Saskatchewan Highway 994

Infobox road
state=SK
type=Hwy
route=994
alternate_name=


length_km=1.11
length_round=2
length_ref=
established=
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
terminus_a=jct|state=MB|PR|394 outside of Kinoosao
terminus_b=Shores of Reindeer Lake in Kinoosao
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=993
next_type=Hwy
next_route=995

Highway 994 is a highway in the northern-most reaches of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is aproxamatly 2.3 km (1.42 mi.) long and provides access to the most isolated community in northern Saskatchewan, Kinoosao. [http://career.kcdc.ca/comm/Kinoosao.php Information about Kinoosao, SK - Keewatin Career Development Corporation] ] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=from:+57.084458,-101.994624+to:+Unknown+road+%4057.078540,+-102.021660&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il Google Maps - Mileage of Highway 994] ] Due to its geographic location, it is the only provincial highway in Saskatchewan that requires entering the neighbouring province of Manitoba to travel it.

Route description

Highway 994 officially starts at the Manitoba/Saskatchwan border where Provincial Road 394 ends. About 1.4 km from the border, Highway 994 passes through the community of Kinoosao. Highway 994 ends 400 m later, on the shore of Reindeer Lake, as the means of access to the largest employer in the region, the fish processing plant. [http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=564,243,94,88,Documents&MediaID=227&Filename=Sask+Commercial+and+Non-Outfitted+Sport+Fishing.pdf Economic Evaluation of Saskatchewan's Commercial and Non-Outfitted Sport Fishing] ] The highway is only open for a few months a year due to the extremes of winter weather. Highway 994 is one of the few "entirely unpaved" highways in Canada.

Future

There are plans to build a bridge along Route 994 along Reindeer Lake in Kinoosao during the 2008-09 fiscal year. [cite web|url=http://www.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?mediaId=450&PN=Shared|title=2008-2009 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS|accessdate=2008-04-02|work=Government of Saskatchewan]

Major intersections

Jctint
county_special=Northern Saskatchewan Rural Municipality
cspan=2
mile=0.00
location_special=Kinoosao
lspan=2
road=MB 394
notes=Eastern terminus of Route 994.Jctint
mile=1.11
road=Shores of Reindeer Lake
notes=Western terminus of Route 994.

References

External links

* [http://www.gov.mb.ca/tgs/hwyinfo/winterroads/dist_map.pdf Distances to next Major City]