near just north of the Hamlet of Brant and just south of the Hamlet of Blackie before skirting ]Frank Lake
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. It intersects Highway 2 and enters the Town of High River
High River is a town within the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is approximately south of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23. High River had a population of 14,324 in 2021.
History
The community take ...
along 12 Avenue SE before becoming Highway 2A at 10 Street SE. In tandem with Highway 519, the southernmost portion of Highway 23 is frequently used as a bypass of Fort Macleod
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.
Major intersections
From south to north:
References
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High River