Highway 46 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Ring Road at Regina to Highway 1 and Highway 364 near Balgonie; it is about 22 kilometres (14 mi) long. Highway 46 intersects Highway 362 and Highway 624 and passes through the communities of Pilot Butte and Balgonie; it is known as McDonald Street within Regina city limits.
 Highway 46 | ||||
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| Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 22 km[1] (14 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Ring Road in Regina | |||
 Highway 362 at Pilot Butte | ||||
| East end |   Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 364 at Balgonie | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Saskatchewan | |||
| Rural municipalities | Sherwood, Edenwold | |||
| Major cities | Regina | |||
| Towns | Pilot Butte, Balgonie | |||
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History
editThe present alignment of Highway 46 used to be the original alignment of Highway 1,[2] but was reverted to a gravel grid road when the Trans-Canada Highway was realigned entering Regina along Victoria Avenue in the 1950s.[3][4] In the early 1980s, Highway 46 was assigned to the route[5] and was subsequently paved from Regina to Pilot Butte.[6] In the early 1990s, the highway was paved from Pilot Butte to Balgonie. It was again re-paved in the summer of 2014.
There are two previous uses of Highway 46 within Saskatchewan. The original route ran from former Provincial Highway 29 at Plenty, through Ruthilda, to Provincial Highway 1 (present-day Highway 4) near Biggar.[7] The route was decommissioned in the 1930s when Highway 51 was constructed between Kerrobert and Biggar.[2] A second use was in the 1960s when Highway 46 travelled from Highway 4 near Val Marie to Claydon;[8] the route became part of Highway 18 in the 1970s.[4]
Major intersections
editFrom west to east:[9]
| Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| City of Regina | −1.9 | −1.2 | 7th Avenue | McDonald Street western terminus | ||||
| −1.1 | −0.68 | Ross Avenue E | ||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 |   Ring Road (Highway 6) to Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 11 – Weyburn, Moose Jaw, Melfort, Saskatoon | Interchange; Hwy 46 western terminus | |||||
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Fleet Street | ||||||
| Sherwood No. 159 |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Edenwold No. 158 | Pilot Butte | 10.8 | 6.7 |   Highway 362 south / Highway 624 – Emerald Park, Zehner | ||||
| Balgonie | 21.8 | 13.5 | Highway 364 north – Edenwold | |||||
| 22.3 | 13.9 | Highway 1 (TCH) – Winnipeg, Regina  Highway 622 south – Kronau | Interchange; Hwy 1 exit 217; Hwy 46 eastern terminus | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Highway 46 in Saskatchewan" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ a b Rand McNally (1940). Road map of Western and Central Canada (Map). Rand McNally and Company.
- ^ The H.M. Gousha Company (1956). "Saskatchewan & Manitoba" (Map). Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The Shell Oil Company.
- ^ a b Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation (1980). Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
- ^ Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation (1984). Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer. § F-2.
- ^ Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation (1988). Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer. § F-2.
- ^ Province of Saskatchewan (1926). Highway Map (Map). Department of Highways.
- ^ Department of Highways and Transportation (1972). Saskatchewan Official Highway Map (Map). Queen's Printer.
- ^ Saskatchewan Road Atlas (2007 ed.). Oshawa, ON: MapArt Publishing Corp. 2004. p. 42. ISBN 1-55368-020-0.