Alberta Provincial Highway No. 519, commonly referred to as Highway 519, is an east-west highway in southern

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada, stretching from Highway 2 near

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through

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to Highway 845. In tandem with Highway 23, Highway 519 is often used by traffic in the

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to bypass

Fort Macleod Fort Macleod ( ) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It was originally named Macleod to distinguish it from the North-West Mounted Police barracks (Fort Macleod, built 1874) it had grown around. The fort was named in honour of the then Commis ...

on the route between

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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 ...

Route description

Highway 519 is a two-lane undivided highway that begins in the Municipal District of Willow Creek in Granum at an intersection with Highway 2. At a speed limit of , it proceeds east through the town after which the speed limit increases to and the highway reaches Highway 811 which turns south to Fort Macleod. After crossing into

Lethbridge County Lethbridge County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is in Census Division No. 2 and part of the Lethbridge census agglomeration. It was known as the ''County of Lethbridge'' prior to December 4, 2013. Its name was change ...

, It reaches a

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at Highway 23, after which the speed limit drops to before passing the town of Nobleford and crossing a branch of the

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. The speed limit then increases to again. North of Shaughnessy, it merges with Highway 25 with which it is briefly

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until Picture Butte where Highway 25 splits north to Iron Springs while Highway 519 continues east to end at Highway 845 near the

Oldman River The Oldman River is a river in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows roughly west to east from the Rocky Mountains, through the communities of Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, and on to Grassy Lake, where it joins the Bow River to form the South Saskatche ...

Major intersections

References

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