Western Canada
In western Canada (especially rural areas in most counties and municipal districts in Alberta), a range road (abbreviated "RGE. RD.") is a road running on a north-south parallel to a range line (a line denoting the east and west boundaries of a 6-mile (9.7 km) x 6-mile (9.7 km) legal township in the Dominion Land Survey and Alberta Township land surveying systems).
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