List of Northwest Territories highways
Name From To Length ( km ) Notes
Mackenzie Highway Towards Grimshaw , Alberta Wrigley 690.0 km ( 428.7 mi ) Construction began 1938 , paused during Second World War , resumed and completed to Hay River in 1949 ; extended to Highway 3 junction in 1960 and to Fort Simpson in 1971 ; latest extension to Wrigley completed 1994
Hay River Highway Enterprise ( Hwy 1 ) Hay River 48.6 km ( 30.2 mi ) Also connects with Highway 5
Yellowknife Highway Near Fort Providence ( Hwy 1 ) Yellowknife ( Hwy 4 ) 338.8 km ( 210.5 mi ) Also known as the Great Slave Highway , completed in 1960
Ingraham Trail Yellowknife ( Hwy 3 ) Tibbitt Lake 69.2 km ( 43.0 mi ) Provides access to Dettah ( 27 km ( 17 mi ) ) when the ice road ( 6.5 km ( 4.0 mi ) ) is closed
Fort Smith Highway Near Hay River ( Hwy 2 ) Fort Smith 267.0 km ( 165.9 mi ) Completed in 1966 , passes through Wood Buffalo National Park
Fort Resolution Highway Near Hay River ( Hwy 5 ) Fort Resolution 90.0 km ( 55.9 mi ) Also provides access to the former community of Pine Point
Liard Highway Towards Fort Nelson , British Columbia Near Fort Simpson ( Hwy 1 ) 254.1 km ( 157.9 mi ) Packed dirt and gravel road
Dempster Highway Towards Dawson City , Yukon Inuvik 272.5 km ( 169.3 mi ) Canada 's only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle , completed as a through road from the Yukon in 1979 ; studies are being done to include a possible link to the Mackenzie Highway
Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk 138 km ( 86 mi ) Replaced the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road ; construction began 2013 , completed 2017 and opened in November . Designated as Highway 10
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road Tibbitt Lake Contwoyto Lake , Nunavut 568 km ( 353 mi ) Private road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities
Mackenzie Valley Winter Road Wrigley Fort Good Hope 483 km ( 300 mi ) Connects to Tulita ( formerly Fort Norman ) , Norman Wells , Fort Good Hope , with 106 km branch route to Deline and 165 km branch route to Colville Lake . 34 permanent bridges completed along route which can be used as part of an all-weather route
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road ( closed ) Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk 187 km ( 116 mi ) Former ice road ; closed permanently in April 2017 with the completion of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Canol Road ( closed ) Norman Wells Macmillan Pass , Yukon /Northwest Territories border 357 km ( 222 mi ) Second World War road completed early 1943 , abandoned mid-1945 , now the Canol Heritage Trail , connecting to the active Yukon Highway 6 , the Canol Road
The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada .
The following is a list of territorial highways in the Northwest Territories of Canada.