Alberta Highway 595

{{short description|Highway in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox road |province=AB |type=Hwy |route=595 |alternate_name=Delburne Road |maint=City of Red Deer & Alberta Transportation |map= |length_km=38 |length_ref=<ref name="length">{{google maps|title=Highway 595 in Alberta|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.2315009,-113.6745775,11z|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> |established= |decommissioned= |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|Hwy|2A}} in Red Deer |junction= |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|21}} near Delburne |rural_municipalities=Red Deer County |cities=Red Deer |previous_type=Hwy |previous_route=594 |next_type=Hwy |next_route=597 }}

'''Alberta Provincial Highway No. 595''', also known as '''Highway 595''', is a short highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs west–east from Gaetz Avenue (Highway 2A) along 19 Street, along the southern edge of the Red Deer River valley, to Highway 21 approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|0|spell=in}} north of the village of Delburne.<ref name=AT2017>{{cite map|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2017_PROVINCIAL_HWY_500-986_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf|title=2017 Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart|publisher=Alberta Transportation|date=March 2017| accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref> It is also known as '''Delburne Road''' and "The Coal Trail" deriving from the route being used to access the Coal mines near Delburne from Red Deer in the early 1900s and is about {{convert|38|km|mi}} long.<ref name="length"/>

Prior to the completion of Highway 11 in the early 1990s, Highway 595 was Red Deer's main eastern approach.<ref name=1980_map>{{cite map|author=Travel Alberta|title=Alberta Official Road Map|edition=1980/1981|year=1980|publisher=Province of Alberta|sections=K-5, K-6}}</ref><ref name=1990_map>{{cite map|author=Alberta Tourism|title=Alberta Official Road Map|edition=1990|year=1990|publisher=Province of Alberta|sections=K-5, K-6}}</ref> Highway 595 used to extended {{convert|5.7|km|mi}} east of its current eastern terminus at Range Road 231, but when Highway 21 was realigned to bypass Delburne in the 1980s, the section became part of Highway 21.<ref name=1980_map/><ref name=1990_map/>

== Major intersections == Starting from the west end of Highway 595: {{ABinttop|nosub1=yes|length_ref=<ref name=length/> }} {{ABint |location_special=City of Red Deer |lspan=3 |type=closed |km=-0.5 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|to1=yes|dir1=north|city1=Edmonton}}<hr />{{Jctname|state=AB|Hwy|2A|dir1=south|name1=Taylor Drive}} |notes=Alternate access to Hwy 2 south via Hwy 2A }} {{ABint |km=0.0 |road={{Jctname|state=AB|Hwy|2A|dir1=north|name1=Gaetz Avenue|location1=City Centre}}<br />{{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|to1=yes|dir1=south|city1=Calgary}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{ABint |km=3.3 |road=30 Avenue |notes=Connection to <span class="nowrap">Hwy 11</span> }} {{ABint |location_special=Red Deer County |lspan=5 |km=14.7 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|808|dir1=north}} |notes= }} {{ABint |km=21.1 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|816|dir1=south|city1=Pine Lake}} |notes= }} {{Jctint |km=38.2 |mspan=2 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|21|dir1=south|city1=Delburne|city2=Three Hills}} |notes=Eastern terminus; becomes Hwy 21 }} {{Jctint |type=unbuilt |km=none |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|921|dir1=north|name1=proposed|noshield1=yes}} |notes=ROW to proposed Red Deer River crossing<ref name=AT2017/> }} {{ABint |type=closed |km=43.9 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|21|dir1=north|road|Range Road 231|city1=Bashaw|city2=Camrose}} |notes=Former eastern terminus<ref name=1980_map/> }} {{jctbtm|keys=closed,unbuilt}} {{Clear}}

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