Alberta Highway 779
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 779 is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs south-north from Highway 627 (Garden Valley Road) in Parkland County through the Town of Stony Plain to Highway 37 west of Calahoo in Sturgeon County. It runs along the Fifth Meridian for its entire length, which was surveyed as 114° Longitude in the Dominion Land Survey, and used by the Alberta Township System. The highway is also known as Range Road 10 in the two counties and 48 Street within Stony Plain.[1][2]
Highway 779 | ||||
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| Range Road 10 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alberta Transportation | ||||
| Length | 29.74 km[1] (18.48 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Hwy 627 south of Stony Plain | |||
 Hwy 16A in Stony Plain Hwy 16 (TCH) near Stony Plain | ||||
| North end |  Hwy 37 west of Calahoo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Parkland County, Sturgeon County | |||
| Towns | Stony Plain | |||
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Major intersections
Starting from the south end of Highway 779:
| Rural/specialized municipality | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Parkland County | | 0 | 0.0 | Hwy 627 (Garden Valley Road) – Keephills, Edmonton | Southern terminus |
| Stony Plain | 6 | 3.7 |  79 Avenue (Hwy 628 east) | ||
| 9 | 5.6 | Hwy 16A – Jasper, Spruce Grove, Edmonton | Interchange | ||
| | 13 | 8.1 |  Hwy 16 (TCH/YH) – Jasper, Edmonton | Interchange; Hwy 16 exit 355 | |
| Sturgeon County | | 22 | 14 |  Hwy 633 – Alberta Beach, Villeneuve, St. Albert | |
| 30 | 19 | Hwy 37 – Onoway, Calahoo, Fort Saskatchewan | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- "2012 Provincial Highway 500-989 Progress Chart" (PDF). Alberta Transportation. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- Google (December 18, 2016). "Highway 779 in Alberta" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
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