 Highway 663 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byAlberta Transportation | ||||
| Existed | 1964–present | |||
| West segment | ||||
| Length | 153 km (95 mi) | |||
| West end |  Highway 44 inFawcett | |||
| Major intersections |  Highway 2 Highway 63 | |||
| East end |  Highway 55 west ofLac La Biche | |||
| East segment | ||||
| Length | 40 km (25 mi) | |||
| West end |  Highway 881 east ofLac La Biche | |||
| East end | Torchwood Lake | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Alberta | |||
| Specialized and rural municipalities | Westlock County,Athabasca County,Lac La Biche County | |||
| Major cities | Boyle,Lac La Biche | |||
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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 663[2] is a highway in the province ofAlberta, Canada. It runs west-east fromHighway 44 nearFawcett, runsconcurrent withHighway 2 andHighway 63 toBoyle. Then to a concurrency withHighway 55 (Northern Woods and Water Route) inLac La Biche before extending north aroundLakeland Provincial Park to Torchwood Lake. It is also known as Taylor Road in Boyle, and 88 Avenue in Lac La Biche.
In the 1940s the roads that becomeSecondary Highways were only dirt trails. Farmers would have to use axes to clear the brush of theboreal 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.[3]
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