Saskatchewan Highway 16

Highway 16 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The highway represents Saskatchewan's section of the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway. It runs from the Alberta border in Lloydminster at the intersection with Highway 17 south-eastward to the Manitoba border east of Marchwell, Saskatchewan, near Yorkton. Major cities along the route include Saskatoon and North Battleford in the central part of the province, Yorkton in the east, and Lloydminster to the west.

Highway 16 is a divided, four-lane, limited-access road from the Alberta–Saskatchewan border to just east of the village of Clavet. From Clavet east to the Manitoba border, it is an undivided, two-lane highway with multiple passing lanes. Through the city of Saskatoon, the highway officially has a 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) concurrency along Idylwyld Drive; however, Highway 11 and Highway 16 are cosigned along the entirety of Circle Drive.

The Yellowhead Route began as the Yellowhead Red River cart trail. When the province of Saskatchewan was surveyed, the road evolved from a dirt to gravel to all-weather road known as Provincial Highway 5 from the Alberta–Saskatchewan border to Saskatoon, and as Provincial Highway 14 from Saskatoon to the Manitoba–Saskatchewan border. In the late 1950s and 1960s, the highway was straightened and widened. On August 15, 1970 the Yellowhead was opened for the northern Trans-Canada Highway. The highway was completely designated for the entire route as Saskatchewan Highway 16 in 1976.