Alberta Highway 11A - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Highway 11A is the name of two alternate route

Alternate route

An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Route system and various state route systems...

s off Alberta Highway 11. The Rocky Mountain House

Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

Rocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada, approximately west of the City of Red Deer. It is located at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 and Highway 11 .- History :The town has a long history dating to the...

section is referred to as 11A:02 by Alberta Transportation, while 11A:06 runs from Sylvan Lake

Sylvan Lake, Alberta

Sylvan Lake is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located west of the City of Red Deer along Highway 11 or Highway 11A. It is situated on the southeast edge of Sylvan Lake, a long freshwater lake, in Red Deer County....

to Red Deer

Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...

Rocky Mountain House

Highway 11A:02 begins at the Range Road 80 junction with Highway 11. It follows Range Road 80 south to Township Road 393, where it heads east to Rocky Mountain House, providing an alternate crossing of the North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan River

The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....

than Highway 11. Within Rocky Mountain House it is also known as 52 Avenue, and runs concurrent with Highway 752. Extending north past Highway 11, Highway 11A becomes Highway 756 as an entrance to Crimson Lake Provincial Park

Crimson Lake Provincial Park

Crimson Lake received its name from the striking colours of the setting sun reflecting on the surface of its waters seen by an earlier trapper. It is a small, clear, shallow lake set in the meeting spot of foothills pine forests, aspen parkland, bog and muskeg ecosystems...

, extending east past Highways 11 and 22, Highway 11A becomes Highway 598.

Major intersections

Starting from the north end of Highway 11A:
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Exit number

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|rowspan=5|Clearwater County

Clearwater County, Alberta

Clearwater County is a municipal district in west central Alberta, Canada in Division No. 9. Its northwest boundary is the Brazeau River. The municipal seat is located in the town of Rocky Mountain House, which is enclaved within, and technically outside the bounds of the county...

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|, Township Road 400
|Continues north as Range Road 80 & Highway 756 to Crimson Lake Provincial Park

Crimson Lake Provincial Park

West to Nordegg

Nordegg, Alberta

Nordegg is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County. It is located in the North Saskatchewan River valley in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, at the crossroads of David Thompson Highway and the Highway 734 spur of the Bighorn Highway.- History :The community was...

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|colspan=2|North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan River

The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....

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|Hwy 752, 60 Street
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|Rocky Mountain House

Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

North to Alder Flats

Alder Flats, Alberta

Alder Flats is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. It is located west of Highway 22 at the western terminus of Highway 13, approximately southwest of Edmonton.- References :...

& Buck Lake

Buck Lake, Alberta

Buck Lake is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. It is located on Highway 13, approximately southwest of Edmonton.- References :...

South to Caroline

Caroline, Alberta

Caroline is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located southwest of Red Deer. It is most famous for being the hometown of figure skater Kurt Browning, for whom the local ice rink is named.- Demographics :...

Continues as Highway 598 & Township Road 395 to Leslieville

Leslieville, Alberta

Leslieville is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County. It is located east of Rocky Mountain House along the Canadian National Railway and has an elevation of ....

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Red Deer

Highway 11A:06 is a rare alternate route

Alternate route

(lettered highway), in that it does not intersect its parent route, Highway 11. It follows Township Road 390 from Highway 20 in Sylvan Lake to Highway 2A in Red Deer, it can be connected to Highway 11 with any of the Highways 20, 2, 2A or the four grid roads in between. The western terminus extended to Highway 11 near Benalto

Benalto, Alberta

Benalto is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County. It is located approximately west of the Town of Sylvan Lake nestled within rolling parklands...

up to 2008/2009, before being dropped by Alberta Transportation. Highway 11A is known as Lakeshore Drive in Sylvan Lake, and 82 Street in Red Deer.

This section of Highway 11A, including the decommissioned stretch between Benalto and Sylvan Lake, was the original route of Highway 11 before it was rerouted along 67 Street and 30 Avenue in Red Deer and extended east in the late 1980s.

Major intersections

Starting from the west end of Highway 11A:
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Exit number

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|rowspan=4|Red Deer County

Red Deer County, Alberta

Red Deer County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada in Division No. 8 and is where the City of Red Deer is located. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are the Clearwater County to the west, Lacombe County to the north, Stettler County to the east, and to the south are...

Benalto, Alberta

Benalto is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County. It is located approximately west of the Town of Sylvan Lake nestled within rolling parklands...

Norglenwold, Alberta

Norglenwold is a summer village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of Sylvan Lake adjacent to the Town of Sylvan Lake.- Demographics :...

Sylvan Lake, Alberta

South to Highway 781
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|, Range Road 13
|North to Bentley

Bentley, Alberta

Bentley is a town located 28 km north-west of Red Deer, in the province of Alberta, Canada.It was named in honour of George Bentley, an early homesteader.-History:...

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|rowspan=2|City of Red Deer

Red Deer, Alberta

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North to Leduc

Leduc, Alberta

- Demographics :The population of the City of Leduc according to its 2011 municipal census is 24,139, a 3.6% increase over its 2010 municipal census population of 23,293....

South to Innisfail

Innisfail, Alberta

Innisfail is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, south of Red Deer at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 54....

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|, Gaetz Avenue, Range Road 274
|Traffic lights
North to Blackfalds
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External links

2010 Provincial Highways 1 - 216 Series Progress Chart (map, 8 MB) by Alberta Transportation.

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