Saskatchewan Highway 39

Highway 39
CanAm Highway (segment)
Highway 39 highlighted in red
A sunrise on Highway 39 near North Portal
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure & Transport Canada
Length	263.5 km[1] (163.7 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Canada-US border (US 52) at North Portal
Major intersections	Highway 18 at Estevan Highway 47 at Estevan Highway 35 at Weyburn Highway 13 at Weyburn Highway 6 at Corinne
North end	Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 301 near Moose Jaw
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipalities	Coalfields No. 4, Estevan No. 5, Benson No. 35, Cymri No. 36, Weyburn No. 67, Scott No. 98, Caledonia No. 99, Bratt's Lake No. 129, Redburn No. 130, Pense No. 160, Moose Jaw No. 161
Major cities	Estevan, Weyburn
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Highway 38 → Highway 40

Highway 39 is a provincial paved highway in the southern portion of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan connecting North Portal and Moose Jaw in the north.^[2] This is a primary Saskatchewan highway maintained by the provincial and federal governments that provides a major trucking and tourism route between the United States at Portal, North Dakota and the Trans-Canada Highway near Moose Jaw.^[3]

Highway 39 is one of Canada's busiest highways, facilitating transport for $6 billion in trade goods via approximately 100,000 trucks over the year.^[4] About 71.3 kilometres (44.3 mi) of the highway between Weyburn and Corinne is part of the CanAm Highway^[5] route. Other Saskatchewan highways on the CanAm route include 35, 6, 3, and 2.^[6][7] Highway 39 is divided, or twinned, in two areas — east of Estevan for 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the junction with Highway 18^[8] and north-west of Weyburn for 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi). The junction of Highway 39 with the Trans–Canada divided four-lane highway is done via a partial cloverleaf interchange.

Over the last number of years, multiple projects have been completed to improve traffic flow and to make the highway safer.^[9] Highway 39 has been dubbed "Heaven's Flowered Highway" due to the number of deaths on the highway and the flowers and crosses lining it to honour the victims. Groups have been calling for the corridor of Highways 39 and 6 from the U.S. border to Regina to be twinned to improve safety, trade, and traffic flow.^[10][11]