British Columbia Highway 1A

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British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Hwy 1 → Hwy 2

There are many roads in the southwestern part of British Columbia and Vancouver Island that were designated as Highway 1A. These roads were sections of the original 1941 route of Highway 1 before its various re-alignments, and are used today as service routes and frontage roads. The "B.C. Highway 1A" designations were removed from these sections by the province between 2005 and 2010, although signage remains along some of the route and the designation on some maps.

Vancouver Island

North Cowichan

A 17 km (11 mi) long segment of highway in

A 16 km (9.9 mi) long segment of highway in Greater Victoria was designated as Highway 1A. It started in Victoria at the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Government Street, following Gorge Road West for 5 km (3.1 mi) until it reached an intersection at Admirals Road, and crossed the Craigflower Bridge. Highway 1A then proceeded west along the Old Island Highway for 5 km (3.1 mi) to Goldstream Avenue. Highway 1A continued onto Goldstream Avenue and proceeded west through downtown Langford for 6 km (3.7 mi) to its termination at Highway 1 just short of Goldstream Provincial Park. This route was the original Island Highway prior to the opening of the existing Trans-Canada Highway route in 1955 and 1956.

Lower Mainland

Until the

With the decommissioning of the Highway 1A designation, the original Trans-Canada Highway route is now known merely as the Fraser Highway between Surrey to Abbotsford. The province of British Columbia still has a 29 km (18 mi) section of the Fraser Highway between Highway 15 and Highway 13 in its highway inventory;[4] however the route is maintained by TransLink.^[5] Despite the decommissioning of the route as of 2023 brand new 1A and 99A route markers can be found along the route.

The new DriveBC Beta website displays the most "recent" alignment of highway 1A as a complete, official signed highway route from it's shared alignment with 99 north of the Lions Gate through Vancouver, New Westminster, Surrey, and the Langley Bypass to it's junction with BC 1 in Abbotsford. 99A is shown in concurrency from the 1A junction to the Lions Gate but not down King George blvd to the border.

Major intersections

Regional District	Location	km[1][6]	mi	Destinations	Notes
West Vancouver	−44.60	−27.71	Taylor Way	Continues north
			Horseshoe Bay), Squamish, Whistler, North Vancouver	Exit 13 on Hwy 1; former Hwy 1A western terminus; west end of Hwy 99 concurrency
	−43.50	−27.03	Marine Drive	Hwy 99 / former Hwy 1A follows Marine Drive
	−42.60	−26.47	To North Vancouver (City)	Hwy 99 / former Hwy 1A follows Lions Gate Bridge approach
Burrard Inlet		−42.30– −40.90	−26.28– −25.41	Lions Gate Bridge
Vancouver	−40.50	−25.17	Stanley Park Drive – Stanley Park	Closed during peak hours; no southbound entrance
	−38.80	−24.11	North Lagoon Drive – Stanley Park	Interchange; no southbound exit
	−36.70– −36.50	−22.80– −22.68	Howe Street, Seymour Street ( Tsawwassen), Seattle	One-way pair; east end of Hwy 99 concurrency; west end of former Hwy 99A concurrency
	−36.00– −35.10	−22.37– −21.81	Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaduct
	−35.10	−21.81	Main Street	Former Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A follows Main Street
	−33.70– −33.50	−20.94– −20.82	Main Street Broadway (Hwy 7) / Kingsway	Former Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A follows Kingsway
	Burnaby–New Westminster line	−20.00	−12.43	10th Avenue / 12th Street	Former Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A follows 10th Avenue
		−18.00	−11.18	McBride Boulevard / 10th Avenue	Former Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A follows McBride Boulevard
	New Westminster	−16.10	−10.00	Royal Avenue / Columbia Street	Grade separated
Fraser River		−15.80– −14.60	−9.82– −9.07	Pattullo Bridge
Metro Vancouver	Surrey	−14.00	−8.70	Scott Road	Grade separated
		−9.40	−5.84	Fraser Highway / King George Boulevard	Former Hwy 1A follows Fraser Highway; east end of former Hwy 99A concurrency
		0.00	0.00	Hwy 15 (176 Street / Pacific Highway) – Hwy 1, U.S. Border	Hwy 1A western terminus[1]
	Langley (City)	5.24	3.26	Hwy 10 west (Langley Bypass) / Fraser Highway – Surrey, Ferries, Airport (YVR)	Hwy 1A follows Langley Bypass; west end of Hwy 10 concurrency
		5.77	3.59	200 Street	To Hwy 1 (TCH) and Golden Ears Bridge
		6.62	4.11	204 Street	Grade separated; westbound exit and entrance
		7.47	4.64	Fort Langley, Hope	East end of Hwy 10 concurrency
		9.40	5.84	Fraser Highway / 208 Street	Hwy 1A follows Fraser Highway
	Langley (Township)	20.75	12.89	Hwy 13 (264 Street) – Hwy 1, U.S. Border, Bellingham	Aldergrove; Hwy 1A eastern terminus[1]
Vancouver, Hope, Airport (YXX)	Exit 83 on Hwy 1; former Hwy 1A eastern terminus
	Maclure Road	Continues east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Footnotes

Chilliwack

The Chilliwack-Rosedale Yale Road East section ran from the Trans-Canada Highway at the Vedder Road crossing (Exit 119), through

A former section of Highway 1A exists along the former Kicking Horse Trail, the original road between Lake Louise and Golden that opened in 1926.^[8] When the Trans-Canada Highway was realigned in 1962, the segment became Highway 1A.^[9] It began at Highway 1, 3 km (1+3⁄4 mi) west of the Alberta border in Yoho National Park and meandered eastward through Kicking Horse Pass to Lake Louise. The route is now closed to vehicle traffic and is part the Great Divide hiking trail.^[10]

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