Alberta Highway 34

Highway 34
Former Alberta Highway 34
Route information
Length:	105 km (65 mi)
Existed:	Late 1930s – March 1, 1998
Major junctions
West end:	Hwy 2 north of Grande Prairie
East end:	Hwy 49 in Valleyview
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Municipal District of Greenview No. 16
Towns:	Valleyview
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 34, also known as Highway 34, was a highway in northwest Alberta, Canada, that existed in various configurations from the mid-1930s to the late 1990s. It was originally established in the 1930s as a 172-kilometre (107 mi) east–west alternative highway to Highway 2 (then Highway 1) from north of Grande Prairie to Triangle, west of High Prairie, through the southern Peace Country via Valleyview. After a number of realignments affecting the east segment of the highway in the late 1950s through mid-1960s and a shortening in the early 1990s due to highway renumbering, Highway 34 spent its final years as a 105-kilometre (65 mi) highway between Highway 2 north of Grande Prairie to Valleyview before being renumbered as Highway 43 on March 1, 1998.

Highway 34 was originally established as a 172-kilometre (107 mi) unnumbered graded road in the late 1930s. It started at Highway 2 (then numbered Highway 1) 6.4 km (4.0 mi) north of Grande Prairie and 4.8 km (3.0 mi) south of Clairmont. It crossed the Smoky River via ferry 34 km (21 mi) east of its starting point and continued another 77 km (48 mi) eastward to reach Valleyview. At Valleyview, the road turned north and then northeast for 61 km (38 mi) crossing the Little Smoky River before reconnecting with Highway 2 approximately 19 km (12 mi) west of High Prairie and 34 km (21 mi) south of McLennan. The road was designated Highway 34 in 1939.