Saskatchewan Highway 39
Highway 39 is a major provincial road in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It runs from the Canada–United States border at North Portal to Moose Jaw, where it meets the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1). The route is about 264 kilometers long and serves as a key trucking and tourism corridor, linking U.S. Route 52 with the Trans-Canada Highway. A large portion of the CanAm Highway runs along the Weyburn-to-Corinne section of Highway 39.
The highway passes through Estevan and Weyburn, travels along the Souris River valley, and nearby you’ll find coal mines and related industry. It bypasses Estevan via the Estevan Bypass, which opened in 2015. In Weyburn, Highway 39 briefly joins Highway 39A before continuing toward Corinne. At Corinne, Highway 39 connects with Highway 6 to form part of the CanAm route to Regina.
Two small sections of Highway 39 are twinned (divided): about 10 kilometers east of Estevan to reach Highway 18, and about 1.7 kilometers northwest of Weyburn. A major twinning project to improve safety and traffic flow between Highway 39 and Highway 6 toward Regina was completed in 2025, effectively widening the corridor to better handle trade and travel.
South of Weyburn, Highway 39 links with Highway 35 to continue toward the U.S. border. North of Weyburn, it passes towns such as Milestone, Rouleau (the site made famous as the setting of the TV show Corner Gas), and Wilcox, before joining with the CanAm segment toward Corinne and then heading to the Trans-Canada Highway near Moose Jaw.
The highway has faced safety concerns over the years and is sometimes called Heaven’s Flowered Highway due to memorials and roadside flowers for victims. Efforts to improve safety—such as bypasses, interchanges, and twinning—have been ongoing to reduce crashes and support both local travel and international trade.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 08:36 (CET).