Highway 93 | ||||
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Banff-Windermere Parkway, Icefields Parkway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Length: | 268 km (167 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1940 – present | |||
Restrictions: | No commercial vehicles and National Parks pass required along the Icefields Parkway. | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | BC 93 at B.C. border at Vermilion Pass | |||
Hwy 1 (TCH) near Lake Louise Hwy 1A near Lake Louise Hwy 11 in Saskatchewan River Crossing |
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North end: | Hwy 16 (TCH) in Jasper | |||
Location | ||||
Specialized and rural municipalities: |
I.D. No. 9, I.D. No. 12, Jasper | |||
Highway system | ||||
Provincial highways in Alberta
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Provincial highways in Alberta
Highway 93 is a north-south highway in Alberta, Canada. It is also known as the Banff-Windermere Parkway south of the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) and the Icefields Parkway north of the Trans-Canada Highway. It travels through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and is maintained by Parks Canada for its entire length. It runs from the British Columbia border at Vermilion Pass in the south, where it becomes British Columbia Highway 93, to its terminus at the junction with the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) at Jasper. The route takes its number from U.S. Route 93 and was initially designated as ‘93’ in 1959.
The southern portion of the route is part of the Banff-Windermere Parkway, a 104 km (65 mi) highway that travels from British Columbia Highway 95 at Radium Hot Springs, through Kootenay National Park and Vermilion Pass across the Continental Divide, to the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) at Castle Junction. The final 10 km (6.2 mi) of the parkway are in Alberta and Banff National Park. Prior to 1959, the highway was designated as Highway 1B.