Alberta Highway 663

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 663[1] is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs west-east from Highway 44 near Fawcett, runs concurrent with Highway 2 and Highway 63 to Boyle. Then to a concurrency with Highway 55 (Northern Woods and Water Route) in Lac La Biche before extending north around Lakeland Provincial Park to Torchwood Lake. It is also known as Taylor Road in Boyle, and 88 Avenue in Lac La Biche.

Highway 663
Route information
Maintained by Alberta Transportation
Existed	1964–present
West segment
Length	153 km (95 mi)
West end	Hwy 44 in Fawcett
Major junctions	Hwy 2 Hwy 63
East end	Hwy 55 west of Lac La Biche
East segment
Length	40 km (20 mi)
West end	Hwy 881 east of Lac La Biche
East end	Torchwood Lake
Location
Specialized and rural municipalities	Westlock County, Athabasca County, Lac La Biche County
Major cities	Boyle, Lac La Biche
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta ← Hwy 661 Hwy 665 →

History

In the 1940s the roads that become Secondary Highways were only dirt trails. Farmers would have to use axes to clear the brush of the boreal forest from the road allowance, and use plows and machinery pulled by horses to maintain the roads and fill in low spots that filled with water during spring melt and summer rains. These were not all weather roads, there were no snow ploughs to keep the roads clear over the winter months, so in the 1950s the larger farm trucks could only make it through a few months of the year. By 1957, the road saw an application of gravel to the surface, and was graded. A formal surveying crew came through in 1963 to clear brush and mark the path of the highway which was constructed in 1964.[2]

Major intersections

Starting from the west end of Highway 663:

Rural/specialized municipality	Location	km[3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Westlock County	Fawcett	0	0.0	Hwy 44 – Edmonton, Westlock, Slave Lake	Western terminus 54.55944°N 114.10250°W / 54.55944; -114.10250 (663 km 000)
	​	17	11	Hwy 801 – Cross Lake Provincial Park	54.55806°N 113.83639°W / 54.55806; -113.83639 (663 km 017)
Athabasca County	​	43	27	Hwy 812 north – Sunset Beach	54.58722°N 113.48417°W / 54.58722; -113.48417 (663 km 043)
		51	32	Hwy 2 south – Clyde, Edmonton	Hwy 663 branches north; Hwy 2 concurrency begins 54.58722°N 113.35917°W / 54.58722; -113.35917 (663 km 051)
		54	34	Hwy 2 north – Athabasca	Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 2 concurrency ends 54.60028°N 113.32583°W / 54.60028; -113.32583 (663 km 054)
	Colinton	60	37	Railway Avenue	54.62056°N 113.25000°W / 54.62056; -113.25000 (663 km 060)
	​	63	39	Hwy 827 – Athabasca, Thorhild	54.61778°N 113.20750°W / 54.61778; -113.20750 (663 km 063)
		83	52	Hwy 63 south – Redwater, Edmonton	Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 63 concurrency begins 54.58694°N 112.94167°W / 54.58694; -112.94167 (663 km 083)
	Boyle	91	57	Hwy 63 north – Fort McMurray	Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 63 concurrency ends 54.58778°N 112.81750°W / 54.58778; -112.81750 (663 km 091)
		92	57	Hwy 831 (Lakeview Road) – Waskatenau	54.58722°N 112.80333°W / 54.58722; -112.80333 (663 km 092)
	​	97	60	Range Road 190 – Mewatha Beach	54.58750°N 112.72750°W / 54.58750; -112.72750 (663 km 097)
		101	63	Bondiss Drive – Bondiss	54.59889°N 112.67889°W / 54.59889; -112.67889 (663 km 101)
		144	89	Pine Avenue – Caslan	54.63083°N 112.51722°W / 54.63083; -112.51722 (663 km 113)
Lac La Biche County	​	119	74	Hwy 855 – Fort McMurray, Atmore, Smoky Lake	54.63111°N 112.42472°W / 54.63111; -112.42472 (663 km 119)
	Hylo	134	83	Railway Avenue	54.67556°N 112.21056°W / 54.67556; -112.21056 (663 km 134)
	​	153	95	Hwy 55 – Athabasca, Lac La Biche	54.76222°N 112.05389°W / 54.76222; -112.05389 (663 km 153)
Hwy 663 is discontinuous for 8 km (5.0 mi)
Lac La Biche County	​	161	100	Hwy 881 – Fort McMurray, Conklin, Lac La Biche	54.762124°N 111.937678°W / 54.762124; -111.937678 (663 km 161)
	Beaver Lake	164	102	Birch Drive	54.76194°N 111.90167°W / 54.76194; -111.90167 (663 km 164)
	​	201	125	Torchwood Lake	Eastern terminus 54.86028°N 111.43361°W / 54.86028; -111.43361 (663 km 201)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Provincial Highways Designation Order, Alberta Transportation, p. 22
2. Lac La Biche Heritage Society (2006). "Lac La Biche Yesterday and today". Our Roots. University of Calgary. p. 62. Retrieved 2009-11-05.