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Kelowna – Rock Creek Summit — 1,265 m (4,150 ft) Central Okanagan 95.87: 59.57: Big White Road – Big White Ski Resort: Kelowna: 128.82: 80.05: Highway 97 – Penticton, City Centre, Vernon: Hwy 33 is maintained by the City of Kelowna west of Hwy 97: 129.17: 80.26: Enterprise Way: Hwy 33 northern terminus: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0 ...
Eastbound buses will pull in directly off the highway (similar to the RapidBus stations in Kelowna) and Westbound buses will route along Westgate Road to a similar RapidBus station. At implementation, the select few 97 Express trips along Ross and Cameron will likely stay on Highway 97 to make for routing reliability.
The section of Highway 97C east of Merritt is an expressway ranging between 4 and 6 lanes, with a speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). The section east of Aspen Grove is a freeway with a speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). The road was formerly an expressway with a speed limit of 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph).
Kelowna (/ k ə ˈ l oʊ n ə / ⓘ kə-LOH-nə) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word kiʔláwnaʔ, referring to a grizzly bear. [8] [9]
Indiana Toll Road—between Portage Toll Plaza and Eastpoint Toll Plaza [5] [better source needed] Turner Turnpike and Will Rogers Turnpike in Oklahoma—both use a modified ticket-based toll collection system that places only one mainline toll plaza on the highway, roughly halfway through the length of the road. Under this system, traffic ...
The area has been host to multiple junior hockey championships, including the Memorial Cup in Kelowna in 2004 and RBC Cup in Vernon in 1990 (then called the Centennial Cup) and 2014. Kelowna is home to junior Canadian football team Okanagan Sun, and Jr. Baseball team Kelowna Falcons, including the UBC Okanagan Heat university program.
The Okanagan Lake Bridge (also known as the Kelowna Floating Bridge) was a three-lane, 650-metre (2,133-foot) long floating bridge in British Columbia, Canada. It crossed Okanagan Lake , connecting the Westside area to Kelowna on the lake's eastern side.
Prospera Place, formerly known as Skyreach Place, is a 6,886-seat multi-purpose arena, in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It replaced Kelowna Memorial Arena, which is still in use for minor hockey. Opened in 1999, it is home to the Kelowna Rockets hockey club. The arena hosted the Memorial Cup in 2004.