FireRadar Highways · official status + environmental context

Highway 40 — Grande Prairie to Hinton

Alberta 511 road events and wildfire context through the forested eastern-slope corridor.

Official road report
RESTRICTION REPORTED

Alberta 511 · CURRENT

Alberta 511 reports at least one matching road restriction. Review the affected section and direction before travel.

Active incidents
4
Retrieved
Aug 20, 2026, 6:47 a.m. UTC

Active incidents & restrictions

roadwork · None
Construction on HWY-40

Bridge maintenance operations on HWY-40 Southbound Near HWY-666. 1 Right lane closed. Speed Restriction: 60km/hr Activities: Lane closure, Speed reduction, Expect traffic delays, Drive with caution, Follow Directions

Official update: Aug 16, 2026, 5:48 a.m. UTC
generalInfo · None
Road event on HWY-40

General Information on HWY-40 Both Directions Near HWY-734. Activities: Expect traffic delays, Drive with caution

Official update: Aug 16, 2026, 5:22 a.m. UTC
generalInfo · None
Road event on HWY-40

General Information on HWY-40 Both Directions Near Range Road 261A. Activities: Expect traffic delays, Drive with caution

Official update: Aug 16, 2026, 5:22 a.m. UTC
accidentsAndIncidents · None
Road event on HWY-40

Road Breakup on HWY-40 Both Directions Near Sheep Creek Rd. Speed Restriction: 80km/hr Activities: Speed reduction

Official update: Aug 16, 2026, 5:18 a.m. UTC
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Open a focused view for official road conditions, closures, incidents, cameras, weather, wildfire context, winter driving or travel alerts. These pages use this exact route scope and keep official travelability separate from environmental context.

Latest highway camera images

These are snapshots—not live video and not proof of travelability. FireRadar proxies only the latest image with short caching and keeps no camera archive.

Route map & wildfire context

The highway is the orange route focus. Official fires, recent out fires, smoke and AQHI remain independently sourced layers. FireRadar does not convert them into a travel-safety claim.

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Official restriction context

Fire restrictions along Highway 40 — Grande Prairie to Hinton

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Weather

Official alerts & forecast context

Check Environment Canada warnings and Alberta 511. FireRadar does not infer visibility, snowfall or traction when an official field is absent.

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Wildfire impact

Current corridor assessment

Below, FireRadar publishes a conservative current corridor assessment using direct-official wildfire information and available Environment Canada weather context. It is not a fire-spread forecast or travel-safety score.

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Data freshness

Each source stands alone

Integrated road events revalidate every 5 minutes. Camera metadata revalidates every 6 hours; images use short-lived edge caching. An unavailable source stays unavailable—not zero.

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Current corridor intelligence

Weather warnings and wildfire impact

Environment Canada weather and FireRadar's current wildfire corridor assessment are shown separately from the transportation authority's official road state. Neither is a statement that travel is safe.

Environment Canada

Corridor weather

Current
Alerts
0
Temperature
6°C
Wind
2 km/h
Humidity
91%

No Environment Canada weather alert geometry currently matches the corridor bounding area. This is not a guarantee of benign road conditions.

Nearest available weather point: Grande Cache · 36 km from the corridor anchor · observation Aug 20, 2026, 6:00 a.m. UTC
Tonight
A few clouds. Low 8.
Thursday
Sunny in the morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. High 23. UV index 6 or high.
Thursday night
Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early in the evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Low 8.
Friday
Sunny. High 26.
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FireRadar assessment · not road status

Current wildfire corridor risk

LOW · 5
Within 5 km
0
Within 25 km
0
Out of control
0
Confidence
HIGH

Nearest direct-official active wildfire is 435 km from the configured corridor spine.

Nearest official active fire: HWF-003-2026 · 435 km · Under control

Current heuristic only. FireRadar does not predict future fire spread in this stage and deliberately caps point-based assessments below Critical. Official road travelability remains separate.

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