Alberta Highway 53

Highway 53
Route information
Length:	223 km (139 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Hwy 22 (Cowboy Trail)
	Hwy 20A Hwy 20 Hwy 2 Hwy 21 Hwy 56
East end:	Hwy 36 / Hwy 608 east of Forestburg
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	Clearwater County, Ponoka County, Camrose County, Stettler No. 6 County, Flagstaff County
Towns:	Rimbey, Ponoka, Bashaw
Villages:	Donalda, Forestburg
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 52 Hwy 54 →

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 53 is an east–west highway of approximately 223 km (139 mi) in central Alberta, Canada.^[1][2][3]

From the west, Highway 53 starts at Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and ends at Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway), passing through the communities of Rimbey, Ponoka, Bashaw, Donalda, and Forestburg.^[3] It crosses the Medicine River and Blindman River west of Rimbey, and crosses the Battle River three times between Rimbey and Forestburg (west of Ponoka, within Ponoka, and between Donalda and Forestburg). Highway 53 also provides access to Big Knife Provincial Park southwest of Forestburg.^[3]

Major intersections

Intersections are from west to east.^[4]

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[5]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Clearwater County	​	0	0.0	Hwy 22 – Drayton Valley, Rocky Mountain House	Hwy 53 western terminus
Ponoka County	​	15	9.3	Hwy 761 south	Hwy 761 concurrency begins
	​	25	16	Hwy 761 north	Hwy 761 concurrency ends
	​	36	22	Hwy 766 – Eckville
	​	43	27	Crosses Blindman River
	Rimbey	44	27	Hwy 20A (50 Avenue) to Hwy 20 south 51 Street	Hwy 53 branches north Hwy 20A concurrency begins
		46	29	Hwy 20 south – Breton, Sylvan Lake	Hwy 20A concurrency ends Hwy 20 concurrency begins
	​	48	30	Hwy 20 north – Winfield, Breton	Hwy 53 branches east Hwy 20 concurrency ends
	​	56	35	Hwy 771 north – Pigeon Lake Provincial Park	Hwy 771 concurrency begins
	​	59	37	Hwy 771 south – Bentley	Hwy 771 concurrency ends
	Crestomere	70	43	Hwy 792 – Gull Lake	North and south intersections are offset. Hwy 792 concurrency for 200 m (650 ft).
	​	84	52	Crosses Battle River
	​	85	53	Hwy 795 north – Usona District, Calmar
	Ponoka	88	55	Hwy 2 (Exit 450) – Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary	Grade Separated
		92	57	Hwy 2A – Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin, Lacombe, Red Deer
		93	58	Crosses Battle River
	​	96	60	Hwy 815 south – Joffre
	​	111	69	Hwy 821 south – Tees
	​	120	75	Hwy 822 north
Camrose County	​	136	85	Hwy 21 north – Camrose, Edmonton	Hwy 53 branches south Hwy 21 concurrency begins
	Bashaw	142	88	Urban Approach Road 206 (50 Avenue) east
		143	89	Hwy 605 west Hwy 21 south – Mirror, Delburne, Three Hills	Hwy 53 branches east Hwy 21 concurrency ends
↑ / ↓	​	162	101	Hwy 56 – Camrose, Stettler, Drumheller
County of Stettler No. 6	Donalda	171	106	Hwy 850 south
	​	179	111	Hwy 854 north – Rosalind, Bawlf
↑ / ↓	​	187	116	Crosses Battle River
Flagstaff County	​	196	122	Hwy 855 north – Heisler, Daysland	Hwy 855 concurrency begins
	​	198	123	Hwy 855 south – Big Knife Provincial Park, Halkirk	Hwy 855 concurrency ends
	Forestburg	206	128	Hwy 856 north (53 Street) – Strome
	​	216	134	Hwy 861 south – Galahad
	​	222	138	Hwy 36 – Killam, Viking, Castor, Hanna	Hwy 53 eastern terminus
Continues as Hwy 608 east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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