Alberta Provincial Highway No. 734, commonly referred to as Highway734, is a highway in western Alberta, Canada that travels through the forested foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road and is still colloquially referred to as such.
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It is preceded by the remaining central segment of Forestry Trunk Road, Highway734 begins south of the Red Deer River to the southwest of Sundre, and is succeeded by Highway40, which also used to be part of Forestry Trunk Road. The highway ends north of the Pembina River.
Forestry Trunk Road was a north-south resource road that ran from the Crowsnest Highway (Highway3) in southern Alberta to Highway43 in northern Alberta. Over time, some segments of the road have been designated as parts of Highway40 or Highway734, while the northernmost segment between Highway40 and Highway43 is no longer named Forestry Trunk Road.
Two segments of Forestry Trunk Road remain – a southern segment from the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass to Highway 541 to the southwest of Longview, and a short central segment from Highway 579 west of Cremona to south of the Red Deer River. The southern segment is preceded and succeeded by the first and second segments of Highway 40 respectively, while the central segment is preceded by the third segment of Highway 40 and succeeded by Highway 734.
Route description
Highway 734 through the Foothills, southbound, north of NordeggView from Highway 734 after crossing Corkscrew Mountain in May 2017
The southern remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road begins 3.8km (2.4mi) north of the Crowsnest Highway (Highway3) as a continuation of the southernmost segment of Highway 40. Over its 99km (62mi) length, the gravel road provides access to numerous public campgrounds, crosses the Oldman River, and intersects with Highway 532. It also passes near the Bob Creek Wildland Provincial Park, Livingstone Falls, and the Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park before ending at its intersection with Highway 541 and the second segment of Highway 40, which was part of Forestry Trunk Road before being designated a provincial highway.
Another former segment of Forestry Trunk Road, now the third segment of Highway40, begins at Highway1A to the west of Cochrane and ends 46km (29mi) later at an intersection with Highway579. Highway40 continues as the central remaining segment of Forestry Trunk Road for 27km (17mi) to a point 8km (5.0mi) prior to the Red Deer River. The road then continues for 268km (167mi) as Highway 734 to north of the Pembina River, north of the Elk River Indian reserve, where it becomes the fourth segment of Highway 40.
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