Alberta Provincial Highway No. 575, commonly referred to as Highway 575, is the designation of an east-west highway in central
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. It runs from the
Highway 791, through
Acme
Acme is Ancient Greek (ακμή; English transliteration: ''akmē'') for "the peak", "zenith" or "prime". It may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Acme'' (album), an album by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
* Acme and Septimius, a fictional ...
and
Carbon
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, to
Highway 9 and
Highway 56 in
Drumheller
Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Valley, has a ...
.
The section between
Highway 837 and Drumheller is part of the
Dinosaur Trail
The Dinosaur Trail is a circular tourist route in the province of Alberta, Canada, located in the Canadian badlands paralleling the Red Deer River on both sides, from Drumheller to the Bleriot Ferry. It is divided in two segments, with the S ...
.
History
The section of Highway 575 between Acme and Carbon has had a variety of designations in its history. The section between Carbon and
Highway 21,
[ along with a portion of present-day Highway 836, was originally designated as part of Highway 26;][ along with present-day Highway 806, was the original alignment of Highway 21.][ In 1958, the southern portion of Highway 21 was realigned to Highway 1 (]Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...
) east of Strathmore, and the former section was renumbered as Highway 21A;
Major intersections
From south to north:[
]
References
{{Alberta Provincial Highways, 2ndHwy=yes, Hwy=575
575
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Year 575 ( DLXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 575 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era ...
Drumheller