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List of Northwest Territories highways

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The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada. They are divided amongst Arterial Class Highways, of which there are six; Collector Class Highways, of which there are 23; and closed highways, of which there are two. Only some places in the Northwest Territories can be reached by means of highways.

Arterial Class Highways

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Arterial Class Highways
Number Length (km)[1] Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Local names Formed Removed Notes
Highway 1 687 427 Highway 35 Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road – Wrigley Mackenzie Highway 01949-01-011949 current Longest highway in the territory
Highway 2 48.6 30.2 Highway 1 – Enterprise Northwest corner of Vale Island – Hay River Hay River Highway 01949-01-011949 current Shortest highway in the territory
Highway 3 338.8 210.5 Highway 1 – Fort Providence Highway 4 – Yellowknife Yellowknife Highway 01960-01-011960 current Also known as the Great Slave Highway
Highway 5 267.0 165.9 Highway 2 – Hay River Highway 48 – Fort Smith Fort Smith Highway 01966-01-011966 current Passes through Wood Buffalo National Park
Highway 7 254.1 157.9 Highway 77 Highway 1 – Fort Simpson Liard Highway 01984-01-011984 current Packed dirt and gravel road
Highway 8 272.5 169.3 Hwy 5 Navy Road – Inuvik Dempster Highway; Marine Bypass Road (Inuvik) 01979-01-011979 current Canada's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle; studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Collector Class Highways

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Collector Class Highways
Number Length (km)[2] Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Local names Formed Removed Notes
Aklavik Ice Road 116 72 Hansen Road – Aklavik Highway 8 – Inuvik — — Seasonal
Canol Road 357 222 Norman Wells Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border 01943-01-011943 01945-01-011945 Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road
Colville Lake Winter Road 165 103 Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road Colville Lake 02008-01-01c. 2008 current Seasonal
Délîne Winter Road 105.3 65.4 Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road Délîne — — Seasonal
Dettah Ice Road 6.3 3.9 Drygeese Tili – Dettah School Draw Avenue – Yellowknife — — Seasonal
Dettah Road 11.3 7.0 Ehs'doo Tili / It'o Tili – Dettah Highway 4 — —


Fort Liard Access Road 5.3 3.3 Caragana Road / Valley Main Street – Fort Liard Highway 7 Valley Main Street — —


Fort McPherson Access Road 1.1 0.68 Highway 8 Tadit Francis Avenue / Tetlit Gwich'in Road – Fort McPherson Tetlit Gwich'in Road — —


Fort Providence Access Road 5.4 3.4 Highway 3 O Street / DehCho Drive – Fort Providence — —


Highway 6 90.0 55.9 Highway 5 Great Slave Route – Fort Resolution Fort Resolution Highway — — Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point.
Fort Simpson Access Road 3.4 2.1 Highway 1 – Fort Simpson 93rd Avenue – Fort Simpson — —


Gamètì Winter Road 128.0 79.5 Whatì Winter Road Gamètì — — Seasonal; previously Rae Lakes Ice Road
Highway 4 69.2 43.0 Highway 3 – Yellowknife Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road Ingraham Trail 01965-01-01c. 1965 current Provides access to Dettah (27 km (17 mi)) when the ice road (6.5 km (4.0 mi)) is closed.
Inuvik Access Road 0.6 0.37 Highway 8 Loucheux Street – Inuvik — —


Highway 10 133.6 83.0 Navy Road – Inuvik Quimavik Road – Tuktoyaktuk Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway 02017-01-012017 current Replaced the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Ice Road; construction began 2013, completed 2017 and opened in November.
Nahanni Butte Winter Road 22.3 13.9 Nahanni Butte Highway 7 — — Seasonal
Sambaa K’e Winter Road 126.0 78.3 Sambaa K’e Highway 1 — — Seasonal
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road 568 353 Highway 4 Jericho Diamond Mine, Nunavut 01982-01-011982 current Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities
Highway 9 97.0 60.3 Highway 3 Whatì Winter Road – Whatì Tłı̨chǫ Highway 02021-01-012021 current Opened in November 2021.
Rae Access Road 10.5 6.5 Highway 3 Degai Ma Tili / Donda Tili / Ohnda Tili – Behchokǫ̀ — —


Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road 187 116 Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk — 02017-01-012017 Former ice road; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Wekweètì Winter Road 235.0 146.0 Whatì Winter Road Wekweètì 02019-01-01c. 2019 current Seasonal
Whatì Winter Road 100 62 Highway 3 – Behchokǫ̀ Highway 9 – Whatì — 02021-01-012021 Seasonal; previously Lac La Martre Winter Road; closed when Highway 9 gave access to Whatì
Wrigley-Fort Good Hope Winter Road 486.4 302.2 Highway 1 – Wrigley Fort Good Hope — — Connects to Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, with 106 km branch route to Deline and 165 km branch route to Colville Lake. Thirty-four permanent bridges completed along route which can be used as part of an all-weather route.
Yellowknife Access Road 3.6 2.2 48th Street / 49th Avenue – Yellowknife Giant Mine Boat Launch Access Road – Yellowknife 48th Street — —


1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Local Highways

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Local Highways
Number Length (km)[3] Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Local names Formed Removed Notes
Canol Road 357 222 Norman Wells Macmillan Pass, Yukon/Northwest Territories border 01943-01-011943 01945-01-011945 Second World War road completed early 1943, abandoned mid-1945, now the Canol Heritage Trail, connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6, the Canol Road
Canyon Creek Access Road 14.0 8.7 Canyon Creek Mackenzie Valley Winter Road – Norman Wells — —


Cassidy Point Road 4.1 2.5 Highway 4 Cassidy Point — —


Fort Smith Campground Access Road 3.2 2.0 — — — —


Fish Camp Road 0.7 0.43 Highway 6 — — —


Four Mile House Road 2.5 1.6 Highway 1 Liard River — —


Giant Mine Boat Launch Access Road 0.34 0.21 Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife — — —


Great Slave Sailing Club Access Road 0.25 0.16 Yellowknife Access Road – Yellowknife — — —


Hart Lake Access Road 1.3 0.81 Hart Lake Highway 1 — —


Jean Marie River Access Road 27.0 16.8 Highway 1 Jean Marie River — —


Kakisa Lake Access Road 12.9 8.0 Parking lot at Kakisa Lake Highway 1 — —


Little Buffalo River Falls Access Road 1.8 1.1 Highway 5 campsite at Little Buffalo River Falls — —


Nagel Channel Road 7.2 4.5 Fort Resolution — — —


Prelude Lake West Access Road 1.2 0.75 Highway 4 Prelude Lake Territorial Park — —


Prelude Lake East Access Road 1.7 1.1 Highway 4 — — —


Salt River Access Road 15.5 9.6 Highway 5 — — —


Sandy Lake Access Road 12.9 8.0 — Highway 5 — —


Vee Lake Road 5.0 3.1 Highway 4 parking lot at Vee Lake — —


1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Access by community

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The communities reached by the all-weather highway network are:

Communities that can only be reached by ice-road are:

Communities with no access by surface vehicle:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Northwest Territories Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic, 2006 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Northwest Territories Department of Transportation, Highway Traffic, 2006 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Highway Designation and Classification Regulations, R-047-92
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