 Wye Road | ||||
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| Highway 630 | ||||
 Highway 630 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alberta Transportation | ||||
| Length | 39.9 km[1] (24.8 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Highway 216 near Sherwood Park | |||
 Highway 21 in Sherwood Park | ||||
| South end |  Highway 14 near Tofield | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Strathcona County, Beaver County | |||
| Major cities | Sherwood Park | |||
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Wye Road is a major arterial road and rural highway that links Sherwood Park from Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) on the east side of Edmonton to Highway 14 west of Tofield.[1] It is preceded by Sherwood Park Freeway, and east of Highway 21 is designated as Alberta Provincial Highway No. 630, commonly referred to as Highway 630.[2] Wye Road is part of a 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) continuous roadway that runs through Sherwood Park, Edmonton, and St. Albert that includes Sherwood Park Freeway, Whyte Avenue, portions of University Avenue and Saskatchewan Drive, Groat Road, and St. Albert Trail.
Wye Road in Strathcona County, is a historic route from the early 1900s connecting Edmonton to Cooking Lake, parallel to a line of the Canadian National Railway,[3] and it and Highway 630 used to be synonymous for their entire length.[4] In the early 1990s, the portion of Highway 630 east of North Cooking Lake was realigned, resulting in the Highway 630 entering Beaver County and passing through Lindbrook[5] and subsequently paved,[6] while the original gravel route is still designated as Wye Road and links with Highway 14 near Hastings Lake.[7] The portion of Wye Road within Sherwood Park is maintained by Strathcona County and not officially part of Highway 630.[2][8]
- ^ a b "Highway 630 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ a b "Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "Mundys map of Edmonton and suburbs". University of Calgary. Mundy Map and Blueprint Company. 1913. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ Alberta Tourism (1990). Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. § I-6.
- ^ Alberta Tourism (1992). Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. § I-6.
- ^ Alberta Economic Development and Tourism (1996). Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Government of Alberta. § I-6.
- ^ "County Map" (PDF). Strathcona County. May 3, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ "Overall - Road Responsibility" (PDF). Strathcona County. October 17, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.