Alberta Highway 43

Highway 43
Highway 43
	Highway 43 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors
Length	495.0 km (307.6 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Highway 2 at British Columbia border west of Demmitt
	Highway 59 near Hythe; Highway 40 in Grande Prairie; Highway 2 near Grande Prairie; Highway 49 in Valleyview; Highway 32 in Whitecourt; Highway 18 in Green Court; Highway 22 in Mayerthorpe; Highway 33 near Gunn; Highway 37 near Onoway;
East end	Highway 16 (TCH) at Manly Corner
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Specialized and rural municipalities	County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Greenview No. 16 M.D., Woodlands County, Lac Ste. Anne County, Parkland County
Major cities	Grande Prairie
Towns	Beaverlodge, Wembley, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe
Villages	Hythe
Highway system
	Alberta Provincial Highway Network; List; Former; ;
	CANAMEX Corridor

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Highway 43 is a major highway in northern and central Alberta, Canada that connects Edmonton to the British Columbia border via the Peace Country, forming the northernmost portion of the CANAMEX Corridor in Alberta. It stretches approximately 495 km (308 mi) from Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) near Manly Corner west of Edmonton to the British Columbia border west of Demmitt.^[2]^[3] It is designated as a core route in Canada's National Highway System, comprising a portion of a key international corridor that stretches from Alaska into Mexico.

Highway 43 was originally numbered Highway 17, a short gravel road that ran only from Highway 16 to Onoway. It was later extended to Whitecourt and renumbered as Highway 43 in the 1940s, and an extension to Valleyview had been completed by the mid-1950s. In 1991 the highway was extended to included a portion of the existing Highway 34 from Valleyview to Donnelly, but was revised in 1998 to turn west through Grande Prairie, forming a contiguous route from Manly Corner to the border. Due to increasing traffic levels and the province's greater plan to upgrade their portion of the CANAMEX Corridor, work began in the 2000s to twin the entire length of the highway. The Edmonton–Grande Prairie section was completed in summer 2014,^[4] and construction began in 2016 on an expressway bypass to the northwest of Grande Prairie. Planning is underway for the remaining section between the BC border and Beaverlodge.

^ Cite error: The named reference overmap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "2016 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
^ Alberta Official Road Map (Map) (2011 ed.). Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. § G–1, G–2, G–3, H–3, H–4, I–4, I–5.
^ "Highway 43 twinning complete". Government of Alberta. September 12, 2014. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.

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[AT2010-2] "2016 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.

[2011ABRoadMap-3] Alberta Official Road Map (Map) (2011 ed.). Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. § G–1, G–2, G–3, H–3, H–4, I–4, I–5.

[4] "Highway 43 twinning complete". Government of Alberta. September 12, 2014. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.

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