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Information on the NWT's highway, ferry, and campground system can be found at the NWT Road and Campground Guide.

Travel Advisories
For information on changes to the condition of NWT highways, ferries, ice crossings, and winter roads, please visit our Travel Alerts page.

Fines have doubled for drivers charged under the Motor Vehicles Act for speeding through school and construction zones. Fines have tripled for drivers who are operating without a valid Drivers Licence. The penalty for driving without insurance has risen to $1700 + a victim surcharge for a total of $1,955.


To view a road report: Please click on the + sign next to the highway you will be travelling, then click on the blue text to bring up the report and hours of operation for the highway, winter road, ferry crossing, or ice crossing in which you are interested.

For up to date information on the Open and Close dates of the NWT highway and ferry system, please click on one of the links below.

Open and close dates
Ferry System
Open and close dates Ice Bridges
Open and close dates Community Access
Open and close dates Beaufort Delta Ice Roads
Open and close dates
Winter Roads / Mining Road to Contwoyto
 
Road Reports 
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Highway 1, Mackenzie Highway
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Hwy 1 - Alberta border to Enterprise Open 2012 Feb 09
08:24:00
Hwy 1 - Enterprise to Junction Hwy 3 Open 2012 Feb 09
08:24:00
Hwy 1 - Junction Hwy 3 to Junction Hwy 7 Open 2012 Feb 08
09:06:00
Trout Lake Winter Road Km 322 Open 50,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
08:51:00
Jean Marie Access Road Open 2012 Feb 08
08:53:00
Hwy 1 - Junction Hwy 7 to Fort Simpson Open 2012 Feb 08
08:53:00
Liard Ice Crossing near Fort Simpson Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
08:54:00
Liard River Ferry near Fort Simpson Closed for the Season 2011 Nov 04
06:13:00
N'Dulee/Camsell Bend Ferry Crossing on Hwy to Wrigley Closed for the Season 2011 Dec 06
10:33:00
Hwy 1 - Fort Simpson to Mackenzie River Open 2012 Feb 08
08:55:00
N'Dulee/Camsell Bend Ice Crossing Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
08:56:00
Hwy 1 - Mackenzie River to Wrigley Open 2012 Feb 08
08:58:00
Highway 2, Enterprise to Hay River
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Highway 2, Enterprise to Hay River Open 2012 Feb 09
08:28:00
Highway 3, Yellowknife Highway
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Mackenzie River Ice Crossing - km 18 - Fort Providence, NWT Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
09:04:00
Mackenzie River Ferry near Fort Providence Closed for the Season 2012 Feb 04
11:29:00
Hwy 3 - Fort Providence to Behchoko Open 2012 Feb 09
09:05:00
Hwy 3 - Behchoko to Yellowknife Open 2012 Feb 09
09:05:00
Hwy 3 - Junction Hwy 1 to Mackenzie River Open 2012 Feb 09
09:05:00
Highway 4, Ingraham Trail
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Highway 4, Ingraham Trail Open 2012 Feb 09
09:05:00
Dettah Ice Road Yellowknife to Dettah Open 21,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
09:06:00
Highway 5, Fort Smith Highway
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Hwy 5 - Junction Hwy 2 to Junction Hwy 6 Open 2012 Feb 09
08:30:00
Hwy 5 - Junction Highway 6 to Fort Smith Open 2012 Feb 09
08:30:00
Highway 6, Fort Resolution Highway
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Highway 6, Fort Resolution Highway Open 2012 Feb 09
08:31:00
Highway 7, Liard Highway
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Hwy 7 - B.C. border to Fort Liard Open 2012 Feb 08
08:51:00
Hwy 7 - Fort Liard to Junction Hwy 1 Open 2012 Feb 08
08:50:00
Nahanni Butte Winter Road Open 40,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
08:59:00
Highway 8, Dempster Highway
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Hwy 8 - Eagles Plains to Fort McPherson Open 2012 Feb 09
08:54:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
Peel River Ice Crossing - km 74 Fort McPherson Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
08:54:00
Peel River Ferry Crossing - km 74 Fort McPherson Closed for the Season 2011 Nov 08
08:16:00
Hwy 8 - Fort McPherson to Tsiigehtchic Open 2012 Feb 09
08:55:00

 

 


 
Tsiigehtchic Winter Access across Arctic Red River Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
08:55:00
Arctic Red River Ferry Crossing (Tsiigehtchic) - km 143 Closed for the Season 2011 Nov 08
08:18:00
Mackenzie River Ice Crossing near Tsiigehchic - km 143 Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
08:55:00
Hwy 8 - Tsiigehtchic to Inuvik Open 2012 Feb 09
08:55:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mackenzie Delta Ice Roads (Inuvik area)
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Inuvik to Tuktoyatuk - 187 km Open 30,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
08:56:00
Junction (km 34) to Aklavik - 86 km Open 30,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
08:56:00
Mackenzie Valley Winter Road
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Wrigley (km 690) to Tulita (km 938) - 248 km Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
09:00:00
Tulita (km 938) to Norman Wells (km 1023) - 85 km Open 64,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
09:03:00
Tulita (km 914) to Deline - 105 km Open 30,000 kg 2012 Feb 09
11:48:00
Norman Wells (km 1023) to Fort Good Hope (km 1172) - 149 km Open 50,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
09:05:00
Fort Good Hope to Colville Lake - 165 km Open 50,000 kg 2012 Feb 08
09:05:00
Whati/Gameti Winter Roads (km 237 Yellowknife Highway)
  Status Load limit(kg) Reported Road History
Yellowknife Highway (km 237) to Whati - 103 km Open 14,500 kg 2012 Feb 09
09:06:00
Junction (km 68) to Gameti - 126 km Closed for the Season 2011 Apr 08
10:01:00
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