Alberta Highway 686
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 686, also known as Highway 686, is an east–west highway in northern Alberta, Canada. It has two sections; the main section is a gravel highway that spans approximately from Highway 88 (Bicentennial Highway) near Red Earth Creek to Trout Lake, and a developing freeway section in Fort McMurray which connects Highway 63 with the new neighbourhood of Parsons Creek known as Parsons Access Road. Highway 686 comprises the western segment of the partially constructed Northern Alberta East–West Highway Corridor. History Highway 686 used to continue west from Red Earth Creek to the Mackenzie Highway (Highway 35), approximately northwest of Peace River; the highway was renumbered to Highway 986 in the mid-1990s. In 2015, the Parsons Access Road was opened in Fort McMurray which connected Highway 63 to the developing residential neighbourhood Parsons Creek, with interchanges at Highway 63 (known as the Parsons Creek Interchange) and the access road currently referred to as the North Parsons Gateway. Future East–West Connector In 2009, the provincial government completed a study on a } east–west highway connection between Fort McMurray and Red Earth Creek, connecting with Highway 686 north of Peerless Lake. As part of the highway, the Fort McMurray