{{Short description|Provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox road |province=SK |type=Hwy |route=51 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|type=line|stroke-width=3|id=Q7425332}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Highway 51 highlighted in red |image= |photo_notes= |photo_width=250 |length_km=154.7 |length_round=1 |length_ref=<ref name=length>{{google maps|title=Highway 51 in Saskatchewan|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.0077096,-108.813328,9.38z?hl=en|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref> |established= |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{Jct|province=SK|Hwy|4}} in Biggar |junction={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|21|Hwy|31}} in Kerrobert |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|12}} at Alberta border west of Fusilier |rural_municipalities=Antelope Park, Heart's Hill, Prairiedale, Progress, Grandview, Biggar |towns=Kerrobert, Biggar |previous_type=Hwy |previous_route=49 |next_type=Hwy |next_route=52 }} '''Highway 51''' is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border near Compeer, Alberta, where it is preceded by Highway 12, to Highway 4 in Biggar,<ref>{{cite web |title=Central - Biggar - Hwys 4, 14, 51 |url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/community/45/biggar |website=Tourism Saskatchewan |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> {{convert|1.1|km|1}} south of Highway 14. Highway 51 is approximately {{convert|155|km}} long. It passes through the town of Kerrobert, where it shares a {{cvt|2.4|km|adj=on}} concurrency with Highway 21 and Highway 31.<ref name=length/>
== History == The former western terminus of Highway 51 is at Highway 656, {{convert|10.5|km}} north of Springwater, where it met the former alignment of Highway 14.<ref>{{cite map|author = The H.M. Gousha Company|publisher = The Shell Oil Company|year = 1956|map = Shell Map of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba|title = Manitoba–Saskatchewan|url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/workspace/handleMediaPlayer?lunaMediaId=RUMSEY~8~1~212317~5500351|section = D-2}}</ref> When Highway 14 was realigned between Biggar and Landis, a portion of the bypassed section was renumbered and became part of Highway 51.
In 1999, the thin membrane surface section of Highway 51 east of Kerrobert was tested with a Cold in-place recycling or "CIR" method to rehabilitate highways. This CIR process is a cost-effective method which recycles the top surface of a road. This pulverized material is mixed with asphalt emulsion and spread and compacted back onto the highway surface. This surface is then recovered with a new seal dependent on traffic volume.<ref>{{cite web |last = Gerbrandt |first = Ron |others = Tim Makahoniuk, Cathy Lynn Borbely, Curtis Berthelot |title = Guidelines must be followed strictly - No exceptions |work = Effect of Cold-in-place recycling on the Heavyweight Trucking Industry |publisher = 6th International Conference on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimension Proceedings |date = 2000 |url = http://engrwww.usask.ca/entropy/tc/publications/pdf/cirheavyweighttruckingpostedfinalpdf.pdf |access-date = 2009-01-25 |archive-date = 6 October 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181006025505/http://engrwww.usask.ca/entropy/tc/publications/pdf/cirheavyweighttruckingpostedfinalpdf.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>
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== Major intersections == From west to east:<ref>{{cite map|author = MapArt|author-link = MapArt|year = 2007 |title = Saskatchewan Road Atlas |scale = 1:540,000 |location = Oshawa, ON |publisher = Peter Heiler Ltd |pages = 30-31 |isbn = 1-55368-020-0 |edition = 2007 }}</ref> {{SKinttop|length_ref=<ref name="length"/>}} {{SKint |county_special=Antelope Park No. 322 |cspan=2 |location=none |type=trans |km=0.0 |road={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|12|dir1=west|city1=Consort|city2=Stettler}} |notes=Continuation in Alberta }} {{SKint |location=Fusilier |type=concur |km=16.7 |road={{Jct|province=SK|Hwy|317|dir1=south|city1=Marengo}} |notes=West end of Highway 317 concurrency }} {{SKint |county_special=Heart's Hill No. 352{{efn|name=north|North of Highway 51}}<br />Antelope Park No. 322{{efn|name=south|South of Highway 51}} |location=none |type=concur |km=20.0 |road={{Jct|province=SK|Hwy|317|dir1=north|city1=Primate}} |notes=East end of Highway 317 concurrency }} {{SKint |county_special=Heart's Hill No. 352{{efn|name=north}}<br />Prairiedale No. 321{{efn|name=south}} |cspan=2 |location=Major |km=29.8 |road={{Jct|province=SK|Mun|676|dir1=north|city1=Denzil}} |notes= }} {{SKint |location=none |type=concur |km=39.5 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|675|dir1=south|city1=Smiley}} |notes=West end of Highway 675 concurrency }} {{SKint |county_special=Progress No. 351 |cspan=3 |location=none |type=concur |km=46.0 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|675|dir1=north|city1=Luseland}} |notes=East end of Highway 675 concurrency }} {{SKint |location=Kerrobert |lspan=2 |type=concur |km=64.0 |road={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|21|Hwy|31|dir1=north|dir2=west|city1=Unity|city2=Macklin}} |notes=West end of Highway 21 / Highway 31 concurrency }} {{SKint |type=concur |km=66.4 |road={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|21|Hwy|31|dir1=south|dir2=east|city1=Kindersley|city2=Rosetown}} |notes=East end of Highway 21 / Highway 31 concurrency }} {{SKint |county_special=Mariposa No. 350 |cspan=2 |location=none |km=77.7 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|659|dir1=north|city1=Broadacres|city2=Tramping Lake}} |notes= }} {{SKint |location=none |km=87.4 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|658|dir1=south|city1=Dodsland}} |notes= }} {{SKint |county_special=Grandview No. 349 |cspan=2 |location=none |km=100.4 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|657|city1=Handel|city2=Plenty}} |notes=West of Kelfield }} {{SKint |location=none |km=113.4 |road=Ruthilda Access Road |notes= }} {{SKint |county_special=Biggar No. 347 |cspan=3 |location=Springwater |km=119.8 |type=concur |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|656|dir1=south|city1=Herschel}} |notes=West end of Highway 656 concurrency }} {{SKint |location=none |km=130.3 |type=concur |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|656|dir1=north|city1=Handel|city2=Landis}} |notes=East end of Highway 656 concurrency }} {{SKint |location=Biggar |km=154.7 |road={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|4|city1=The Battlefords|city2=Saskatoon|city3=Rosetown}} |notes={{jct|province=SK|Hwy|14|to1=yes|noshield=yes}} }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
== See also == * Transportation in Saskatchewan * Roads in Saskatchewan
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