Alberta Highway 43

Highway 43
Highway 43 highlighted in red
Route information
Length:	499 km (310 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	BC 2 at British Columbia border west of Demmitt
	Hwy 59 near Hythe Hwy 40 in Grande Prairie Hwy 2 near Grande Prairie Hwy 49 in Valleyview Hwy 32 in Whitecourt Hwy 18 in Green Court Hwy 22 in Mayerthorpe Hwy 33 near Gunn Hwy 37 near Onoway
East end:	Hwy 16 (TCH) near Carvel
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities:	County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Greenview No. 16 M.D., Woodlands County, Lac Ste. Anne County, Parkland County
Major cities:	Grande Prairie
Towns:	Beaverlodge, Wembley, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe
Villages:	Hythe
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 42 Hwy 44 →

Route map: / Google

Provincial highways in Alberta

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 43, commonly referred to as Highway 43, is a major highway in northern and central Alberta, Canada that connects Edmonton to the British Columbia border via Grande Prairie and the Peace Country, and forms the northernmost portion of Alberta's Export Highway. It stretches approximately 499 km (310 mi) from Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) near Carvel west of Edmonton to the British Columbia border west of Demmitt. It is designated as a core route in Canada's National Highway System, comprising a portion of a key international corridor that stretches from Alaska into Mexico.

Highway 43 was originally numbered Highway 17, a short gravel road that ran only from Highway 16 to Onoway. It was later extended to Whitecourt and renumbered as Highway 43 in the 1940s, and an extension to Valleyview had been completed by the mid-1950s. In 1991 the highway was extended to included a portion of the existing Highway 34 from Valleyview to Donnelly, but was revised in 1998 to turn west through Grande Prairie, forming a contiguous route from Carvel to the border. Due to increasing traffic levels and the province's greater plan to upgrade their portion of the CANAMEX Corridor, work began in the 2000s to twin the entire length of the highway. The Edmonton–Grande Prairie section was completed in summer 2014, and construction began in 2016 on an expressway bypass to the northwest of Grande Prairie. Planning is underway for the remaining section between the BC border and Beaverlodge.