.svg) Highway 310 | ||||
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 Highway 310 north of Balcarres | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byMinistry of Highways and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 130.8 km[1] (81.3 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    Highway 10 (Hwy 22) /Highway 619 inBalcarres | |||
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| North end |  Highway 5 atKuroki | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Saskatchewan | |||
| Rural municipalities | Abernethy,Tullymet,Ituna Bon Accord,Foam Lake,Sasman | |||
| Towns | Foam Lake,Ituna | |||
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Highway 310 is aprovincial highway in theCanadian province ofSaskatchewan. It runs fromHighway 10 /Highway 22 inBalcarres toHighway 5 inKuroki.
The highway passes through the communities ofItuna andFoam Lake. It also passes nearItuna and District Regional Park,Leslie Beach Regional Park,Foam Lake, andFishing Lake. It is about 131 kilometres (81 mi) long.[1]
Hwy 310 begins in theRural Municipality of Abernethy No. 186 at the intersection withHwy 10 (unsignedHwy 22) in the town ofBalcarres, with the road continuing south asHwy 619. It heads north as a paved two-lane highway to cross over a former railway line and travel along the eastern side of town, passing through neighborhoods as it bypasses downtown just to the west. Leaving Balcarres, the highway enters the countryside of theRural Municipality of Tullymet No. 216, passing through rural farmland for the next several kilometres, traversing two switchbacks and having intersections withHwy 740 and Tullymet Road (Township Road 234, provides access toTullymet Yard). Entering theRural Municipality of Ituna Bon Accord No. 246, Hwy 310 has a junction withHwy 731 (St. Joseph's Road) before entering the town ofItuna along 5th Avenue SW. After crossing a short causeway over a small, the highway makes a sharp left onto Main Street (provides accessItuna and District Regional Park) in a neighborhood to cross a railway and travel through the center of downtown, where it becomesconcurrent (overlapped) with westboundHwy 15 (1st Avenue NE). Leaving Ituna, the pair head northwest for a few kilometres before Hwy 310 splits off and joins the first couple kilometres of eastboundHwy 52. Shortly thereafter, Hwy 310 splits off and heads north on its again, with the pavement transitioning to gravel as it traverses a switchback and travels through rural countryside for the next several kilometres to enter theRural Municipality of Foam Lake No. 276.
Traveling past the locality ofWinthorpe, the highway passes through a extremely long switchback, where it has an intersection with Township Road 291 (provides access to the hamlet ofWest Bend), where it regains asphalt, and cross several small streams on its way to have an intersection withHwy 743 and enter the town ofFoam Lake. It has an intersection with theYellowhead Highway (Hwy 16) before traveling along the western side of town, bypassing downtown as it travels through rural neighborhoods, follows Railway Avenue for a short distance, crosses a railway, and crosses overMilligan Creek several times. Leaving Foam Lake, Hwy 310 heads north through farmland, passing just to the east ofFoam Lake and theFoam Lake Heritage Marsh, to have an intersection withHwy 745 before another rail crossing and making a sudden sharp right onto Township Road 330, with Range Road 2115 continuing north to the resort villages ofChorney Beach,Leslie Beach,Leslie Beach Regional Park, and theFishing Lake First Nation. Curving around the eastern shoreline ofFishing Lake, it travels throughKC Beach to enter theRural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 and immediately passes through the hamlet ofOttman-Murray Beach on its way to the hamlet ofKuroki, where it comes to an end at an intersection withHwy 5 on the eastern end of town immediately after crossing another railway. The road continues north as Range Road 2112.[2]
From south to north:[3]
| Rural municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Abernethy No. 186 | Balcarres | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway 619 south –Indian HeadHighway 10 (Hwy 22) –Regina,Yorkton | Southern terminus; northern terminus of Hwy 619; road continues south as Hwy 619 |
| Tullymet No. 216 | | 16.5 | 10.3 |  Highway 740 east –Star Blanket Cree Nation | Western terminus of Hwy 740 |
| | 23.2 | 14.4 | Tullymet Road (Township Road 234) –Tullymet Yard, R.M. Of Tullymet No. 216 Office | ||
| Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 | | 40.7 | 25.3 |  Highway 731 west (St. Joseph's Road) | Eastern terminus of Hwy 731 |
| Ituna | 42.8 | 26.6 | Main Street S –Ituna and District Regional Park | ||
| 43.2 | 26.8 |  Highway 15 east –Melville | South end of Hwy 15 concurrency | ||
| | 47.8 | 29.7 |  Highway 15 west /Highway 52 begins –Leross | North end of Hwy 15 concurrency; western terminus of Hwy 52; south end of Hwy 52 concurrency | |
| | 49.5 | 30.8 | Highway 52 east –Yorkton | North end of Hwy 52 concurrency; southern end of unpaved section | |
| Foam Lake No. 276 | | 83.7– 84.6 | 52.0– 52.6 | Township Road 291 –West Bend | Northern end of unpaved section |
| | 92.2 | 57.3 |  Highway 743 west (Edmore Road) –Edmore | Eastern terminus of Hwy 743 | |
| Foam Lake | 100.4 | 62.4 |   Highway 16 (TCH/YH) –Saskatoon,Yorkton | ||
| | 114.8 | 71.3 |  Highway 745 west –Elfros | Eastern terminus of Hwy 745 | |
| | 118.0 | 73.3 | Range Road 2115 –Chorney Beach,Leslie Beach,Leslie Beach Regional Park,Fishing Lake 89 | ||
| Sasman No. 336 | Kuroki | 130.8 | 81.3 |  Highway 5 toHighway 38 –Humboldt,Saskatoon,Canora | Northern terminus; road continues north as Range Road 2112 |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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