Tłı̨chǫ Highway

The Tłı̨chǫ Highway, also known as the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road and officially Northwest Territories Highway 9,^[3] is a 97-kilometre (60 mi) gravel road in Northwest Territories, Canada. The road connects the Tłı̨chǫ First Nations community of Whatì to the Yellowknife Highway with a permanent all-season road, while also improving winter road access to Gamètì and Wekweètì.

Tłı̨chǫ Highway
Northwest Territories Highway 9
Route information
Maintained by North Star Infrastructure[1]
Length	97 km[2] (60 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Highway 3 (Yellowknife Highway) near Behchokǫ̀
North end	Whatì
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Highway system
Northwest Territories highways
← Highway 8 → Highway 10

Description

Construction on the road began in August 2019. The contract to build the highway by 2022 and then maintain it for 25 years was projected to cost $411.8 million.^[4][1] The road opened to traffic on 30 November 2021.^[5]