The Canadian province of British Columbia has a system of numbered highways that travel between various cities and regions with onward connections to neighboring provinces and U.S. states. The numbering scheme, announced in March 1940, includes route numbers that reflect United States Numbered Highways that continue south of the Canada–United States border. Highway 1 is numbered in accordance with other routes on the Trans-Canada Highway system.
Major routes
East–west
- The Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) runs from Victoria to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Then, after a ferry ride to the mainland, it continues from Horseshoe Bay, through the Vancouver area, Abbotsford, Hope, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, and Revelstoke to Kicking Horse Pass on the BC/Alberta border. This is the major east–west route in the province.
- The Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) runs from Hope, then through Osoyoos, Castlegar, Cranbrook, right to Crowsnest Pass on the BC/Alberta border. This is a southern alternate route to the Trans-Canada, and runs very close to the Canada–US border.
- The Yellowhead/Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 16) starts on Haida Gwaii. After a ferry ride to the mainland, it runs from Prince Rupert through Smithers and Prince George, and then meets the Alberta border at Yellowhead Pass.
- The Lougheed Highway (Highway 7) is a major alternate route that runs from Vancouver to Hope, north of the Fraser River.
- The Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) is a short but major route that connects the Okanagan Valley to the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) at Merritt. 97C branches off Highway 97 at Peachland, about midway between Penticton and Kelowna.
North–south
- The Island Highway (Highway 19) is an extension of Highway 1 on Vancouver Island. It runs from Nanaimo and provides access to all points northbound on Vancouver Island, including Parksville, Courtenay, Comox, Campbell River, and Port Hardy.
- The Patricia Bay Highway (Highway 17) starts in Victoria and heads northward through Saanich to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. Recently, there was a gap between the segments of Highway 17 (now filled in with the SFPR), as the Mainland portion was designated as Highway 17A. The new South Fraser Perimeter Road has been named as Highway 17, and presently is open in Delta and Surrey between Highway 17a and Highway 15.
- Highway 99 starts as an extension of Interstate 5 at the Canada–US border in Surrey as a freeway until entering the city of Vancouver. There it becomes a series of various heavily signalized major city core thoroughfares, notably Granville Street and Georgia Street. After crossing the Lions Gate Bridge, the highway - now known as the Sea-to-Sky Highway, is a two-to-four lane route that accesses Squamish and Whistler, before veering east and meeting with Highway 97 north of Cache Creek.
- The Coquihalla/Southern Yellowhead Highway (Highway 5) is a freeway that bypasses the slower Fraser Canyon portion of the Trans Canada Highway, connecting the cities of Hope, Merritt, and Kamloops. The segment between Hope and Merritt was a toll highway until 2008. North of Kamloops, the route is known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway, and meets up with the main route of the Yellowhead Highway near the Alberta border.
- Highway 97 is the longest highway in the province. The highway starts at the Canada–US border near Osoyoos. The highway, here known as the Okanagan Highway, passes through the major Okanagan Valley cities of Penticton, West Kelowna, Kelowna, and Vernon, before ending in Kamloops. From Kamloops, it is known as the Cariboo Highway, and passes through Cache Creek, Williams Lake, Quesnel, and ends in Prince George. North from there, it is known as the John Hart Highway, and ends in Dawson Creek. From there, the highway then is known as the famed Alaska Highway, and travels northwest through the province until it reaches the Yukon border.
Route list
List is current as of May 2017, according to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation. All routes are signed with the standard "BC Primary Highway Marker" shield, except where stated as "Unsigned", signed under a street name, signed with the Trans-Canada, Yellowhead, Crowsnest, or Nisga'a route marker, or cosigned with any combination of the above, in the "Notes" column.
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!Route
!Length (km)
!Length (mi)
!class="unsortable"|Southern or western terminus
!class="unsortable"|Northern or eastern terminus
!class="unsortable"|Local name(s)
!Opened
!Removed
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1 (TCH)
|116
|72
|Victoria
| Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo
| Trans-Canada Highway (Vancouver Island section), Douglas Street, Island Highway, Esplanade, Nicol Street, Terminal Avenue, Stewart Avenue
|1941
|Current
|Vancouver Island section; signed with the TCH marker.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1 (TCH)
|993
|617
| Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver
|Highway 1 (TCH) at Alberta border at Kicking Horse Pass
| Trans-Canada Highway (Mainland section), Upper-Levels Highway, "The Number 1", Highway of Heroes, "The Fraser Canyon"
|1941
|Current
|Mainland section; signed with the TCH marker. Passes through Greater Vancouver and Kamloops.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |122
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |76
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Nanaimo
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Kelsey Bay
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Island Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Passed through Courtenay and Campbell River. Section replaced by Highway 19 in 1953. <!--Was signed with the TCH marker. (Comment: Doubtful, renumbered around the same time the TCH was instituted.)-->
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1A
|17
|11
|Highway 1 (TCH) in North Cowichan
|Highway 1 (TCH) south of Ladysmith
|Chemainus Road, Mt. Sicker Road
|1950
|Current
|Route is unsigned. Old alignment of Highway 1 north of Mt. Sicker Road.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |16
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |10
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 in Victoria
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 near Langford
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Gorge Road, Admirals Road, Old Island Highway, Goldstream Avenue
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1956
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1990s
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Former Highway 1 in Victoria
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |16
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |10
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Former Highway 1 in Parksville
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Port Alberni
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Alberni Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1942
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 4.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |4
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |2
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 in West Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 99 in Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | Taylor Way, Marine Drive, Stanley Park Causeway, Georgia Street
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1972
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |2016
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 1 through West Vancouver, Stanley Park, and Downtown Vancouver via Lions Gate Bridge.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1A
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |28
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |17
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |Highway 99 in Vancouver
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |Highway 1 in Abbotsford
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |Kingsway, 10th Avenue, McBride Boulevard, King George Boulevard, Fraser Highway
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |1972
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |Current
|style="background: #f2f2f2" |Old alignment of Highway 1 through Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey (via Pattullo Bridge), and Abbotsford.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |18
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |11
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 in Chilliwack
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 9 near Popkum
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | Vedder Road, Old Yale Road
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1972
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1990s
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 1 through Chilliwack.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 1B
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |94
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |58
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 95 in Radium Hot Springs
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Alberta border at Vermilion Pass
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Banff–Windermere Parkway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1959
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 93
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |Highway 1C
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |18
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |11
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Hwy 1A in New Westminster
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Main Street, Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Canada Way, Grandview Highway, Grandview-Douglas Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1968
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Alternate route to Hwy 1.
Disestablished and renamed Canada Way after Hwy 401 was completed.
Sections of Grandview Highway were dismantled to make way for the First Ave - Hwy 1 connector.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 2
|42
|26
|Highway 97 in Dawson Creek
|Highway 43 at Alberta border near Tupper
|Alaska Avenue, 8 Street, Dawson Creek–Tupper Highway, 50th Street, 50th Avenue
|1941
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 2
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |845
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |525
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 in Cache Creek
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Dawson Creek
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Cariboo Highway, John Hart Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Passed through Prince George. Cosigned with Highway 97 from 1953 to 1962 before the Highway 2 was removed.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3
|838
|521
|Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope
|Highway 3 at Alberta border at Crowsnest Pass
| Crowsnest Highway, Hope–Princeton Highway
|1941
|Current
|Signed with the "Crowsnest" marker.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |108
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |67
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Cascade City
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Castlegar
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Southern Interprovincial Highway, Santa Rosa Road
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Cascade City – Rossland section decommissioned; Rossland – Castlegar section replaced by Highway 22.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3A
|32
|20
|Highway 3 in Keremeos
|Highway 97 near Kaleden
|—
|1965
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 3; concurrency with Highway 97 between Kaleden and Osoyoos was dropped in the 2000s.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3A
|154
|96
|Highway 3 in Castlegar
|Highway 3 in Creston
|Vernon Street, Ward Street, Front Street, Anderson Street, Nelson Avenue
|1964
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 3; passes through Nelson and Kootenay Lake Ferry.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |81
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |50
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Former Highway 3 in Trail
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 6 / former Highway 3 in Nelson
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1964
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Cosigned with Highway 6 between Salmo and Nelson; replaced by sections of Highway 3B and Highway 3.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |46
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |29
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 3 in Keremeos
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 97 in Osoyoos
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Richter Pass Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1965
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |c. 1967
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by rerouting of Highway 3
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 3B
|68
|42
|Highway 3 near Nancy Greene Provincial Park
|Highway 3 near Erie
| Victoria Street, Bailey Street, 10th Avenue, Kootenay Avenue, Main Street
|1967
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 3 and Highway 3A; passes through Rossland and Trail.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 4
|162
|101
|Tofino
|Highway 19 near Qualicum Beach
|First Street, Campbell Street, Pacific Rim Highway, River Road, Johnston Road, Alberni Highway, Surf Highway
|1953
|Current
|Passes through Port Alberni.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 4
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |263
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |163
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 3 in Cranbrook
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 in Golden
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1952
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 95.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 4A
|10
|6
|Highway 4 near Coombs
|Highway 19 near Parksville
|Old Alberni Highway
|1996
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 4.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 4A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |6
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |4
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 4 near Coombs
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 19 in Qualicum Beach
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1968
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1996
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 4.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 5
|543
|337
|Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope
|Highway 16 (TCH) near Tête Jaune Cache
| Southern Yellowhead Highway, Coquihalla Highway (Kamloops–Hope)
|1953
|Current
|Passes through Merritt and Kamloops; signed with the "Yellowhead" marker.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 5
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |184
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |114
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 3 (now Highway 3A) at Kaleden
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 near Salmon Arm
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 97 and Highway 97A.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 5A
|182
|113
|Highway 3 in Princeton
|Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 5 / Highway 97 in Kamloops
| Tapton Avenue, Princeton-Kamloops Highway, Okanagan Connector, Nicola Avenue, Voght Street
|1986
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 5.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 6
|406
|252
|SR 31 at U.S. border near Nelway
|Highway 97 in Vernon
|Nelson Nelway Highway, Railway Avenue, Ymir Road, Lake Avenue, Union Street, Kootenay Street, 6th Avenue, Broadway Street, Vernon Street, 25 Avenue
|1941
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 6
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |81
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |50
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 5 (now Highway 97) near Vernon
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 at Monte Creek
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1941
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Passed through Falkland; replaced by Highway 97.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 7
|150
|93
|Highway 99 in Vancouver
|Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope
|Broadway, Lougheed Highway, Haney Bypass, Railway Avenue/1st Avenue
|1941
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 7A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |26
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |16
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 99 near Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 7 in Coquitlam
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |West Pender Street, Burrard Street, Hastings Street, Inlet Drive, Saint Johns Street, Barnet Highway/Barnet Road
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1999
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 7.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 7B
|7
|4
|Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 7 in Coquitlam
|Highway 7 in Coquitlam
|Mary Hill Bypass
|1996
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 8
|69
|43
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge
|Highway 5 / Highway 5A / Highway 97C in Merritt
|Nicola Highway
|1953
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 9
|16
|10
|Highway 1 (TCH) at Bridal Falls
|Harrison Hot Springs
|Agassiz–Rosedale Highway, Hot Springs Road
|1953
|Current
|Old alignment of <span class="nowrap">Highway 7</span> north of Agassiz
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 10
|27
|17
|Highway 91 in Delta
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Langley
|58 Ave, 56 Ave, Langley Bypass, Glover Road, Springbrook Road
|1953
|Current
| section between Highway 91 and Highway 17A decommissioned in 2003.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 11
|17
|11
|SR 9 at U.S. border in Abbotsford
|Highway 7 in Mission
|Abbotsford–Mission Highway, Sumas Way
|1958
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 12
|150
|93
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Lytton
|Highway 99 in Lillooet
|Lytton–Lillooet Highway
|1953
|Current
| section between Lillooet and Highway 97 became part Highway 99 in 1992.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 13
|12
|7
|SR 539 at U.S. border in Langley
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Langley
|264th Street
|1958
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 14
|103
|64
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Langford
|Port Renfrew
|Veterans Memorial Parkway, Sooke Road, Juan de Fuca Highway, West Coast Road
|1953
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 15
|20
|12
|SR 543 at U.S. border in Surrey
|Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 17 in Surrey
| Pacific Highway, 176th Street
|1958
|Current
|Formerly numbered as Highway 99A
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |
|101
|63
|Masset
| Skidegate Ferry Terminal
| Yellowhead Highway (Haida Gwaii section), Trans-Canada Highway (Haida Gwaii section)
|1984
|Current
|Signed with Trans-Canada and Yellowhead markers.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |
|1,072
|666
| Prince Rupert ferry terminal
|Highway 16 (TCH) at Alberta border at Yellowhead Pass
| Yellowhead Highway (Mainland section), Trans-Canada Highway (Mainland section), Highway of Tears
|1953
|Current
|Passes through Prince George. Signed with Trans-Canada and Yellowhead markers.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 17
|33
|21
|Victoria
| Swartz Bay ferry terminal
|Belleville Street, Blanshard Street/Vernon Avenue, Patricia Bay Highway
|1960
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 17
|44
|27
| Tsawwassen ferry terminal
|Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 15 in Surrey
|Tsawwassen Highway, South Fraser Perimeter Road
|1960
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 17A
|6
|4
|Highway 17 in Delta
|Highway 99 in Delta
|Tsawwassen Highway
|2012
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 17.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 17A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |5
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |3
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 17 in Saanich
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 7 in North Saanich
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |West Saanich Road, Wain Road
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |2002
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 18
|26
|16
|Lake Cowichan
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Duncan
|Cowichan Valley Highway
|1953
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 19
|377
|234
| Duke Point ferry terminal near Nanaimo
| Bear Cove ferry terminal near Port Hardy
| Duke Point Highway, Nanaimo Parkway, Inland Island Highway, Ginger Goodwin Way, Tamarac Street/Willow Street, Island Highway, Bear Cove Highway
|1953
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 19A
|12
|7
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Nanaimo
|Highway 19 in Nanaimo
| Terminal Avenue, (Old) Island Highway
|1996
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 19 through Nanaimo (business route).
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 19A
|123
|76
|Highway 19 near Parksville.
|Highway 19 / Highway 28 in Campbell River.
| (Old) Island Highway, Oceanside Route, Cliffe Avenue
|1996
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 19.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 20
|457
|284
|Bella Coola
|Highway 97 in Williams Lake
| Chilcotin Highway, Alexander MacKenzie Highway
|1953
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 21
|14
|9
|SH-1 at U.S. border at Rykerts
|Highway 3 near Creston
|Creston–Rykerts Highway
|1964
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 22
|46
|29
|SR 25 at U.S. border at Paterson
|Highway 3 near Castlegar
|Schofield Highway
|1964
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 3 between Rossland and Castlegar.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 22A
|11
|7
|U.S. border at Waneta
|Highway 3B near Montrose
|Waneta Highway
|1967
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 23
|248
|154
|Highway 6 near Nakusp
|Mica Dam
| Canyon Road N, 6 Ave NW
|1964
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 1 north of Revelstoke.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 24
|97
|60
|Highway 97 near 93 Mile House
|Highway 5 at Little Fort
|Interlakes Highway
|1967
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 25
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |59
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |37
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Kitimat
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 16 near Terrace
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1967
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1986
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 37.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 26
|82
|51
|Highway 97 in Quesnel
|Barkerville
| Barkerville Highway, Main Street
|1967
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 27
|53
|33
|Highway 16 (TCH) in Vanderhoof
|Fort St. James
|Stuart Lake Highway
|1967
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 28
|89
|55
|Gold River
|Highway 19 / Highway 19A in Campbell River
|Gold River Highway
|1970
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 29
|236
|147
|Highway 52 in Tumbler Ridge
|Highway 97 near Charlie Lake
|Don Phillips Way
|1967
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 30
|30
|19
|Port Alice
|Highway 19 between Port Hardy and Port McNeill
|Port Alice Road
|—
|—
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 31
|175
|109
|Highway 3A in Balfour
|Highway 23 near Galena Bay
|Balfour-Kaslo-Galena Bay Highway
|1973
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 31A
|47
|29
|Highway 6 in New Denver
|Highway 31 in Kaslo
| 6 Avenue, Victoria Street, Washington Street, A Avenue
|1973
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 33
|129
|80
|Highway 3 in Rock Creek
|Highway 97 in Kelowna
|Kelowna-Rock Creek Highway
|1970
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 35
|23
|14
|Francois Lake
|Highway 16 (TCH) at Burns Lake
|North Francois Highway
|1973
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 37
|879
|546
|Kitimat
|Highway 37 at Yukon border near Upper Liard, YK
| Stewart–Cassiar Highway, Stikine Highway, Dease Lake Highway
|1975
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 25 south of Terrace. Ends at the Alaska Highway, north of the BC / Yukon border.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 37A
|65
|40
|U.S. Border at Stewart and Hyder, Alaska
|Highway 37 at Meziadin Junction
| Stewart Highway, Glacier Highway
|1984
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 39
|29
|18
|Highway 97 near of McLeod Lake
|Mackenzie
|Mackenzie Boulevard
|1975
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 41
|1.3
|0.8
|SR 21 at U.S. border at Carson
|Highway 3 near Grand Forks
|Danville Highway
|1968
|Current
|Shortest officially numbered highway in BC.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 43
|35
|22
|Highway 3 in Sparwood
|Elkford
|Elk Valley Highway
|1983
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 49
|16
|10
|Highway 2 in Dawson Creek
|Highway 49 at Alberta border near Dawson Creek
| Spirit River Highway, Northern Woods and Water Route
|1975
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 52
|243
|151
|Highway 97 at Arras
|Highway 2 at Tupper
|Heritage Highway
|1988
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 77
|138
|86
|Highway 97 near of Fort Nelson
|Highway 7 at NWT border near Fort Liard, NWT
|Liard Highway
|1986
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 91
|23
|14
|Highway 99 in Delta
|Highway 99 in Richmond
| Annacis Highway, Richmond Freeway, East-West Connector
|1986
|Current
|Connects with Alex Fraser Bridge.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 91A
|3.5
|2.2
|Highway 91 in Richmond
|Marine Way in New Westminster
|Queensborough Connector
|1986
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 93
|321
|199
|US 93 at U.S. border at Roosville
|Highway 93 at Alberta border at Vermilion Pass
| Banff–Windermere Highway, Kootenay Highway
|1958
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 95
|329
|204
|US 95 at U.S. border at Kingsgate
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Golden
|Kootenay–Columbia Highway
|1957
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 95A
|55
|34
|Highway 3 / Highway 95 in Cranbrook
|Highway 93 / Highway 95 near Wasa
|Kimberley Highway
|1968
|Current
|Old alignment of Highway 95 through Kimberley.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97
|2,081
|1,293
|US 97 at U.S. border near Osoyoos
|Highway 1 at Yukon border near Lower Post
| Okanagan Highway, Cariboo Highway, John Hart Highway, Alaska Highway
|1953
|Current
|Passes through Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George, Dawson Creek, and Fort St. John. Most of the highway north of Fort St. John is managed by Public Works Canada. Longest officially numbered highway in BC.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97A
|65
|40
|Highway 97 near Vernon
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Sicamous
| Vernon-Sicamous Highway, Young Street
|1962
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |47
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |29
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 97 near Vernon
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 in Salmon Arm
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1953
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1957
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 5, replaced by Highway 97E.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |10
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |6
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 97 near Prince George
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 16 near Prince George
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old Cariboo Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1963
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 2000s
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 97.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |3
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |2
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 16 in downtown Prince George
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 97 near Prince George
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | 1990s
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 97.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97B
|14
|9
|Highway 97A near Grindrod
|Highway 1 (TCH) in Salmon Arm
|Grindrod-Salmon Arm Highway
|1962
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97C
|224
|139
|Highway 97 near Peachland
|Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 97 in Cache Creek
| Okanagan Connector, Coquihalla Connector, Harvey Avenue
|1990
|Current
|Passes through Merritt.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97D
|28
|17
|Highway 97C near Logan Lake
|Highway 5 near Lac le Jeune
|Meadow Creek Road
|2005
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97E
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |132
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |82
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 97 / Highway 97W near Vernon
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 / Highway 97 / Highway 97W at Monte Creek
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1957
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Passed through Armstrong and Salmon Arm; cosigned with Highway 1 between Salmon Arm and Monte Creek. Old alignment of Highway 5, replaced by Highway 97A and Highway 97B.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 97W
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |81
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |50
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 97 / Highway 97E near Vernon
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 / Highway 97 / Highway 97E at Monte Creek
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |—
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1957
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Passed through Falkland; replaced by Highway 97.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 99
|377
|234
|I-5 at U.S. border at Douglas
|Highway 97 near Cache Creek
| Vancouver-Blaine Highway, Fraser Delta Thruway, Oak Street, 41st Avenue/70th Avenue, Granville Street, Howe Street/Seymour Street, Georgia Street, Stanley Park Causeway, Lions Gate Bridge Road, Marine Drive, Taylor Way, Upper-Levels Highway, Sea to Sky Highway, Squamish Highway, Whistler Highway, Pemberton Portage Road, Lillooet Lake Road, Duffey Lake Road
|1942
|Current
|Passes through Greater Vancouver and Whistler.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 99A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |15
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |9
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |U.S. border in Surrey
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Former Highway 99 (King George Highway) in Surrey
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Pacific Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1942
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1958
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Portion cosigned with Highway 1; replaced by Highway 15.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 99A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |18
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |11
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Former Highway 99 (Main Street) in Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Former Highway 1 / Highway 99 in New Westminster
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Grandview Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1942
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 99A
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |50
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |31
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 99 in Surrey
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 99 in Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" | King George Highway, Kingsway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1973
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |2006
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Old alignment of Highway 99.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 99B
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |30
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |19
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 10 in Delta
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 / Highway 99 in Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Deas (Island) Throughway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1959
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1962
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replace by Highway 499 (now Highway 99).
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 101
|152
|94
| Langdale Ferry Terminal
|Lund
| Sunshine Coast Highway, Pan-American Highway
|1962
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 113
|169
|105
|Highway 16 (TCH) near Terrace
|Ging̱olx
|Nisga'a Highway
|2006
|Current
|Signed with the Nisga'a route marker.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 118
|50
|31
|Highway 16 (TCH) near Topley
|Granisle
|Topley Landing Road
|2003
|Current
|Route also signed as Topley Landing Road.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 395
|4
|2
|US 395 at U.S. border at Cascade
|Highway 3 near Christina Lake
|—
|1973
|Current
|—
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Hwy 401 (TCH)
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |122
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |76
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 / Highway 99 in West Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 1 / Highway 9 at Bridal Falls
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Trans-Canada Highway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1964
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1973
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 1.
|-
|style="background: #f2f2f2;" |24px Highway 499
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |49
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |30
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 99 in Surrey
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Highway 99 in Downtown Vancouver
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Deas (Island) Throughway
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1964
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |1973
|style="background: #d3d3d3" |Replaced by Highway 99.
|-
|colspan="9" style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; font-size: 95%;" | Former Route
|}
Unnumbered highways
The following routes are maintained by the Ministry of Transportation as part of British Columbia's highway system, but they are Currently unnumbered.
Unofficial numbers
Provincially maintained roads with informal or unofficial numbers:
Pseudo routes
Provincially maintained routes which are unnumbered. Route numbers are unsigned and internally referred to as "pseudo-numbers". Pseudo-numbers start with a 9, followed by a two-digit number designating a "transportation district", a colon, and then a four-digit number derived from the province's Landmark Kilometre Inventory system.
Yukon highways in British Columbia
The following routes are within British Columbia but are considered part of the Yukon highway system. Although the Alaska Highway crosses the 60th parallel north, and thus the border with the Yukon, nine times (including six crossings between historic miles 588 and 596), the highway route number changes just once, between Lower Post, British Columbia, and Watson Lake, Yukon. The Yukon section east of here is maintained by Public Works Canada as part of the B.C. portion of Highway 97, while the B.C. section west of here is maintained by the Yukon Government as part of Yukon Highway 1.
Defunct route numbers
The first two freeways built in British Columbia were given 400-series numbers, much like the 400-Series Highways in Ontario. Highways 401 and 499 were renumbered 1 and 99 respectively in 1973. The section of Highway 37 between Terrace and Kitimat was known as Highway 25 until 1986. In recent years, many routes have been devolved to regional and/or municipal authorities and have lost their official highway status, notably the Fraser Highway in the Lower Mainland (formerly part of Highway 1A) and West Saanich Road on Vancouver Island (formerly Highway 17A). Also King George Highway through Surrey was renamed by the City in 2010 to King George Boulevard. (formerly British Columbia Highway 99A).
Defunct lettering system
Prior to 1940, British Columbia classified its major roads with letters.
Ultimately, in 1939 or early 1940, a decision was made by the Department of Public Works (now the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure) to replace the lettering system with the familiar number system. This transition took place during the 1940/1941 fiscal year and led to the installation of route markers along multiple highways.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Route
!Length (km)
!Length (mi)
!class="unsortable"|Southern or western terminus
!class="unsortable"|Northern or eastern terminus
!class="unsortable"|Local name(s)
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
!A
|1,286
|799
|Port Alberni<hr />Vancouver
|Parksville<hr />Alberta border at Crowsnest Pass
|
|Vancouver Island and mainland section; split in the Lower Mainland with branches followed the north and south shores of the Fraser River. Replaced by present-day Hwy 4, Hwy 19, Hwy 1, Hwy 7, Hwy 8, Hwy 5A, and Hwy 3.
|-
!B
|945
|587
|Bella Coola<hr />Cache Creek
|Williams Lake<hr />Alberta border at Kicking Horse Pass
|Central Trans-Provincial Highway
|Incomplete section between Bella Coola and Redstone; connected by Route S (present-day Hwy 97). Replaced by present-day Hwy 20, Hwy 1, and Hwy 23.
|-
!C
|996
|619
|Prince Rupert
|Tête Jaune Cache<br /><small>(incomplete extension to Alberta border at Yellowhead Pass)</small>
|Northern Trans-Provincial Highway
|Replaced by present-day Hwy 16.
|-
!N
|348
|216
|Victoria
|Kelsey Bay
|Island Highway
|Replaced by present-day Hwy 1A, Hwy 1, Hwy 19A, and Hwy 19.
|-
!R
|51
|32
|U.S. border at Blaine, Washington
|Vancouver
|Pacific Highway
|Accessed Vancouver via the Pattullo Bridge. Replaced by Hwy 15 and former Hwy 1A.
|-
!S
|484
|301
|Spences Bridge
|Prince George
|Cariboo Highway
|Replaced by Hwy 1 and Hwy 97.
|-
!T
|634
|394
|U.S. border near Osoyoos
|Tête Jaune Cache
|• Okanagan Highway<br />• North Thompson Highway
|Replaced by present-day Hwy 5 and Hwy 97.
|-
!U
|427
|264
|U.S. border at Roosville
|Golden<hr />Alberta border at Vermilion Pass
|• Kootenay–Columbia River Highway<br />• Banff–Windermere Highway
|Split at Radium Hot Springs with branches going to Golden and Vermilion Pass. Replaced by present-day Hwy 93 and Hwy 95.
|}
References
External links
- Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia (British Columbia Ministry of Transportation)
- Map of numbered highways in British Columbia
- British Columbia Highway Cams
- Drive BC
- British Columbia Highways Website
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