- Alberta Highway 23
Infobox road
province=AB
type=Hwy
route= 23
alternate_name =
length_km = 145
direction_a = South
direction_b = North
starting_terminus = Hwy 3 near Monarch
junction =
ending_terminus = Hwy 2A at High River
counties =
cities = Vulcan
established =
previous_type = Hwy
previous_route = 22
next_type = Hwy
next_route = 24Highway 23 is a short highway which located in southern
Alberta east of Highway 2.It begins at High River along Highway 2 and proceeds 17 km east (skirting
Frank Lake to the north) where Highway 799 branches off it (just south of the hamlet of Blackie). It continues east another 9 km where Highway 804 branches off it (just north of the hamlet of Brant). It keeps going east 17 km where it meets the junction of Highway 24 and Highway 542. The highway turns south 20 km to the town of Vulcan where it crosses Highway 534. It keeps south another 7 km through the hamlet of Kirkcaldy. The road goes southeast another 13 km where it crosses Highway 529 and goes past the village of Champion. It proceeds south another 13 km where it crosses theLittle Bow River just before the village of Carmangay.In another 13 km, Highway 520 branches off to the west and Highway 23 proceeds another 3 km to the village of Barons where Highway 520 branches off to the east. The road goes south 14 km where it crosses Highway 519 just west of the village of Nobleford. It continues 8 more km where it ends at Highway 3 just east of the hamlet of Monarch.
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