{{short description|Highway in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox road |province=AB |type=Hwy |route=663 |highway_name= |name_notes= |alternate_name= |maint=Alberta Transportation |map= Alberta Highway 663.png |length_round= |length_ref=<ref name=overmap>{{google maps|title=Highway 663 in Alberta|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@54.6883299,-112.8928451,9.21z|accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |length_notes= |established=1964 |decommissioned= |direction_a=West |terminus_a= |beltway_city= |direction_b=East |section1=West segment |length_km1=153 |terminus_a1={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|44}} in Fawcett |terminus_b1={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|55}} west of Lac La Biche |junction1={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2}}<br>{{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|63}} |section2=East segment |length_km2=40 |terminus_a2={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|881}} east of Lac La Biche |terminus_b2=Torchwood Lake |rural_municipalities=Westlock County, Athabasca County, Lac La Biche County |cities=Boyle, Lac La Biche |system= |previous_type=Hwy |previous_route=661 |next_type=Hwy |next_route=665 |browse= }}
'''Alberta Provincial Highway No. 663'''<ref name=PHDO>{{citation | title=Provincial Highways Designation Order | publisher=Alberta Transportation | page=22}}</ref> is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs west-east from Highway 44 near Fawcett, runs concurrent with Highway 2 and Highway 63 to Boyle. Then to a concurrency with Highway 55 (Northern Woods and Water Route) in Lac La Biche before extending north around Lakeland Provincial Park to Torchwood Lake. It is also known as Taylor Road in Boyle, and 88 Avenue in Lac La Biche.
== History == In the 1940s the roads that become Secondary Highways were only dirt trails. Farmers would have to use axes to clear the brush of the boreal 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lac La Biche Heritage Society |title=Lac La Biche Yesterday and today |work=Our Roots |publisher=University of Calgary |year=2006 |url=http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3610728 |page=62 |accessdate=2009-11-05}}</ref>
== Major intersections == Starting from the west end of Highway 663: {{ABinttop|length_ref=<ref name=overmap/> }} {{ABint |county_special=Westlock County |cspan=2 |location=Fawcett |km=0 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|44|city1=Edmonton|city2=Westlock|city3=Slave Lake}} |notes=Western terminus<br /><small>{{coord|54|33|34|N|114|6|9|W|name=663 km 000|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=none |km=17 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|801|location1=Cross Lake Provincial Park}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54|33|29|N|113|50|11|W|name=663 km 017|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |county_special=Athabasca County |cspan=11 |location=none |lspan=3 |km=43 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|812|dir1=north|city1=Sunset Beach}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54|35|14|N|113|29|3|W|name=663 km 043|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |type=concur |km=51 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|dir1=south|city1=Clyde|city2=Edmonton}} |notes=Hwy 663 branches north; Hwy 2 concurrency begins<br /><small>{{coord|54|35|14|N|113|21|33|W|name=663 km 051|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |type=concur |km=54 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|2|dir1=north|city1=Athabasca}} |notes=Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 2 concurrency ends<br /><small>{{coord|54|36|1|N|113|19|33|W|name=663 km 054|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=Colinton |km=60 |road=Railway Avenue |notes=<small>{{coord|54|37|14|N|113|15|0|W|name=663 km 060|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=none |lspan=2 |km=63 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|827|city1=Athabasca|city2=Thorhild}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54|37|4|N|113|12|27|W|name=663 km 063|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |type=concur |km=83 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|63|dir1=south|city1=Redwater|city2=Edmonton}} |notes=Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 63 concurrency begins<br /><small>{{coord|54|35|13|N|112|56|30|W|name=663 km 083|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=Boyle |lspan=2 |type=concur |km=91 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|63|dir1=north|city1=Fort McMurray}} |notes=Hwy 663 branches east; Hwy 63 concurrency ends<br /><small>{{coord|54|35|16|N|112|49|3|W|name=663 km 091|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |km=92 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|831|name1=Lakeview Road|city1=Waskatenau}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54|35|14|N|112|48|12|W|name=663 km 092|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=none |lspan=3 |km=97 |road=Range Road 190 – Mewatha Beach |notes=<small>{{coord|54|35|15|N|112|43|39|W|name=663 km 097|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |km=101 |road=Bondiss Drive – Bondiss |notes=<small>{{coord|54|35|56|N|112|40|44|W|name=663 km 101|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |km=144 |road=Pine Avenue – Caslan |notes=<small>{{coord|54|37|51|N|112|31|2|W|name=663 km 113|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |county_special=Lac La Biche County |cspan=3 |location=none |km=119 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|855|city1=Fort McMurray|city2=Atmore|city3=Smoky Lake}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54|37|52|N|112|25|29|W|name=663 km 119|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=Hylo |km=134 |road=Railway Avenue |notes=<small>{{coord|54|40|32|N|112|12|38|W|name=663 km 134|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=none |km=153 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|55|city1=Athabasca|city2=Lac La Biche}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54|45|44|N|112|3|14|W|name=663 km 153|format=dec}}</small> }} {{Jctgap |text=''Hwy 663 is discontinuous for {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}}'' }} {{ABint |county_special=Lac La Biche County |cspan=3 |location=none |lspan= |km=161 |road={{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|881|city1=Fort McMurray|city2=Conklin|city3=Lac La Biche}} |notes=<small>{{coord|54.762124|N|111.937678|W|name=663 km 161|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=Beaver Lake |km=164 |road=Birch Drive |notes=<small>{{coord|54|45|43|N|111|54|6|W|name=663 km 164|format=dec}}</small> }} {{ABint |location=none |km=201 |road=Torchwood Lake |notes=Eastern terminus<br /><small>{{coord|54|51|37|N|111|26|1|W|name=663 km 201|format=dec}}</small> }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}} {{geoGroup}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Alberta Provincial Highways|2ndHwy=yes}}
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