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Alberta Highway 20

Highway 20
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Ministry of Transportation
Length	110.2 km[1] (68.5 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Hwy 11 near Sylvan Lake
Major intersections	Hwy 11AinSylvan Lake Hwy 12inBentley Hwy 53inRimbey Hwy 20AinRimbey Hwy 13inWinfield
North end	Hwy 39inAlsike
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Specialized and rural municipalities	Red Deer County, Lacombe County, Ponoka County, Wetaskiwin No. 10 County, Brazeau County
Towns	Sylvan Lake, Bentley, Rimbey
Villages	Breton
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta
← Hwy 19 → Hwy 21

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 20, commonly referred to as Highway 20, is a highway in central Alberta, Canada, west of Highway 2.^[2]

Route description[edit]

Highway 20 begins Highway 11 and travels north for 4 km (2 mi) along the east side of the town of Sylvan Lake to a roundabout with Highway 11A.^[1] It continues for 16 km (10 mi) to Highway 12inBentley, passing the southeastern shore of Sylvan LakeatJarvis Bay as well as the Jarvis Bay Provincial Park. It intersects Highway 771 2 km (1 mi) north of Bentley, which provides access to the west side of Gull Lake and Parkland Beach, and travels for 21 km (13 mi) in a northwesterly direction to Rimbey; Highway 20 bypasses Rimbey while Highway 20A is a business route through the town and connects with Highway 53 west. Highway 20 proceeds another 3 km (2 mi) before reconnecting with Highway 20A, and travels another 2 km (1 mi) to Highway 53 east, where it heads east towards Ponoka.^[1]

Highway 20 continues north for 9 km (6 mi) to Bluffton where Highway 607 branches off to the west, another 13 km (8 mi) north to Hoadley where Highway 611 branches off to the east, and another 15 km (9 mi) north to Winfield where it crosses Highway 13. From Winfield, the highway continues north for 17 km (11 mi) to Breton where it crosses Highway 616 before it travels another 17 km (11 mi) north Alsike where it ends at Highway 39.^[1][3]

History[edit]

Highway 20 was originally a short, 16 km (10 mi) long highway that ran from Highway 11 in Sylvan Lake to the Highway 12 / Highway 51 intersection in Bentley. From this intersection, Highway 12 continued north to Rimbey, Breton, and Alsike. In the mid-1980s, when Highway 11 was realigned to bypass Sylvan Lake, Highway 20 was extended 4 km (2 mi) to the south to connect with the new alignment. In January 1988, the 90 km (56 mi) section of Highway 12 between Bentley and Alsike was redesignated as Highway 20, while Highway 51 was decommissioned and redesignated as the new western section of Highway 12.^[4]

Major intersections[edit]

From south to north:^[5]

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Red Deer County	Sylvan Lake	0.0	0.0	Hwy 11 – Rocky Mountain House, Red Deer	Traffic signals; proposed interchange and Hwy 781 realignment[6]
		4.1	2.5	Hwy 11A east / Lakeshore Drive – Red Deer	Roundabout
↑ / ↓	Jarvis Bay	7.3	4.5	PAR 124 west – Jarvis Bay Provincial Park
Lacombe County	​	10.7	6.6	Aspelund Road – Blackfalds
	Bentley	20.3	12.6	Hwy 12 – Rocky Mountain House, Lacombe	Former Hwy 51 west; former northern terminus for Hwy 20
	​	22.3	13.9	Hwy 771 north – Parkland Beach
Ponoka County	Rimbey	42.8	26.6	Hwy 20A north (50 Avenue) to Hwy 53 west
		45.4	28.2	Hwy 20A south / Hwy 53 west (51 Street)	South end of Hwy 53 concurrency
	​	47.0	29.2	Hwy 53 east – Ponoka	North end of Hwy 53 concurrency
		53.9	33.5	Hwy 607 west
	Bluffton	56.1	34.9	UAR 165 north
	Hoadley	69.2	43.0	Hwy 611 east – Maskwacis
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10	Winfield	83.7	52.0	Hwy 13 – Alder Flats, Wetaskiwin
Brazeau County	Breton	100.7	62.6	Hwy 616 – Buck Creek, Mulhurst
	Alsike	110.2	68.5	Hwy 39 – Drayton Valley, Leduc
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Highway 20A[edit]

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 20A is the designation of a 3.2 km (2.0 mi) alternate route off Highway 20 serving the Town of Rimbey. It starts within Rimbey at Highway 53 and ends 1.6 km (1.0 mi) to the north at Highway 20.^[2][7]

Major intersections[edit]

The entire route is in Ponoka County.

Location	km[7]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Rimbey	0.0	0.0	Hwy 20 – Bentley, Sylvan Lake	East entrance into Rimbey along 50 Avenue
	1.6	0.99	Hwy 53 west (50 Avenue) / 51 Street	Hwy 20A turns onto 51 St; south end of Hwy 53 concurrency
	3.2	2.0	Hwy 20 / Hwy 53 east – Winfield, Breton, Ponoka	North entrance into Rimbey
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References[edit]

^ "Highway Numbers New". Red Deer Advocate. January 5, 1988. p. 12. Retrieved December 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.