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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 63 is a north–south highway in northern Alberta, Canada. In the south, Highway 63 begins at its intersection with Highway 28 approximately southwest of Radway, passing through Boyle and Fort McMurray before ending approximately north of its second crossing of the Athabasca River near Fort MacKay. Much of Highway 63 passes through boreal forest, although aspen parkland and farmland is predominant as far as Wandering River. The highway also passes through the Athabasca Oil Sands between Fort McMurray and Fort MacKay. From its terminus to Fort McMurray, the highway is designated as a core route of Canada's National Highway System. ==Highway format== Highway 63 sees an increasingly high volume of traffic due to the growing oilsands industry in the Wood Buffalo, causing potentially serious transportation-related problems. Trucks carrying large equipment can cause traffic delays, since they can be large enough to occupy two traffic lanes. Most of the highway is two-lane undivided highway, with the exception of approximately from south of its intersection with Highway 881 through Fort McMurray to south of Fort MacKay. It is also the only road leading out of Fort McMurray, which makes it a critical link to the growing community. After years of both public and political pressure, the provincial government has announced in February 2006〔(Alberta Government announcement )〕 that it would begin twinning the entire two-lane portion of the highway to a four-lane divided standard from Atmore to just south of Fort McMurray. The twinning began in 2006 and was estimated to take at least five years to complete.〔(Government of Alberta - Infrastructure project )〕 As of October 2009, the twinning of approximately of this corridor had been completed,〔(The Oil Sands Developers Group- Transportation Fact Sheet: October 2009. )〕 with another expected to be graded by fall 2011.〔(Alberta Transportation- Highway 63 twinning will resume: March 2010. )〕 In October 2012, it was announced the remaining portion of Highway 63 between Grassland and Fort McMurray will be twinned by the end of 2016 and of twinned highway opened near Wandering River on November 5, 2012. Interchanges within Fort McMurray at Confederation Way and Thickwood Boulevard are scheduled for completion in fall 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alberta Highway 63」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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