List of British Columbia provincial highways

British Columbia provincial highway system
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Highway names
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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,^[1] includes route numbers that reflect United States Numbered Highways that continue south of the Canada–United States border.^[2] Highway 1 is numbered in accordance with other routes on the Trans-Canada Highway system.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5] 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.

Route	Length (km)	Length (mi)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local name(s)	Opened	Removed	Notes
Hwy 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.
Hwy 1 (TCH)	993	617	Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver	Hwy 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.
Hwy 1	122	76	Nanaimo	Kelsey Bay	Island Highway	1941	1953	Passed through Courtenay and Campbell River. Section replaced by Hwy 19 in 1953.
Hwy 1A	17	11	Hwy 1 (TCH) in North Cowichan	Hwy 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.
Hwy 1A	16	10	Hwy 1 in Victoria	Hwy 1 near Langford	Gorge Road, Admirals Road, Old Island Highway, Goldstream Avenue	1956	c. 1990s	Former Hwy 1 in Victoria
Hwy 1A	16	10	Former Hwy 1 in Parksville	Port Alberni	Alberni Highway	1942	1953	Replaced by Hwy 4.
Hwy 1A	4	2	Hwy 1 in West Vancouver	Hwy 99 in Vancouver	Taylor Way, Marine Drive, Stanley Park Causeway, Georgia Street	1972	2016	Old alignment of Hwy 1 through West Vancouver, Stanley Park, and Downtown Vancouver via Lions Gate Bridge.
Hwy 1A	28	17	Hwy 99 in Vancouver	Hwy 1 in Abbotsford	Kingsway, 10th Avenue, McBride Boulevard, King George Boulevard, Fraser Highway	1972	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 1 through Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey (via Pattullo Bridge), and Abbotsford.
Hwy 1A	18	11	Hwy 1 in Chilliwack	Hwy 9 near Popkum	Vedder Road, Old Yale Road	1972	c. 1990s	Old alignment of Hwy 1 through Chilliwack.
Hwy 1B	94	58	Hwy 95 in Radium Hot Springs	Alberta border at Vermilion Pass	Banff–Windermere Parkway	1941	1959	Replaced by Hwy 93
Hwy 1C	18	11	Hwy 1A in New Westminister	Main Street, Vancouver	Canada Way, Grandview Highway, Grandview-Douglas Highway	—	1968	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.^[6]^[7]
Hwy 2	42	26	Hwy 97 in Dawson Creek	Hwy 43 at Alberta border near Tupper	Alaska Avenue, 8 Street, Dawson Creek–Tupper Highway, 50th Street, 50th Avenue	1941	Current	—
Hwy 2	845	525	Hwy 1 in Cache Creek	Dawson Creek	Cariboo Highway, John Hart Highway	1941	1962	Passed through Prince George. Cosigned with Hwy 97 from 1953 to 1962 before the Hwy 2 was removed.
Hwy 3	838	521	Hwy 1 (TCH) near Hope	Hwy 3 at Alberta border at Crowsnest Pass	Crowsnest Highway, Hope–Princeton Highway	1941	Current	Signed with the "Crowsnest" marker.
Hwy 3	108	67	Cascade City	Castlegar	Southern Interprovincial Highway, Santa Rosa Road	1941	c. 1962	Cascade City – Rossland section decommissioned; Rossland – Castlegar section replaced by Hwy 22.
Hwy 3A	32	20	Hwy 3 in Keremeos	Hwy 97 near Kaleden	—	1965	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 3; 34 km (21 mi) concurrency with Hwy 97 between Kaleden and Osoyoos was dropped in the 2000s.
Hwy 3A	154	96	Hwy 3 in Castlegar	Hwy 3 in Creston	Vernon Street, Ward Street, Front Street, Anderson Street, Nelson Avenue	1964	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 3; passes through Nelson and Kootenay Lake Ferry.
Hwy 3A	81	50	Former Hwy 3 in Trail	Hwy 6 / former Hwy 3 in Nelson	—	c. 1953	c. 1964	Cosigned with Hwy 6 between Salmo and Nelson; replaced by sections of Hwy 3B and Hwy 3.
Hwy 3A	46	29	Hwy 3 in Keremeos	Hwy 97 in Osoyoos	Richter Pass Highway	1965	c. 1967	Replaced by rerouting of Hwy 3
Hwy 3B	68	42	Hwy 3 near Nancy Greene Provincial Park	Hwy 3 near Erie	Victoria Street, Bailey Street, 10th Avenue, Kootenay Avenue, Main Street	1967	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 3 and Hwy 3A; passes through Rossland and Trail.
Hwy 4	162	101	Tofino	Hwy 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.
Hwy 4	263	163	Hwy 3 in Cranbrook	Hwy 1 in Golden	—	1941	c. 1952	Replaced by Hwy 95.
Hwy 4A	10	6	Hwy 4 near Coombs	Hwy 19 near Parksville	Old Alberni Highway	1996	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 4.
Hwy 4A	6	4	Hwy 4 near Coombs	Hwy 19 in Qualicum Beach	—	1968	1996	Replaced by Hwy 4.
Hwy 5	543	337	Hwy 1 (TCH) near Hope	Hwy 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.
Hwy 5	184	114	Hwy 3 (now Hwy 3A) at Kaleden	Hwy 1 near Salmon Arm	—	1941	1953	Replaced by Hwy 97 and Hwy 97A.
Hwy 5A	182	113	Hwy 3 in Princeton	Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 5 / Hwy 97 in Kamloops	Tapton Avenue, Princeton-Kamloops Highway, Okanagan Connector, Nicola Avenue, Voght Street	1986	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 5.
Hwy 6	406	252	SR 31 at U.S. border near Nelway	Hwy 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	—
Hwy 6	81	50	Hwy 5 (now Hwy 97) near Vernon	Hwy 1 at Monte Creek	—	1941	1953	Passed through Falkland; replaced by Hwy 97.^[8]
Hwy 7	150	93	Hwy 99 in Vancouver	Hwy 1 (TCH) near Hope	Broadway, Lougheed Highway, Haney Bypass, Railway Avenue/1st Avenue	1941	Current	—
Hwy 7A	26	16	Hwy 99 near Vancouver	Hwy 7 in Coquitlam	West Pender Street, Burrard Street, Hastings Street, Inlet Drive, Saint Johns Street, Barnet Highway/Barnet Road	1953	1999	Old alignment of Hwy 7.
��Hwy 7B	7	4	Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 7 in Coquitlam	Hwy 7 in Coquitlam	Mary Hill Bypass	1996	Current	—
Hwy 8	69	43	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge	Hwy 5 / Hwy 5A / Hwy 97C in Merritt	Nicola Highway	1953	Current	—
Hwy 9	16	10	Hwy 1 (TCH) at Bridal Falls	Harrison Hot Springs	Agassiz–Rosedale Highway, Hot Springs Road	1953	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 7 north of Agassiz
Hwy 10	27	17	Hwy 91 in Delta	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Langley	58 Ave, 56 Ave, Langley Bypass, Glover Road, Springbrook Road	1953	Current	12 km (7 mi) section between Hwy 91 and Hwy 17A decommissioned in 2003.
Hwy 11	17	11	SR 9 at U.S. border in Abbotsford	Hwy 7 in Mission	Abbotsford–Mission Highway, Sumas Way	1958	Current	—
Hwy 12	150	93	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Lytton	Hwy 99 in Lillooet	Lytton–Lillooet Highway	1953	Current	75 km (47 mi) section between Lillooet and Hwy 97 became part Hwy 99 in 1992.
Hwy 13	12	7	SR 539 at U.S. border in Langley	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Langley	264th Street	1958	Current	—
Hwy 14	103	64	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Langford	Port Renfrew	Veterans Memorial Parkway, Sooke Road, Juan de Fuca Highway, West Coast Road	1953	Current	—
Hwy 15	20	12	SR 543 at U.S. border in Surrey	Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 17 in Surrey	Pacific Highway, 176th Street	1958	Current	Formerly numbered as Highway 99A
Hwy 16 (TCH)	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.
Hwy 16 (TCH)	1,072	666	Prince Rupert ferry terminal	Hwy 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.
Hwy 17	33	21	Victoria	Swartz Bay ferry terminal	Belleville Street, Blanshard Street/Vernon Avenue, Patricia Bay Highway	1960	Current	—
Hwy 17	44	27	Tsawwassen ferry terminal	Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 15 in Surrey	Tsawassen Highway, South Fraser Perimeter Road	1960	Current	—
Hwy 17A	6	4	Hwy 17 in Delta	Hwy 99 in Delta	Tsawassen Highway	2012	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 17.
Hwy 17A	5	3	Hwy 17 in Saanich	Hwy 7 in North Saanich	West Saanich Road, Wain Road	1962	2002	—
Hwy 18	26	16	Lake Cowichan	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Duncan	Cowichan Valley Highway	1953	Current	—
Hwy 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	—
Hwy 19A	12	7	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Nanaimo	Hwy 19 in Nanaimo	Terminal Avenue, (Old) Island Highway	1996	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 19 through Nanaimo (business route).
Hwy 19A	123	76	Hwy 19 near Parksville.	Hwy 19 / Hwy 28 in Campbell River.	(Old) Island Highway, Oceanside Route, Cliffe Avenue	1996	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 19.
Hwy 20	457	284	Bella Coola	Hwy 97 in Williams Lake	Chilcotin Highway, Alexander MacKenzie Highway	1953	Current	—
Hwy 21	14	9	SH-1 at U.S. border at Rykerts	Hwy 3 near Creston	Creston–Rykerts Highway	1964	Current	—
Hwy 22	46	29	SR 25 at U.S. border at Paterson	Hwy 3 near Castlegar	Schofield Highway	1964	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 3 between Rossland and Castlegar.
Hwy 22A	11	7	U.S. border at Waneta	Hwy 3B near Montrose	Waneta Highway	1967	Current	—
Hwy 23	248	154	Hwy 6 near Nakusp	Mica Dam	Canyon Road N, 6 Ave NW	1964	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 1 north of Revelstoke.
Hwy 24	97	60	Hwy 97 near 93 Mile House	Hwy 5 at Little Fort	Interlakes Highway	1967	Current	—
Hwy 25	59	37	Kitimat	Hwy 16 near Terrace	—	1967	1986	Replaced by Hwy 37.
Hwy 26	82	51	Hwy 97 in Quesnel	Barkerville	Barkerville Highway, Main Street	1967	Current	—
Hwy 27	53	33	Hwy 16 (TCH) in Vanderhoof	Fort St. James	Stuart Lake Highway	1967	Current	—
Hwy 28	89	55	Gold River	Hwy 19 / Hwy 19A in Campbell River	Gold River Highway	1970	Current	—
Hwy 29	236	147	Hwy 52 in Tumbler Ridge	Hwy 97 near Charlie Lake	Don Phillips Way	1967	Current	—
Hwy 30	30	19	Port Alice	Hwy 19 between Port Hardy and Port McNeill	Port Alice Road	—	—	—
Hwy 31	175	109	Hwy 3A in Balfour	Hwy 23 near Galena Bay	Balfour-Kaslo-Galena Bay Highway	1973	Current	—
Hwy 31A	47	29	Hwy 6 in New Denver	Hwy 31 in Kaslo	6 Avenue, Victoria Street, Washington Street, A Avenue	1973	Current	—
Hwy 33	129	80	Hwy 3 in Rock Creek	Hwy 97 in Kelowna	Kelowna-Rock Creek Highway	1970	Current	—
Hwy 35	23	14	Francois Lake	Hwy 16 (TCH) at Burns Lake	North Francois Highway	1973	Current	—
Hwy 37	879	546	Kitimat	Hwy 37 at Yukon border near Upper Liard, YK	Stewart–Cassiar Highway, Stikine Highway, Dease Lake Highway	1975	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 25 south of Terrace. Ends at the Alaska Highway, 3.2 km (2.0 mi) north of the BC / Yukon border.
Hwy 37A	65	40	U.S. Border at Stewart and Hyder, Alaska	Hwy 37 at Meziadin Junction	Stewart Highway, Glacier Highway	1984	Current	—
Hwy 39	29	18	Hwy 97 near of McLeod Lake	Mackenzie	Mackenzie Boulevard	1975	Current	—
Hwy 41	1.3	0.8	SR 21 at U.S. border at Carson	Hwy 3 near Grand Forks	Danville Highway	1968	Current	Shortest officially numbered highway in BC.
Hwy 43	35	22	Hwy 3 in Sparwood	Elkford	Elk Valley Highway	1983	Current	—
Hwy 49	16	10	Hwy 2 in Dawson Creek	Hwy 49 at Alberta border near Dawson Creek	Spirit River Highway, Northern Woods and Water Route	1975	Current	—
Hwy 52	243	151	Hwy 97 at Arras	Hwy 2 at Tupper	Heritage Highway	1988	Current	—
Hwy 77	138	86	Hwy 97 near of Fort Nelson	Highway 7 at NWT border near Fort Liard, NWT	Liard Highway	1986	Current	—
Hwy 91	23	14	Hwy 99 in Delta	Hwy 99 in Richmond	Annacis Highway, Richmond Freeway, East-West Connector	1986	Current	Connects with Alex Fraser Bridge.
Hwy 91A	3.5	2.2	Hwy 91 in Richmond	Marine Way in New Westminster	Queensborough Connector	1986	Current	—
Hwy 93	321	199	US 93 at U.S. border at Roosville	Hwy 93 at Alberta border at Vermilion Pass	Banff–Windermere Highway, Kootenay Highway	1958	Current	—
Hwy 95	329	204	US 95 at U.S. border at Kingsgate	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Golden	Kootenay–Columbia Highway	1957	Current	—
Hwy 95A	55	34	Hwy 3 / Hwy 95 in Cranbrook	Hwy 93 / Hwy 95 near Wasa	Kimberley Highway	1968	Current	Old alignment of Hwy 95 through Kimberley.
Hwy 97	2,081	1,293	US 97 at U.S. border near Osoyoos	Hwy 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.
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.
Hwy 97A	10	6	Hwy 97 near Prince George	Hwy 16 near Prince George	Old Cariboo Highway	1963	c. 2000s	Old alignment of Hwy 97.
Hwy 97A	3	2	Hwy 16 in downtown Prince George	Hwy 97 near Prince George	—	—	c. 1990s	Old alignment of Hwy 97.
Hwy 97B	14	9	Hwy 97A near Grindrod	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Salmon Arm	Grindrod-Salmon Arm Highway	1962	Current	—
Hwy 97C	224	139	Hwy 97 near Peachland	Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 97 in Cache Creek	Okanagan Connector, Coquihalla Connector, Harvey Avenue	1990	Current	Passes through Merritt.
Hwy 97D	28	17	Hwy 97C near Logan Lake	Hwy 5 near Lac le Jeune	Meadow Creek Road	2005	Current	—
Hwy 97E	132	82	Hwy 97 / Hwy 97W near Vernon	Hwy 1 / Hwy 97 / Hwy 97W at Monte Creek	—	1957	1962	Passed through Armstrong and Salmon Arm; cosigned with Hwy 1 between Salmon Arm and Monte Creek. Old alignment of Hwy 5, replaced by Hwy 97A and Hwy 97B.
Hwy 97W	81	50	Hwy 97 / Hwy 97E near Vernon	Hwy 1 / Hwy 97 / Hwy 97E at Monte Creek	—	1957	1962	Passed through Falkland; replaced by Hwy 97.
Hwy 99	377	234	I-5 at U.S. border at Douglas	Hwy 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.
Hwy 99A	15	9	U.S. border in Surrey	Former Hwy 99 (King George Highway) in Surrey	Pacific Highway	1942	1958	Portion cosigned with Hwy 1; replaced by Hwy 15.
Hwy 99A	18	11	Former Hwy 99 (Main Street) in Vancouver	Former Hwy 1 / Hwy 99 in New Westminster	Grandview Highway	1942	1962
Hwy 99A	50	31	Hwy 99 in Surrey	Hwy 99 in Vancouver	King George Highway, Kingsway	1973	2006	Old alignment of Hwy 99.
Hwy 99B	30	19	Hwy 10 in Delta	Hwy 1 / Hwy 99 in Vancouver	Deas (Island) Throughway	1959	1962	Replace by Hwy 499 (now Hwy 99).
Hwy 101	152	94	Langdale Ferry Terminal	Lund	Sunshine Coast Highway, Pan-American Highway	1962	Current	—
Hwy 113	169	105	Hwy 16 (TCH) near Terrace	Ging̱olx	Nisga'a Highway	2006	Current	Signed with the Nisga'a route marker.
Hwy 118	50	31	Hwy 16 (TCH) near Topley	Granisle	Topley Landing Road	2003	Current	Route also signed as Topley Landing Road.
Hwy 395	4	2	US 395 at U.S. border at Cascade	Hwy 3 near Christina Lake	—	1973	Current	—
Hwy 401 (TCH)	122	76	Hwy 1 / Hwy 99 in West Vancouver	Hwy 1 / Hwy 9 at Bridal Falls	Trans-Canada Highway	1964	1973	Replaced by Hwy 1.
Hwy 499	49	30	Hwy 99 in Surrey	Hwy 99 in Downtown Vancouver	Deas (Island) Throughway	1964	1973	Replaced by Hwy 99.
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:^[5]^[9]


Number	Length (km)	Length (mi)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local names	Formed	Removed	Notes
Highway 40	107.45	66.77	Gold Bridge	Hwy 99 in Lillooet	• Road 40 • Gold River Road • Bridge River Road	—	—	Officially known as Hwy 925:2934
Highway 51	111.74	69.43	Telegraph Creek	Dease Lake (connects to Hwy 37)	Telegraph Creek Road	—	—	Officially known as Hwy 953:3600 & Hwy 953:3601
Highway 59	138.44	86.02	Quesnel (connects to Hwy 97)	Nazko	• Blackwater Road • Nazko Road	—	—	Officially known as Hwy 942:1557 & Hwy 942:1147
Highway 62	7.45	4.63	Hazelton	Hwy 16 in New Hazelton	High Level Road	—	—
Highway 91C	2.2	1.4	Hwy 17 in Delta	Nordel Way at BNSF overpass, in Delta	Highway 91 Connector	—	—	Officially known as Hwy 914:3142 & Hwy 914:3143
Highway 103	63.69	39.58	Fort St. John (connects to Hwy 97)	Hwy 64 at the Alberta border	• Rose Prairie Road • Cecil Lake Road	—	—	Officially known as Hwy 944:1173 & Hwy 944:1178

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.^[5]^[10]


Number	Length (km)	Length (mi)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local names	Formed	Removed	Notes
Highway 911:2576	0.14	0.087	Powell River ferry terminal	Hwy 101 in Powell River	Wharf Street (Comox Ferry Spur)	—	—
Highway 911:2923	0.95	0.59	No. 3 Road in Richmond	Hwy 99 in Richmond	Sea Island Way	—	—	Connects to Vancouver International Airport
Highway 911:2924	2.63	1.63	Hwy 1 / Hwy 99 in West Vancouver	Hwy 99 in West Vancouver	Horseshoe Bay Drive	02009-01-012009	current	Former alignment of Hwy 99
Highway 912:2565	11.69	7.26	Hwy 101 at Langdale	Port Mellon	Port Mellon Highway	—	—
Highway 912:2566	3.71	2.31	Gibsons (connects to Hwy 101)	Hwy 101 at Langdale	Marine Drive	02006-01-012006	current	Former alignment of Hwy 101
Highway 912:2573	0.74	0.46	Madeira Park	Hwy 101 east of Madeira Park	Madeira Park Road (Madeira Park Spur)	—	—
Highway 914:0602	2.70	1.68	NW Marine Drive in UBC	W 4th Avenue / Drummond Drive in Vancouver	Chancellor Boulevard	—	—
Highway 914:0620	9.67	6.01	W 41st Avenue / SW Marine Drive in Vancouver	Spanish Banks parking lot in Vancouver	SW/NW Marine Drive	—	—
Highway 914:0640	2.45	1.52	SW Marine Drive in UBC	Blanca Street in Vancouver	W 16th Avenue	—	—
Highway 914:0660	2.45	1.52	Wesbrook Mall in UBC	Blanca Street in Vancouver	University Boulevard	—	—
Highway 914:3142	2.24	1.39	Hwy 17 in Delta	Nordel Way BNSF Overpass, east of Hwy 91 in Delta	Highway 91 Connector	—	—	Eastbound only
Highway 914:3143	2.21	1.37	Hwy 17 in Delta	Nordel Way BNSF Overpass, east of Hwy 91 in Delta	Highway 91 Connector	—	—	Westbound only
Highway 914:3186	1.99	1.24	King George Boulevard in Surrey	Hwy 15 in Surrey	8th Avenue	—	—	Connects Hwy 15 and Hwy 99 near the Canada-U.S. border.
Highway 915:0670	2.10	1.30	Hwy 11 in Mission	Hwy 7 in Mission	Horne Street Connector	—	—	Eastbound only
Highway 915:0671	2.00	1.24	Hwy 11 in Mission	Hwy 7 in Mission	Horne Street Connector	—	—	Westbound only
Highway 915:0680	6.33	3.93	Hwy 1 in Chilliwack	Cultus Lake Road south of Chilliwack	Vedder Road	—	02016-01-012016	Connected to Hwy 915:0690
Highway 915:0690	18.51	11.50	Henderson Road in the Columbia Valley	Vedder Mountain Road in Chilliwack	• Columbia Valley Highway • Cultus Lake Road	—	—
Highway 915:1300	2.64	1.64	Hwy 1 in Hope	Hwy 3 in Hope	Old Hope-Princeton Way	—	—	Former alignment of Hwy 3
Highway 915:2752	3.61	2.24	Hwy 9 in Agassiz	Hwy 7 in Agassiz	Agassiz Bypass	—	—	Connects Hwy 9 south with Hwy 7 east.
Highway 916	12.60	7.83	Hwy 15 in Surrey	210th Street in Maple Ridge	Golden Ears Way	—	—	Maintained by Translink
Highway 921:0923	16.15	10.04	Meadow Creek Road (Hwy 97D) north of Lac le Jeune	Kamloops city limit	Lac le Jeune Road	—	—
Highway 921:0924	5.89	3.66	Hwy 1 (Sagebrush interchange / exit 369) in Kamloops	Hwy 1 (Valleyview interchange / exit 375) in Kamloops	Columbia Street	—	02016-01-012016	Former alignment of Hwy 1
Highway 921:1765	6.72	4.18	Hwy 5 south of Clearwater	Clearwater (connects to Hwy 5)	Old North Thompson Highway	—	—	Old alignment of Hwy 5
Highway 921:1771	2.15	1.34	Halston Bridge / Kamloops city boundary	Hwy 5 / Paul Lake Road at Kamloops I.R.	Halston Road	—	—
Highway 921:1773	35.52	22.07	Hwy 5 / Halston Road at Kamloops I.R.	McNulty Road northwest of Pritchard	• Paul Lake Road • Pinantan-Pritchard Road	—	—
Highway 921:1776	29.11	18.09	Hwy 5 in Kamloops	Sun Peaks	• Heffley-Louis Creek Road • Tod Mountain Road	—	—
Highway 922:0943	47.16	29.30	Hwy 1 at Squilax	Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park (St. Ives Site)	Squilax Anglemont Road	—	—
Highway 922:1126	32.55	20.23	Hwy 97 east of Falkland	Hwy 1 in Salmon Arm	Salmon River Road	—	—
Highway 924:1318	2.90	1.80	US border at the Nighthawk–Chopaka Border Crossing	Hwy 3 at Chopaka	Nighthawk Road	—	—	Connects to Nighthawk, Washington
Highway 924:1290	7.90	4.91	Hwy 97 in Lake Country (north of Winfield)	Hwy 97 in Lake Country (north of Oyama)	Pelmewash Parkway	02013-01-012013	current	Old alignment of Hwy 97
Highway 926:0901	4.85	3.01	Hwy 1 south of Ashcroft	Hwy 97C in Ashcroft	Cornwall Road	—	—
Highway 927:1133	36.19	22.49	Hwy 97 in 100 Mile House	Hwy 24 west of Sheridan Lake	Horselake Road #371	—	—
Highway 927:1142	46.06	28.62	Hwy 97 north of 100 Mile House	Canim Lake	Canim Hendrix Lake Road #318	—	—
Highway 928:1143	82.92	51.52	Hwy 97 at 150 Mile House	Likely	Likely Road	—	—
Highway 928:1144	46.89	29.14	Likely Road north of 150 Mile House	Horsefly	Horsefly Road	—	—
Highway 933:1329	1.92	1.19	US border at the Ferry–Midway Border Crossing	Hwy 3 in Midway	Dominion Road	—	—
Highway 933:1344	17.51	10.88	Syringa Provincial Park	Arrow Dam / Castlegar city boundary	• Broadwater Road • Keenleyside Road	—	—
Highway 935:1381	29.84	18.54	Hwy 93 / Hwy 95 at Fort Steele	Hwy 3 / Hwy 93 at Wardner	#63 Wardner - Fort Steele Road	—	—
Highway 935:2143	22.55	14.01	Hwy 93 / Hwy 95 south of Fairmont Hot Springs	Invermere	Westside Road	—	—
Highway 935:1306	23.09	14.35	Hwy 3 east of Sparwood	Corbin	Corbin Road	—	—
Highway 935:1399	24.67	15.33	Hwy 43 at Elkford	Fording River Coal Mine	Fording River Road	—	—
Highway 941:1156	10.07	6.26	Hwy 97 south of Prince George	Hwy 16 in Prince George	Old Cariboo Highway	—	—	Former alignment of Hwy 97A
Highway 941:1576	12.60	7.83	Old Cariboo Highway in Prince George	Hwy 16 east of Prince George	Giscome Road	—	02017-01-012017	Former alignment of Hwy 16
Highway 941:1577	60.76	37.75	Hwy 16 east of Prince George	Hansard	Upper Fraser Road	—	—	Former segment of Hwy 16
Highway 942:1555	39.80	24.73	Hwy 20 west of Williams Lake	Buckskin Road southwest of Soda Creek	• Chilcotin-Meldrum Road • West Fraser Road	02017-01-012017	current	Continuation of Hwy 942:1556
Highway 942:1556	86.52	53.76	Buckskin Road southwest of Soda Creek	Quesnel city boundary	West Fraser Road	—	—	Continuation of Hwy 942:1555
Highway 942:1558	130.10	80.84	Nazko Road northwest of Quesnel	Hwy 16 west of Prince George	Blackwater Road	—	—	Section not part of unofficial Hwy 59
Highway 943:1196	81.87	50.87	Hwy 2 east of Dawson Creek	Cecil Lake Road southeast of Goodlow	• Rola Road • Clayhurst Road	—	—
Highway 944:1177	19.48	12.10	W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Hwy 29 in Hudson's Hope	Canyon Drive	—	—
Highway 944:1174	32.85	20.41	Cecil Lake Road north for Fort St. John	264 Road north of Rose Prairie	Rose Prairie Road	—	—	Section not part of unofficial Hwy 103
Highway 945:1564	15.40	9.57	Hwy 27 north of Vanderhoof	Nechako River	Braeside Road	—	—
Highway 951:1502	7.70	4.78	Daajing Giids	Hwy 16 near the Skidegate ferry terminal	Oceanview Drive	—	—
Highway 951:1503	14.00	8.70	Alliford Bay ferry terminal	Sandspit	Alliford Bay Road	—	—
Highway 951:1504	14.24	8.85	Port Edward	Hwy 16 east of Prince Rupert	Port Edward Road	—	—
Highway 953:3612	51.09	31.75	Atlin	Hwy 7 at the Yukon border	Atlin Road	—	—
Highway 954:1111	39.00	24.23	Southbank Ferry Landing on François Lake (connects to Hwy 35)	Ootsa-Nadina Road at Ootsa Lake	Keefe's Landing Road	02010-01-012010	current
Highway 962:0311	2.40	1.49	Hwy 1 in Saanich	Hwy 17 in Saanich	McKenzie Avenue	—	—
Highway 962:0320	6.83	4.24	Brentwood Bay ferry terminal in Central Saanich	McTavish Road in North Saanich	West Saanich Road	—	—	Continuation of Hwy 962:0325; former segment of Hwy 17A; connects to Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay ferry
Highway 962:0325	3.57	2.22	West Saanich Road in North Saanich	Lochside Drive in North Saanich	McTavish Road	—	—	Continuation of Hwy 962:0320 and Hwy 962:0326
Highway 962:0326	2.14	1.33	McTavish Road in North Saanich	Anacortes–San Juan Islands ferry terminal in Sidney	Lochside Drive	—	—	Continuation of Hwy 962:0325
Highway 962:2401	5.22	3.24	Hwy 1 / Delourme Road at Mill Bay	Mill Bay ferry terminal	Mill Bay Road	—	—	Connects to Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay ferry; former segment of Hwy 1
Highway 962:0376	50.67	31.48	South Shore Road at Mesachie Lake	Deering Road northeast of Port Renfrew	Pacific Marine Road	02015-01-012015	current	Continuation of Hwy 962:0378
Highway 962:0378	2.96	1.84	Pacific Marine Road northeast of Port Renfrew	Hwy 14 northeast of Port Renfrew	Deering Road	02015-01-012015	current	Continuation of Hwy 962:0376
Highway 963:0346	15.11	9.39	Youbou	Hwy 18 / South Shore Road at Lake Cowichan	Youbou Road	—	—
Highway 963:0348	14.52	9.02	Skutz Falls Road east of Lake Cowichan	North Cowichan district boundary	Lake Cowichan Road	—	—	Former segment of Hwy 18
Highway 963:0351	15.02	9.33	Honeymoon Bay	Hwy 18 / Youbou Road at Lake Cowichan	South Shore Road	—	—
Highway 963:0361	5.60	3.48	Cowichan Bay Road southeast of Duncan	Maple Bay Road east of Duncan	Tzouhalem Road	—	—
Highway 963:0365	4.19	2.60	Chemainus Road (unsigned Hwy 1A) in North Cowichan	Salt Spring Island ferry terminal at Crofton (North Cowichan)	Crofton Road	—	—
Highway 963:2386	8.02	4.98	Ucluelet	Hwy 4 north of Ucluelet	Ucluelet Road	—	—
Highway 964:2349	5.75	3.57	Hwy 19 west of Cumberland	Hwy 19A in Courtenay	Comox Valley Parkway	—	—
Highway 964:2360	1.07	0.66	Hwy 19 west of Buckley Bay	Hwy 19A at Buckley Bay	Buckley Bay Connector	—	—	Connects with Buckley Bay ferry terminal
Highway 964:2361	4.41	2.74	Hwy 19A at Royston	Cumberland	Royston Cumberland Road	—	—	No access to Hwy 19
Highway 964:2364	4.62	2.87	Hwy 19 in Campbell River	Hwy 19A in Campbell River	Jubilee Parkway	—	—
Highway 964:2371	12.27	7.62	Hwy 19 south of Sayward	Kelsey Bay	Sayward Road	—	—	Former alignment of Hwy 19
Highway 964:2391	10.52	6.54	Hwy 19 east of Port McNeill	Beaver Cove	Beaver Cove Road	—	—
Highway 964:2396	3.00	1.86	Hwy 19 south of Port McNeill	Port McNeill ferry terminual	McNeill Road	—	—
Highway 964:2398	5.03	3.13	Hwy 19 south of Port Hardy	Port Hardy	Douglas Street	—	—
Former

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.


Number	Length (km)	Length (mi)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local names	Formed	Removed	Notes
Hwy 1	64.3	40.0	Yukon border west of Swift River, Yukon	Yukon border east of Teslin, Yukon	Alaska Highway	01943-01-011943	current	Maintained by the Yukon Government
Hwy 2	56.7	35.2	Alaska border at White Pass	Yukon border south of Carcross, Yukon	Klondike Highway	01978-01-011978	current	Maintained by the Yukon Government
Hwy 3	74.0	46.0	Alaska border north of Haines, Alaska	Yukon border south of Haines Junction, Yukon	Haines Highway	01943-01-011943	current	YT 4 prior to 1978; maintained by the Yukon Government
Highway 97	12.0	7.5	Cumulative sections BC 97 in the Yukon east of Lower Post, British Columbia		Alaska Highway	—	—	6 separate border crossings; maintained by Public Works Canada

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.^[11] 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.^[12]


Route	Length (km)	Length (mi)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local name(s)	Notes
A	1,286	799	Port Alberni Vancouver	Parksville Alberta border at Crowsnest Pass	Southern Trans-Provincial Highway	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 Cache Creek	Williams Lake 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 (incomplete extension to Alberta border at Yellowhead Pass)	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 • North Thompson Highway	Replaced by present-day Hwy 5 and Hwy 97.
U	427	264	U.S. border at Roosville	Golden Alberta border at Vermilion Pass	• Kootenay–Columbia River Highway • 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

^ "Why It's Highway 99". The Vancouver Sun. March 29, 1940. p. 17. Retrieved December 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Island Highway On No. 1 Route". Victoria Daily Times. March 29, 1940. p. 2. Retrieved December 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Griffin, Kevin (January 19, 1999). "HOV lanes not for sale in B.C." The Vancouver Sun. p. B2. Retrieved December 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia". Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Province of British Columbia. January 3, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Landmark Kilometre Inventory" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Cypher Consulting. July 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
^ "BC Road Trip Time Machine: See Vancouver as it was in 1966 | TranBC". November 18, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "Douglas Road".
^ Department of Highways (1954). Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Department of Economic Affairs. §§ A-3, A-4.
^ "Traveller Information System". DriveBC. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
^ "Landmark Kilometre Inventory: Revision History" (PDF). British Columbia: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Cypher Consulting. August 22, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
^ Rand McNally and Company (1939). "Western and Central Canada" (Map). "State Farm Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico". Chicago: State Farm Insurance Companies Travel Bureau. pp. 94–95.
^ British Columbia Department of Public Works (September 12, 1941). Report of the Minister of Public Works for the Fiscal Year 1939/1940 (Report). Victoria: Government of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0314091. J110.L5 S7; 1940_V02_04_P1_P125. Retrieved November 23, 2021.

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

[1] "Why It's Highway 99". The Vancouver Sun. March 29, 1940. p. 17. Retrieved December 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Island Highway On No. 1 Route". Victoria Daily Times. March 29, 1940. p. 2. Retrieved December 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Griffin, Kevin (January 19, 1999). "HOV lanes not for sale in B.C." The Vancouver Sun. p. B2. Retrieved December 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia". Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Province of British Columbia. January 3, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

[inventory-5] "Landmark Kilometre Inventory" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Cypher Consulting. July 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

[6] "BC Road Trip Time Machine: See Vancouver as it was in 1966 | TranBC". November 18, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[7] "Douglas Road".

[1951_map-8] Department of Highways (1954). Alberta Official Road Map (Map). Department of Economic Affairs. §§ A-3, A-4.

[9] "Traveller Information System". DriveBC. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

[10] "Landmark Kilometre Inventory: Revision History" (PDF). British Columbia: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Cypher Consulting. August 22, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

[map_1939-11] Rand McNally and Company (1939). "Western and Central Canada" (Map). "State Farm Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico". Chicago: State Farm Insurance Companies Travel Bureau. pp. 94–95.

[12] British Columbia Department of Public Works (September 12, 1941). Report of the Minister of Public Works for the Fiscal Year 1939/1940 (Report). Victoria: Government of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0314091. J110.L5 S7; 1940_V02_04_P1_P125. Retrieved November 23, 2021.

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