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Most of the highway north of Fort St. John is managed by Public Works Canada. Longest officially numbered highway in BC. Hwy 97A: 65 40 Hwy 97 near Vernon: Hwy 1 (TCH) in Sicamous: Vernon-Sicamous Highway, Young Street 1962 Current — Hwy 97A: 47 29 Hwy 97 near Vernon: Hwy 1 in Salmon Arm — 1953 1957 Old alignment of Hwy 5, replaced by Hwy 97E.
Highway 5 is the only highway in British Columbia to have had tolls; a typical passenger vehicle toll was $10. [3] Now free to drive, at the Coquihalla Lakes junction, the highway crosses from the Fraser Valley Regional District into the Thompson-Nicola Regional District . 61 km (38 mi) and five interchanges north of the former toll plaza.
Highway 1 travels through central Nanaimo on Nicol Street and Stewart Avenue to the Departure Bay ferry terminal, where the Vancouver Island section ends. [1] BC Ferries operates an automobile ferry service from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay that carries Highway 1 to the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. A typical vessel assigned to ...
Highway 99 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs 377 kilometres (234 mi) from the U.S. border to near Cache Creek, serving Greater Vancouver and the Squamish–Lillooet corridor. It is a major north–south artery within Vancouver and connects the city to several suburbs as well as the U.S. border , where it continues south as ...
Highway 15 (BC 15), known locally as the Pacific Highway, is a 20.99-kilometre-long (13.04 mi) north–south highway primarily located in the City of Surrey, British Columbia. The southern terminus is with Interstate 5 (I-5) near Blaine, Washington , as State Route 543 ( SR 543 ).
From the point where the road crosses the Coast Range via Heckman Pass in Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park at an elevation of 1,487 m (4,879 ft) the road descends 43 km (27 mi) of steep, narrow road with sharp hairpin turns and two major switchbacks to the Bella Coola Valley. The descent includes a 9 km (5.6 mi) section with grades of up to 18% ...
The highway was created in 1968, when Highway 95 was re-routed from Highway 95A's current route to a path through the Fort Steele area. The section of 95A running from downtown Kimberley to Ta Ta Creek is also known as the "Sullivan highway" as that section of highway combined with Ross Street (straight through the traffic light if going ...
Highway 24 near Little Fort, BC. photo was taken April 2011. Highway 24 straddles the boundary between the Cariboo and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts. It begins in the west at 93 Mile House, approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) south of 100 Mile House.