Alberta Highway 21

Highway 21
Maintained by Alberta Transportation
Length:	328 km (204 mi)
South end:	Hwy 1 east of Strathmore
Major junctions:	Hwy 1 Hwy 9 Hwy 12 Hwy 13 Hwy 14 Hwy 16
North end:	Hwy 15 in Fort Saskatchewan
Counties:	Wheatland, Kneehill, Red Deer, Stettler, Lacombe, Camrose, Leduc, Strathcona
Major cities:	Three Hills, Trochu, Bashaw, Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan
Provincial highways in Alberta < Hwy 20 Hwy 22 >

Highway 21 is a major south-north highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It begins at the Trans-Canada Highway 10 km east of Strathmore, (62 km east of downtown Calgary) and goes north to its terminus at Fort Saskatchewan, (north-east of Edmonton.) The highway is considered an alternate route to the Queen Elizabeth II Highway (QE2), in the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor, between the major centres of Calgary and Edmonton.

Between the junction with Highway 1 and Highway 15, it runs for a total of 328 km. At the northern end, in Fort Saskatchewan, Highway 21 is continued westwards by Highway 15 towards Edmonton and Highway 37 towards Onoway, and eastwards by Highway 15 towards Lamont.

At present the only section of the highway twinned is a 15 km piece running from its junction with the Yellowhead Highway at Sherwood Park to its endpoint in Fort Saskatchewan. Construction is underway to continue the twinning from the Yellowhead, south past Baseline Road and Wye Road (Highway 630), up to the Whitemud Extension (Highway 628)^[1].

Highway 21 is considered a Bible Belt with 3 Bible Colleges and 3 large Christian Academies along its 300 km route. These are from south to north Prairie Bible College and Prairie Christian Academy (Three Hills), the Cornerstone Christian Academy, Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute and Gardner College (Camrose), and Strathcona Christian Academy (Sherwood Park). In addition, several other Christian colleges are less than 65 kilometers west of Highway 21 along the QE2 corridor: Alberta Bible College, Ambrose University College, Rocky Mountain College and St. Mary's University College of Calgary; the Canadian University College of Lacombe and in Edmonton - The King's University College, Concordia University College of Alberta, Taylor Seminary and Vanguard College. A short distance east of Highway 21, the village of Rosebud hosts the Rosebud School of the Arts, a Christian guild for music, drama and dance, and in Drumheller, the Canadian Badlands Passion Play is held annually in the month of July.

Km by km description

Starting from the south end of Highway 21:

County	km	Intersecting road	Notes	Coordinates
Wheatland County	0	Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Township Road 242	West to Strathmore and Calgary East to Brooks and Medicine Hat	51°2′16″N 113°15′40″W / 51.03778°N 113.26111°W / 51.03778; -113.26111 (21 km 000)
	13	Highway 564, Township Road 254	Begin 564 East concurrency	51°9′15″N 113°15′40″W / 51.15417°N 113.26111°W / 51.15417; -113.26111 (21 km 013)
	16	Highway 564, Township Road 260	End 564 East concurrency	51°11′0″N 113°15′41″W / 51.183333°N 113.26139°W / 51.183333; -113.26139 (21 km 016)
	31	Rosebud River		51°19′2″N 113°14′36″W / 51.31722°N 113.24333°W / 51.31722; -113.24333 (21 km 031)
	39	Highway 9, Township Road 272	West to Beiseker East to Drumheller	51°23′13″N 113°14′22″W / 51.38694°N 113.23944°W / 51.38694; -113.23944 (21 km 039)
Kneehill County	51	Kneehills Creek		51°29′40″N 113°13′52″W / 51.49444°N 113.23111°W / 51.49444; -113.23111 (21 km 051)
	53	Highway 575, Township Road 294	West to Acme East to Carbon	51°30′31″N 113°14′22″W / 51.50861°N 113.23944°W / 51.50861; -113.23944 (21 km 053)
	59	Township Road 302	West to Swalwell	51°33′42″N 113°14′23″W / 51.56167°N 113.23972°W / 51.56167; -113.23972 (21 km 059)
	69	27 Highway 27, Highway 582, Township Road 312	582 west to Didsbury 27 east to Morrin Begin 27 West concurrency	51°38′55″N 113°14′27″W / 51.64861°N 113.24083°W / 51.64861; -113.24083 (21 km 069)
	75	Highway 583, 2 Street N, Township Road 320	Three Hills	51°42′24″N 113°14′26″W / 51.70667°N 113.24056°W / 51.70667; -113.24056 (21 km 075)
	85	27 Highway 27, Township Road 330	West to Torrington End 27 West concurrency	51°47′40″N 113°14′29″W / 51.79444°N 113.24139°W / 51.79444; -113.24139 (21 km 085)
	88	Highway 585, Township Road 332	Trochu	51°49′25″N 113°14′25″W / 51.82361°N 113.24028°W / 51.82361; -113.24028 (21 km 088)
	98	Highway 587, Township Road 342	Huxley	51°54′40″N 113°14′29″W / 51.91111°N 113.24139°W / 51.91111; -113.24139 (21 km 098)
Red Deer County	108	Township Road 352	East to Elnora	51°59′50″N 113°14′34″W / 51.99722°N 113.24278°W / 51.99722; -113.24278 (21 km 108)
	111	Highway 590, Township Road 354	West to Innisfail East to Big Valley	52°1′34″N 113°14′27″W / 52.02611°N 113.24083°W / 52.02611; -113.24083 (21 km 111)
	121	Highway 42, Township Road 364	42 west to Pine Lake 364 east to Lousana	52°6′49″N 113°14′34″W / 52.11361°N 113.24278°W / 52.11361; -113.24278 (21 km 121)
	131	20th Street, Township Road 374	Delburne	52°12′3″N 113°15′15″W / 52.20083°N 113.25417°W / 52.20083; -113.25417 (21 km 131)
	134	Highway 595, Township Road 380	West to Red Deer	52°13′48″N 113°15′16″W / 52.23°N 113.25444°W / 52.23; -113.25444 (21 km 134)
	143	Township Road 382	West to Ardley	52°15′34″N 113°10′18″W / 52.25944°N 113.17167°W / 52.25944; -113.17167 (21 km 143)
Red Deer / Lacombe / Stettler	154	Red Deer River		52°18′20″N 113°4′33″W / 52.30556°N 113.07583°W / 52.30556; -113.07583 (21 km 154)
Stettler County	156	Highway 11, Township Road 390	West to Red Deer East to Stettler	52°19′3″N 113°4′33″W / 52.3175°N 113.07583°W / 52.3175; -113.07583 (21 km 156)
	161	Highway 12	East to Nevis Begin 12 West concurrency	52°22′2″N 113°4′32″W / 52.36722°N 113.07556°W / 52.36722; -113.07556 (21 km 161)
Lacombe County	163	Highway 12	West to Lacombe End 12 West concurrency	52°22′8″N 113°5′58″W / 52.36889°N 113.09944°W / 52.36889; -113.09944 (21 km 163)
	167	Highway 601, Township Road 400	West to Alix East to Buffalo Lake	52°24′18″N 113°5′58″W / 52.405°N 113.09944°W / 52.405; -113.09944 (21 km 167)
	173	50 Highway 50, 49 Avenue, Township Road 404	Mirror West to Tees	52°27′47″N 113°5′58″W / 52.46306°N 113.09944°W / 52.46306; -113.09944 (21 km 173)
Camrose County	190	53 Highway 53, Highway 605, Township Road 420	Bashaw East to Donalda Begin 53 West concurrency	52°34′46″N 112°58′46″W / 52.57944°N 112.97944°W / 52.57944; -112.97944 (21 km 190)
	197	53 Highway 53, Township Road 424	West to Ponoka End 53 West concurrency	52°38′16″N 112°57′18″W / 52.63778°N 112.955°W / 52.63778; -112.955 (21 km 197)
	212	Township Road 441	Ferintosh	52°46′7″N 112°57′52″W / 52.76861°N 112.96444°W / 52.76861; -112.96444 (21 km 212)
	214	Highway 609, Township Road 442	East to Edberg	52°47′6″N 112°58′1″W / 52.785°N 112.96694°W / 52.785; -112.96694 (21 km 214)
	217	Highway 611, Township Road 444	West to Hobbema	52°48′50″N 112°57′19″W / 52.81389°N 112.95528°W / 52.81389; -112.95528 (21 km 217)
	224	Township Road 452	New Norway	52°52′20″N 112°57′20″W / 52.87222°N 112.95556°W / 52.87222; -112.95556 (21 km 224)
	232	Battle River		52°56′58″N 112°57′47″W / 52.94944°N 112.96306°W / 52.94944; -112.96306 (21 km 232)
	240	Highway 13	West to Wetaskiwin East to Camrose	53°0′55″N 112°57′8″W / 53.01528°N 112.95222°W / 53.01528; -112.95222 (21 km 240)
	253	Highway 616, Township Road 482	Armena	53°8′3″N 112°57′45″W / 53.13417°N 112.9625°W / 53.13417; -112.9625 (21 km 253)
	263	Highway 617, Township Road 490	Hay Lakes	53°11′30″N 113°3′31″W / 53.19167°N 113.05861°W / 53.19167; -113.05861 (21 km 263)
Leduc County	275	Highway 623, Township Road 494	New Sarepta	53°15′2″N 113°8′50″W / 53.25056°N 113.14722°W / 53.25056; -113.14722 (21 km 275)
	287	Highway 625, Township Road 504	West to Beaumont	53°20′15″N 113°14′41″W / 53.3375°N 113.24472°W / 53.3375; -113.24472 (21 km 287)
Strathcona County	299	Highway 14	Grade separated West to Edmonton East to Wainwright	53°26′48″N 113°14′45″W / 53.44667°N 113.24583°W / 53.44667; -113.24583 (21 km 299)
	303	Highway 628, Township Road 522	Whitemud Drive	53°28′58″N 113°14′45″W / 53.48278°N 113.24583°W / 53.48278; -113.24583 (21 km 303)
	307	Highway 630 (Wye Road), Township Road 524	Sherwood Park	53°30′44″N 113°14′47″W / 53.51222°N 113.24639°W / 53.51222; -113.24639 (21 km 307)
	313	Highway 16 (Yellowhead Trail), Township Road 532	Grade separated West to Edmonton East to Lloydminster	53°34′13″N 113°14′46″W / 53.57028°N 113.24611°W / 53.57028; -113.24611 (21 km 313)
City of Fort Saskatchewan	328	Highway 15	West to Edmonton East to Bruderheim	53°41′47″N 113°12′59″W / 53.69639°N 113.21639°W / 53.69639; -113.21639 (21 km 328)

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