Saskatchewan Highway 316

Highway 316
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Length16.0 km[1] (9.9 mi)
Major junctions
South endOld Hwy 16 at Clavet
Major intersections Highway 16 (TCH/YH) near Clavet
Highway 394 near Patience Lake Mine
North end Highway 5
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Rural municipalitiesBlucher No. 343
Highway system
← Highway 312→ Highway 317

Highway 316 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The highway is in the RM of Blucher No. 343 and runs from Highway 16 near Clavet north to Highway 5. It is a primary weight highway and the land around it is an industrial and commercial area. The highway intersects with Highway 394 and the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways.[2][3] It is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) long.

Route description

Hwy 316 begins just west of the village of Clavet at an intersection with Old Hwy 16, with the road continuing south for a short distance across a railway to Prairie Steel Lane. It heads north to have an intersection with the Yellowhead Highway (Hwy 16) on its way to travel just to the west of Cheviot Lake and pass by a Cargill facility, where it crosses a railway line. Running parallel to another railway line, the highway crosses Cement Plant Road and Hwy 394 (Patience Lake Road) / Mine Road before passing Nutrien's Patience Lake Potash mine. Hwy 316 continues north through rural areas for a few kilometres to come to an end at an intersection with Hwy 5 located along the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen No. 373 boundary, with the road continuing north as Valley View Road. The entire length of Hwy 316 is a paved, two-lane highway and lies within the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343.[4]

Nearby attractions

  • Highway 316 road sign located at the Highway 16 turn off.
  • Nutrien Patience Lake Mine north of Highway 16.

Major intersections

The entire route is in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343.

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Clavet0.00.0Old Highway 16Southern terminus
​1.30.81 Highway 16 (TCH/YH) – Saskatoon, Yorkton
9.55.9Patience Lake Road (Highway 394 west) / Mine Road
16.09.9 Highway 5 – Saskatoon, HumboldtNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Saskatchewan Highway 316" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ^ Sask Biz. "Community Profiles". Retrieved 17 May 2007.
  3. ^ Canadian Online Map Digitization Project, J. Adamson. "1941 Waghorn's Map of Saskatchewan". rootsweb. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
  4. ^ Government of Saskatchewan. "Official Saskatchewan Highway map" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Potash Operations". Nutrien. Nutrien Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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