Saskatchewan Highway 42
Highway 42 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the intersection of Highway 2 in Tuxford in a north-west direction to Highway 15 near Milden. Even though the section between Lucky Lake and Milden is predominantly north–south, the entirety of Hwy 42 is signed east–west. The highway is about long.
Highway 42 passes by the communities of Marquis, Keeler, Brownlee, Eyebrow, Central Butte, Lawson, Riverhurst, Lucky Lake, and Dinsmore, Saskatchewan. It crosses Lake Diefenbaker on the long Riverhurst Ferry route. That crossing is an ice road in the winter.
Route description
Hwy 42 begins in the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191 on the north side of Tuxford, at an intersection with Hwy 2, near that highway's intersection with Hwy 202. It heads west on the north side of town, having an intersection with Railway Avenue, before leaving Tuxford and curving northwest, running parallel with a railway as it travels through both Marquis and Keeler, where it has an intersection and short concurrency with Hwy 643, before crossing into the Rural Municipality of Eyebrow No. 193 at village of Brownlee. The highway travels along Pacific Avenue through the south side of town, where it has an intersection with Lake Valley Road, before leaving Brownlee heading through farmland for several kilometres to the village of Eyebrow, where it has intersections with Range Road 3020, Hwy 367, and crosses the railway as it passes through town along Prairie Avenue. Leaving Eyebrow, Hwy 42 curve due westward as it travels through rural areas for several kilometres, crossing Hwy 627 and Range Road 3035 before becoming concurrent with Hwy 19 and immediately entering the Rural Municipality of Enfield No. 194.The pair travel to the northern side of the town of Central Butte, where they pass by Central Butte Airport and Hwy 19 splits off and heads south into town while Hwy 42 curves northwest, leaving Central Butte and paralleling a now abandoned rail line as it soon enters the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224 to pass through Lawson and have intersections with Township Road 224 and Gilroy Road. After traveling through the village of Riverhurst, the highway has an intersection with Hwy 644 before crossing Lake Diefenbaker via the Riverhurst Ferry, and entering the Rural Municipality of Canaan No. 225. After having a junction with Hwy 737 near Greenbrier, the road makes sudden sharp curve to the left at the junction with Hwy 373 on its way to the village of Lucky Lake, where it travels along the southern side of town as it has an intersection with Hwy 45, crosses a railway, and has an extremely short concurrency with Hwy 646. Now entering the Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226, Hwy 42 meets Hwy 342 north of Beechy before making a sharp sudden curve to the north immediately afterward, entering the Rural Municipality of King George No. 256.
Hwy 42 heads north through rural areas of the Coteau Hills region for the next several kilometres, where it has a junction with Hwy 751, to enter the Rural Municipality of Milden No. 286 via a switchback. Entering the village of Dinsmore at an intersection with Hwy 44, the pair travel together along the south side of town, where they cross a railway line, before Hwy 42 splits off and turns back northward through rural farmland for several kilometres, crossing a causeway over the very western portion of Milden Lake before coming to an end just a few kilometres east of the village of Milden at an intersection with Hwy 15. The entire length of Hwy 42 is a paved, two-lane highway.