Saskatchewan Highway 312
Highway 312 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 12 to Highway 2 near Wakaw.
The highway provides access to Waldheim, Waldheim Regional Park, Laird, and Rosthern. It connects with Highways 683, 11, and 225 and crosses the South Saskatchewan River via the Gabriel Bridge. The highway is about long.
Route description
Hwy 312 begins in the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404 at a junction with Hwy 12, just a couple kilometres northeast of Hepburn, with junction between Hwy 12, Hwy 375, and Hwy 785 lying immediately to the south. It heads through rural farmland for several kilometres before curving northeast the follow a former railway line and pass through Waldheim, where it travels past Waldheim Regional Park. The highway now curves due eastward, leaving behind the former rail line to have an intersection with Range Road 3050, which provides access to the village of Laird lying just to the north, before entering the Rural Municipality of Rosthern No. 403. Hwy 312 travels through rural prairie lands for several kilometres to have an intersection with Hwy 683 before travelling along the north side of the town of Rosthern via Saskatchewan Street, where it travels through a mix of neighbourhoods and businesses before crossing a railway and having an intersection with Hwy 11. Leaving Rosthern, it travels near the southern boundary of both Valley Regional Park and Rempel Lake on its way to cross the Gabriel Bridge over the South Saskatchewan River into the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402.Immediately passing through the One Arrow 95-1A Indian reserve, the highway has a junction with Hwy 225 and Fish Creek Road before heading southeast through wooded areas. Curving back east, it crosses a couple of lakes and travels past several others to enter the town of Wakaw, where it comes to an end on the south side of town at an intersection with Hwy 2, located along the border with the Rural Municipality of Hoodoo No. 401. The entire length of Hwy 312 is a paved, two-lane highway.