British Columbia Highway 5A

Highway 5A in British Columbia, Canada
Princeton-Kamloops Highway
Basic data
Operator:	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
Start of the street:	Princeton ( 49 ° 27 ′  N , 120 ° 30 ′  W )
End of street:	Kamloops ( 50 ° 39 ′  N , 120 ° 22 ′  W )
Overall length:	176 km
Regional District :	Okanagan similkameen Thompson-Nicola
Course of the road Okanagan similkameen Princeton Further on  W to Hope , O to Osoyoos Thompson-Nicola O to Peachland Aspen Grove S to Hope Merritt W to Spences Bridge / Cache Creek N to Kamloops Quilchena Kamloops W to Hope , O to Revelstoke Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Highway 5A in British Columbia , Canada , is 176 km long. It serves as an alternative route between Princeton on the Crowsnest Highway and Kamloops . Before the completion of the Coquihalla Highway in 1986, the route south of Merritt was run as Highway 5 .

Route

The highway branches off in Princeton at the airport from Highway 3 to the north. At Aspen Grove , after 63 km from the east, Highway 97C meets Highway 5A and runs with it for 15 miles to the center of Merritt; Highway 5 crosses on the way, heading south towards Hope . In Merritt, Highway 97C branches off to Cache Creek , the first section of Highway 97 runs together with Highway 8 to Spences Bridge . Highway 5A leaves Merritt again to the northwest, crosses Highway 5 a second time and runs along the southern shore of Nicola Lake . From there the route runs north again and ends after 89 km in Kamloops on Highways 1 , 5 and 97 , which run together there.

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 .