Alberta Provincial Highway No. 806, commonly referred to as Highway 806, is a north–south highway in central
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. It runs from the
Highway 9 /
Highway 72 junction in the Village of
Beiseker
Beiseker is a village in the Canadian province of Alberta, approximately northeast of Calgary. It is considered to be an outermost part of the Calgary Region, and is included within Calgary's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). The village is surr ...
, through the Villages of
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
Linden, to
Highway 583 located west of the Town of
Three Hills
Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north.
History
Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the year ...
.
History
The section of Highway 806 between Beiseker and Acme
[ has had multiple designations in its history. Along with a portion of Highway 575, the route was originally designated as part of Highway 21.]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 o ...
) east of Strathmore, and the former section was renumbered as Highway 21A.Carbon
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In chemistry, the valence (US spelling) or valency (British spelling) of an element is the measure of its combining capacity with o ...
Highway 9 and Highway 21. Highway 26 was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1972, it was renumbered to its current designation.
Major intersections
From south to north:
References
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