Alberta Provincial Highway No. 57, commonly referred to as Highway 57, was a highway in central

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, Canada that served the Town of

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and existed between the 1950s and 1979. It is now part of Highway 22 and Highway 39.

History

Highway 57 originally was a north–south gravel highway that linked Drayton Valley to Highway 16 in Entwistle. In the mid-1950s, spurred on by increased oil activity, Highway 57 was extended from Drayton Valley eastward across the

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. In 1955, a ferry that started operations and travelled east to the Village of

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, terminating Highway 39. In 1957, the highway was realigned across a new bridge and terminated at Hamlet of

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, north of Breton. In the 1970s, work was being done to establish a north-south highway west of Highway 2, as at the time Highway 22 terminated at

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, north of

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. In 1980, the Highway 22 designation was extended north, which included a section of Highway 57 being renumbered; the remaining section of Highway 57 became part of Highway 39.

References

{{Alberta Provincial Highways, Hwy=yes 057 057