British Columbia Highway 1A

Highway 1A in British Columbia, Canada
Fraser Highway Old Yale Road
Basic data
Operator:	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Start of the street:	Crofton ( 48 ° 52 ′  N , 123 ° 42 ′  W )
End of street:	Rosedale ( 49 ° 11 ′  N , 121 ° 46 ′  W )
Overall length:	84 km
Regional District :	Cowichan Valley Metro Vancouver Fraser Valley
Course of the road Cowichan Valley Further on  O to Nanaimo , W to Victoria Crofton Chemainus O to Nanaimo , W to Victoria Further on  Fraser Highway Metro Vancouver Surrey N to Delta , S to Langley W to Delta , O to Langley N to Delta , S to Lyndon Fraser Valley Abbotsford O to Hope , W to Vancouver Further on  Old Yale Road Fraser Valley Further on  O to Nanaimo , W to Victoria Chilliwack N to Harrison Hot Springs Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Highway 1A in the Canadian province of British Columbia consists of former sections of Highway 1 . These were redrawn as Highway 1A after the new construction of various sections (mostly as a freeway to bypass the town), the route has a total length of 84 km. In the past, other former sections of Highway 1 were listed as Highway 1A, but these have been downgraded in the road system in recent years.

The westernmost section with a length of 18 km is on Vancouver Island . The route branches off west of Crofton and passes through Crofton and Chemainus . South of Ladysmith , Highway 1A joins Highway 1 again.

The so-called Fraser Highway represents the middle section. On a distance of 38 km it leads in a south-westerly direction through Surrey , crossing the highways 15 , 10 and 13 . It ends on Highway 1 west of Abbotsford .

The easternmost section of this highway, the Old Yale Road , runs through Chilliwack . Highway 1 originally ran through the city, but a motorway-like bypass was built, and since then the 28 km of the original route has been designated Highway 1A. It ends east of the city on Highway 9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, May 28, 2008, accessed March 9, 2013 . 
2. ↑ BC Landmark Kilometer Inventory (LKI). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, December 19, 2013, accessed June 2, 2014 .