Alberta Highway 734
| Forestry Trunk Road | |
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| Length: | 99 km (62 mi) |
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| South end: |  Hwy 40 |
 Hwy 532 |
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| North end: | Hwy 40 /  Hwy 541 |
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| Specialized and rural municipalities: |
Crowsnest Pass, M.D. of Ranchland No. 26, Kananaskis I.D. |
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| Provincial highways in Alberta | |
| Forestry Trunk Road | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: | Hwy 40 /  Hwy 579 |
| North end: |  Hwy 734 |
| Location | |
| Specialized and rural municipalities: |
Bighorn No. 8 M.D. |
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| Provincial highways in Alberta | |
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| Length: | 268 km (167 mi) | |||
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| South end: | Forestry Trunk Road | |||
 Hwy 584 Hwy 591 Hwy 752 Hwy 11 |
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| North end: | Hwy 40 |
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| Specialized and rural municipalities: |
Clearwater County, Yellowhead County | |||
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Provincial highways in Alberta
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→Alberta Provincial Highway No. 734[1] is a highway in western Alberta, Canada that travels through the forested foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road and is still colloquially referred to as such.
It is preceded by the remaining central segment of Forestry Trunk Road, Highway 734 begins south of the Red Deer River to the southwest of Sundre, and is succeeded by Highway 40, which also used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road. The highway ends north of the Pembina River.
Forestry Trunk Road was a north-south resource road that ran from the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) in southern Alberta to Highway 43 in northern Alberta. Over time, some segments of the road have been designated as parts of Highway 40 or Highway 734, while the northernmost segment between Highway 40 and Highway 43 is no longer named Forestry Trunk Road.
Two segments of Forestry Trunk Road remain – a southern segment from the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass to Highway 541 to the southwest of Longview, and a short central segment from Highway 579 west of Cremona to south of the Red Deer River. The southern segment is preceded and succeeded by the first and second segments of Highway 40 respectively, while the central segment is preceded by the third segment of Highway 40 and succeeded by Highway 734.
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Route description
The southern remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road begins Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). north of the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) as a continuation of the southernmost segment of Highway 40. Over its 99 km (62 mi) length, the gravel road provides access to numerous public campgrounds, crosses the Oldman River, and intersects with Highway 532. It also passes near the Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park, Livingstone Falls, and the Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park before ending at its intersection with Highway 541 and the second segment of Highway 40, which was part of Forestry Trunk Road before being designated a provincial highway.
Another former segment of Forestry Trunk Road, now the third segment of Highway 40, begins at Highway 1A to the west of Cochrane and ends 46 km (29 mi) later at an intersection with Highway 579. Highway 40 continues as the central remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road for 27 km (17 mi) to a point 8 km (5.0 mi) prior to the Red Deer River. The road then continues for 268 km (167 mi) as Highway 734 to north of the Pembina River, north of the Elk River Indian reserve, where it becomes the fourth segment of Highway 40.
Over its course, the central segment of Forestry Trunk Road combined with Highway 734 provides access to Ram Falls Provincial Park and numerous campgrounds, and intersects Highway 579, Highway 584, Highway 591, Highway 752, and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway) west of Nordegg. This stretch also crosses the Red Deer, James, Clearwater, Ram, North Saskatchewan, Blackstone, Brazeau, and Pembina rivers.
Major intersections
Forestry Trunk Road
The following is a list of major intersections along the southern segment of Forestry Trunk Road from south to north.[2][3]
| Municipality | km | Description | Notes | ||
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| Municipality of Crowsnest Pass/ Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66 |
0 | Preceded by Hwy 40 |
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| Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66/ Kananaskis Improvement District |
65 | Hwy 532 branches off to the east |
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| Kananaskis Improvement District | 99 | Ends at Hwy 40/ Hwy 541 |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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The following is a list of major intersections along the central segment of Forestry Trunk Road from south to north.[2][3]
| Municipality | km | Description | Notes | ||
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| M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 | 0 | Preceded by Hwy 40 Hwy 579 branches off to the east |
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| M.D. of Bighorn No. 8/ Clearwater County |
27 | Succeeded by Hwy 734 |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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Highway 734
The following is a list of major intersections along Highway 734 from south to north.[2][3]
| Municipality | km | Description | Notes | ||
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| M.D. of Bighorn No. 8/ Clearwater County |
0 | Preceded by Forestry Trunk Road (central segment) | |||
| Clearwater County | 52 | Hwy 584 branches off to the east |
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| 71 |  Hwy 581 branches off to the east |
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| 100 | Hwy 752 branches off to the north |
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| 191 | Hwy 11 |
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| Yellowhead County | 268 | Succeeded by Hwy 40 |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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