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Saskatchewan Highway 5 (jct)
Highway 5 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It begins in downtown Saskatoon and runs eastward to the Manitoba border near Togo, where it becomes Provincial Road 363. The highway is approximately long. Between the early 1900s and 1976, Provincial Highway 5 was a trans-provincial highway travelling approximately in length. At this time it started at the Alberta border in Lloydminster and travelled east to the Manitoba border. In the summer of 1970, the section of highway between Lloydminster and Saskatoon was designated to be a portion of the Yellowhead Highway. This section of highway maintained the Highway 5 designation until 1976, when it was redesignated as Highway 16 to maintain the same number through the four western provinces (Manitoba followed suit the following year, redesignating its section of the Yellowhead Highway from PTH 4 to PTH 16). This redesignation shortened the length of Highway 5 to its current length of . Along the route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Highways And Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)
The Ministry of Highways is divided into the Operations, Policy and Programs, and Corporate Services Divisions and the Communications Branch. The ministry is the employer of over 1,476 employees diversified amongst 105 communities in Saskatchewan. The current Minister of Highways and Infrastructure is Jeremy Cockrill. Operations Division The Operation Division has the responsibility of maintaining of asphalt concrete pavements, of Road surface#Granular pavements, granular pavements, of Road surface#Thin membrane surface, thin membrane surface (TMS) highways, of Gravel road, gravel highways, of ice roads, bridges, large culverts, 12 Ferry, ferries, one barge and 17 northern airports. Operational maintenance includes surface repair activities like crack filling, sealing, and patching; snow and ice control; pavement marking; signing; and ferry operations. Along with engineering, construction and design of the provincial road network, the operations division provides reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
