Alberta Provincial Highway No. 69[1] was a 14 km (8.7 mi) east–west provincial highway in northern Alberta, Canada that existed for approximately 38 years between 1975/76 and 2014/15. It is now a municipal roadway under the jurisdiction of the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo and is named Saprae Creek Trail.[2]
Highway 69 | ||||
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| Saprae Creek Trail | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alberta Ministry of Transportation | ||||
| Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1975/76–2014/15 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Hwy 63 in Fort McMurray | |||
| East end | South of Saprae Creek | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | RM of Wood Buffalo | |||
| Major cities | Fort McMurray | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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In the west, Highway 69 began at its intersection with Highway 63 at the south end of Fort McMurray, passing the Fort McMurray Airport and ending at a Canadian National's Lynton rail yard south of Saprae Creek and the Clearwater River.
History
Highway 69 was originally designated as a secondary road in 1975 or 1976 known as Highway 969.[3] It was redesignated as a primary highway in 1977 or 1978 and was renumbered as Highway 69.[4] In 2014, the Government of Alberta and the RM of Wood Buffalo signed an agreement that would transfer provincial land to the RM to facilitate urban development on the Saline Creek Plateau in exchange for transferring jurisdiction over Highway 69 to the RM.[5] The highway was transferred to the RM of Wood Buffalo sometime between March 2014 and March 2015.[6][7]