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Highway 1
Trans-Canada Highway
A map of southern British Columbia with Hwy 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	1,047 km (651 mi)
Existed	1941–present
Vancouver Island section
Length	116 km (72 mi)
South end	Dallas Road in Victoria
Major intersections	Highway 17 in Victoria Highway 19 in Nanaimo
North end	Departure Bay Ferry Terminal
Mainland section
Length	877 km (545 mi)
West end	Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal
Major intersections	Highway 99 in West Vancouver Highway 7 / Highway 7B in Coquitlam Highway 15 / Highway 17 in Surrey Highway 1A in Abbotsford Highway 11 in Abbotsford Highway 3 / Highway 5 (YH) in Hope Highway 97 in Cache Creek Highway 5 (YH) in Kamloops Highway 97 at Monte Creek Highway 97B in Salmon Arm Highway 95 in Golden
East end	Alberta border at Kicking Horse Pass continues as Highway 1 (TCH)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Highway 395 → Highway 1A

Highway 1 is a provincial highway in British Columbia, Canada, that carries the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). The highway is 1,047 kilometres (651 mi) long and connects Vancouver Island, the Greater Vancouver region in the Lower Mainland, and the Interior. It is the westernmost portion of the main TCH to be numbered "Highway 1", which continues through Western Canada and extends to the Manitoba–Ontario boundary. The section of Highway 1 in the Lower Mainland is the second-busiest freeway in Canada, after Ontario Highway 401 in Toronto.

The highway's western terminus is in the provincial capital of Victoria, where it serves as a city street and freeway in the suburbs. Highway 1 travels north to Nanaimo and reaches the Lower Mainland at Horseshoe Bay via a BC Ferries route across the Strait of Georgia. The highway bypasses Vancouver on a freeway that travels through Burnaby, northern Surrey, and Abbotsford while following the Fraser River inland. The freeway ends in Hope, where Highway 1 turns north and later east to follow the Fraser and Thompson rivers into the Interior and through Kamloops. The highway continues east across the Columbia Mountains, serving three national parks: Mount Revelstoke, Glacier, and Yoho. Highway 1 enters Alberta at Kicking Horse Pass near Banff National Park.

Highway 1 was preceded by several overland trails and wagon roads established in the mid-to-late 19th century, including the Old Yale Road in the Fraser Valley, the Cariboo Road, and the Big Bend Highway. The provincial government designated Highway 1 in 1941 on a portion of the Island Highway between Victoria and Kelsey Bay as well as the Vancouver–Banff highway. It was incorporated into the national Trans-Canada Highway program, which was established in 1949 and completed in 1962. Other sections of the highway were realigned in later years, including a new freeway in the Lower Mainland that opened in the 1960s and 1970s and was numbered Highway 401.

Vancouver Island section

The western terminus of Highway 1 and the 7,821-kilometre (4,860 mi) main route of the Trans-Canada Highway is at Dallas Road on the southern coast of Victoria, which faces the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The terminus is marked by the Mile Zero Monument, a wooden sign at the foot of Beacon Hill Park, with a nearby statue of runner Terry Fox to commemorate his cross-country marathon that was planned to end at the monument. The highway travels north on Douglas Street and forms the boundary between the residential James Bay neighbourhood to the west and Beacon Hill Park to the east. At the northwest edge of the park, Blanshard Street, which later carries Highway 17, splits off from the highway to run a block east, staying parallel to Douglas Street. Highway 1 passes the Royal BC Museum and intersects Belleville Street, a short connector that carries a section of Highway 17 from the Black Ball Ferries terminal (which is used by the MV Coho to Port Angeles, Washington) and passes the British Columbia Parliament Buildings.

The highway travels through Downtown Victoria and passes several city landmarks, including the Fairmont Empress Hotel, the Bay Centre, Chinatown, and Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. It follows Douglas Street, a six-lane urban thoroughfare with bus lanes during peak periods, and continues north into the suburban municipality of Saanich. Near the Uptown shopping centre, Highway 1 turns west and becomes a limited-access road that travels alongside the Galloping Goose Regional Trail through residential areas and along the north side of Portage Inlet. The highway becomes a full freeway with four-to-six lanes as it enters the town of View Royal and travels around the north side of Mill Hill Regional Park. It then intersects Highway 14 in Langford and reverts to a limited-access road with a median divider. Highway 1 (part of the Island Highway) then travels around Bear Mountain and turns north to follow the Goldstream River into Goldstream Provincial Park, where it meets several trailheads.

The Island Highway continues along the west side of the Saanich Inlet and enters the Cowichan Valley Regional District near Malahat. It descends from Malahat Summit, at 352 metres (1,155 ft) above sea level, on a highway with passing lanes and a median barrier added in the late 2010s in response to a high rate of collisions. The section also has occasional closures, relying on the limited-capacity Mill Bay Ferry or the longer Pacific Marine Circle Route as alternate connections between Greater Victoria and other Vancouver Island communities. Highway 1 passes the Malahat SkyWalk, an observation built by the Malahat First Nation, and through farmland surrounding Mill Bay. The highway travels around central Duncan and through North Cowichan and Ladysmith as it continues north as a divided highway with limited access at signalized intersections. In southern Nanaimo, it has a short concurrency with Highway 19, which continues east to the Duke Point ferry terminal and northwest along the Strait of Georgia. Highway 1 travels through central Nanaimo on Nicol Street and Stewart Avenue to the Departure Bay ferry terminal, where the Vancouver Island section ends. BC Ferries operates an automobile ferry service from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay that carries Highway 1 to the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. A typical vessel assigned to the route can carry 1,460 to 1,571 passengers and 310 to 322 vehicles.

History

The Vancouver Island section of Highway 1 was designated in the initial numbering scheme announced by the provincial government in March 1940, along with Highway 1A. It originally connected Victoria to Kelsey Bay, a small coastal community north of Campbell River. The Vancouver Island section was truncated to downtown Nanaimo in 1953, with the section north of Nanaimo being re-numbered to Highway 19. When BC Ferries took over the ferry route between Departure Bay in Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver in 1961, Highway 1 was extended to the Departure Bay ferry dock.

The Malahat Highway was completed in 1911 as a gravel road with a single lane and was later upgraded to two paved lanes. A bridge across the Finlayson Arm to bypass the section was among 19 options studied in 2007, but were discarded in favor of other solutions that would cost less. In 2019, the provincial government studied the construction of a permanent detour for the Goldstream–Malahat section of Highway 1 and identified several potential routes, but instead decided to move forward with safety improvements to the existing highway. The section was severely damaged by several floods in November 2021, which closed the road for several days and required $15 million in repairs the following year.

Lower Mainland section

Route details

Sections of Highway 1 from Grandview Highway in Vancouver to 216 Street in Langley vary from being 3 to 4 lanes in each direction, with one of these lanes being a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane. These HOV lanes were constructed in 1998 as part of the BC MOT's "Go Green" project to promote the use of HOV vehicles, and cost $62 million. The highway shortens to two lanes per direction after leaving Langley (Metro Vancouver), and enters Abbotsford (Fraser Valley).

History

North Shore

The Upper Levels Highway opened between Horseshoe Bay and Taylor Way in West Vancouver on September 14, 1957, replacing a section of Marine Drive that had carried Highway 1. Construction on a new, high-level Second Narrows Bridge began two months later and was planned to be incorporated into the Trans-Canada Highway upon completion. On June 17, 1958, several spans of the unfinished bridge collapsed during work on the main arch; 18 workers died and one diver also died during a later search at the site. The Second Narrows Bridge was dedicated to the accident's victims and opened to traffic on August 25, 1960; it cost $23 million to construct and was the second-longest bridge in Canada at the time of its completion. The Upper Levels Highway was extended 9.3 kilometres (5.76 mi) east to the Second Narrows Bridge on March 4, 1961; the limited-access highway across North Vancouver cost $50 million to construct.

Vancouver to Chilliwack

Prior to the opening of the freeway (and prior to the 1980s and 1990s, expressway) segments of the present Trans-Canada, traffic used the Pattullo Bridge, Kingsway, and Fraser Highway as the Trans-Canada Highway. These roads were a part of the Highway 1 from its designation in 1940 until the redesignation of the B.C.'s 400 series highways in 1972/73.

By 1932 a new cutoff across northern parts of the drained Sumas Lake was mostly built. The cutoff bypassed the Yale Road which avoided the historical lake by running on its southern flank and along the base of Vedder Mountain. The highway was initially partly gravel, but it was fully paved within a few years of its opening.

From 1960 to 1964, the province opened several expressway and freeway segments as a part of a continuous express route between Bridal Falls and Taylor Way in West Vancouver.

On August 1, 1960, the Chilliwack Bypass was officially opened by Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi, MLA for Chillwack William Kenneth Kiernan and a six-year-old girl who cut the blue ribbon. About 6.4 km (4 mi) of the road had been opened before Gaglardi officially opened the bypass. Work on the bypass started on December 12, 1956, with two men clearing bushes.

Around the time of opening of the Chilliwack Bypass, a bypass of Abbotsford was also being constructed. That section of freeway was officially opened by Phil Gaglardi on April 19, 1962.

On May 1, 1964, the section of Freeway between what is now north of the 1st Avenue interchange to the Cape Horn Interchange opened. This was followed on June 12 by the opening of the Port Mann bridge, and the official opening of the freeway-expressway system from Bridal Falls to Taylor Way. A 90-year-old man and 11-year-old girl assisted Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Phil Gaglardi in opening the bridge. At the time of the bridge's opening, various speed limits were in effect. The section from Bridal Falls to the Port Mann Bridge had a 70 mph (110 km/h) limit. Through Burnaby, 65 mph (105 km/h) was the limit. Speeds dropped on approach to Cassiar Street with a 50 mph (80 km/h) limit west of Boundary Road, with a drop to 30 mph (48 km/h) for Cassiar Street.

New interchanges and upgrades

Over the years, various interchanges have been built and rebuilt.

On July 31, 1969, the interchange with Lickman Road in Chilliwack opened. The Prest Road overpass followed in the early 1970s.

In January 1992 the Cassiar Tunnel opened. The project replaced a surface street section of Cassiar Street which was used by traffic to get from the Burnaby Freeway to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.

Through the 2000s and 2010s multiple interchanges were upgraded and rebuilt along the highway. The Gateway program saw the rebuilding of several interchanges from Willingdon Avenue to 176 Street. Through Abbotsford the Mount Lehman/Fraser Highway, Clearbrook Road, and McCallum Road interchanges were rebuilt.

On June 9, 2011, Highway 1 between 152 Street in Surrey and Highway 11 in Abbotsford was designated as the Highway of Heroes.

On September 4, 2020, a new interchange with 216 Street was opened.

On November 10, 2022, it was announced that major construction of a new overpass at Glover Road (which will be built first), a revised interchange with Highway 10/232 St. and widening to three lanes between 216 Street and Highway 13/264 St. had started. This work is part of a plan to eventually widen the highway to Whatcom Road in Abbotsford.

Interior section

Several sections of Highway 1 between Revelstoke and the Alberta border are under the jurisdiction of Parks Canada.

History

The first section of the highway to be twinned was the 12-kilometre stretch in 1984–1985 through Malakwa starting 8 kilometres east of Sicamous until Oxbow Road. This remained the only four-lane stretch east of Kamloops until the 2000s.

Since the 2000s, 25 kilometres of road in the Kicking Horse Pass near Golden have been rebuilt in phases to modern standards, with four lanes and the removal of sharp corners. The final phase is due for completion in 2024.

During major floods in November 2021, sections of Highway 1 between Hope and Spences Bridge were washed away into the Thompson River. Other sections of the highway on Vancouver Island and a railroad underpass near Lytton were also damaged in the same event. As a result of the floods, which also damaged other highways in the Fraser Valley, road connections from Metro Vancouver to the rest of Canada were cut off.

Future

The Interior section of Highway 1 is considered sub-standard when compared to other highways with similar traffic volume in the U.S. or other parts of Canada. The majority of the route is a dangerous, undivided two-lane highway with sharp corners, prone to frequent closures and accidents. To address this, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has undertaken an effort to twin the highway to four-lane 100 km/h standards between Kamloops and Alberta, with a targeted completion date of 2050. Several stretches of four-lane divided highway, including the Monte Creek to Pritchard section; the four-lane portions of the Kicking Horse Canyon, the 13 km-long passing lanes near Blind Bay, and many smaller four-lane divided fragments typically 2–4 km in length, are the results of this effort. As of 2020, about 25 percent of the highway between Alberta and Kamloops has been upgraded to a divided four-lane cross-section. Several new projects have been funded and are expected to the constructed by 2023, including:

• A new 4.9 km-long four-lane divided section around Chase, involving the construction of an interchange at the town;
• A new interchange and twinned highway at the West entrance of Salmon Arm;
• A new four-lane bridge across the Shuswap River in Sicamous;
• A new rest area and a 2 km-long four-lane section in the Illecillewaet Valley;
• A 4.4 km-long twinning near Quartz Creek east of Golden;
• And upgrading the remaining 4 km-long stretch of two-lane highway in the Kicking Horse Canyon.

Major intersections

Regional District	Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Capital	Victoria	0.00	0.00		Dallas Road	Western terminus and mile zero of Trans-Canada Highway; south end of Douglas Street
		1.20	0.75		Blanshard Street (Highway 17) – Sidney, Airport (YYJ), Ferries	Northbound right-in/right-out; BC Ferries to Vancouver (Tsawwassen) and Gulf Islands
		1.30	0.81		Belleville Street (Highway 17) – Ferries	Black Ball Ferries to Port Angeles; Victoria Clipper passenger ferry to Seattle
		2.10	1.30		Johnson Street	One-way pair; access to Johnson Street Bridge
		2.20	1.37		Pandora Avenue
		3.10	1.93		Bay Street
		3.40	2.11		Gorge Road, Hillside Avenue, Government Street	Former Hwy 1A north
	Victoria–Saanich line	4.50	2.80		Tolmie Avenue; north end of City of Victoria jurisdiction
	Saanich	5.10	3.17		Saanich Road, Boleskine Road	North end of Douglas Street
		6.44	4.00		Tillicum Road	At-grade intersection, signalized; south end of freeway
		6.79	4.22		Burnside Road, Interurban Road	Southbound exit only
		7.52	4.67	6	McKenzie Avenue (Admirals Road east) to Highway 17 – Sidney, Airport, Ferries	McKenzie Avenue Interchange
	View Royal	9.59	5.96	8	Helmcken Road	Helmcken Road Interchange
		11.30	7.02	10	Colwood (Island Highway, Burnside Road)	Colwood Interchange Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former Hwy 1A south
		12.24	7.61	11	Colwood (Six Mile Road)	Thetis Interchange Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Langford	15.29	9.50	14	Highway 14 west (Veterans Memorial Parkway) / Millstream Road – Highlands, Sooke, Port Renfrew	Millstream Road Interchange
		15.94	9.90	15	McCallum Road	Northbound exit only
		16.77	10.42	16	Leigh Road/Bear Mountain Parkway	Bear Mountain Interchange
		18.29	11.36		Westshore Parkway	At-grade, signalized; north end of freeway
Cowichan Valley	​	37.88	23.54		Mill Bay Road – Ferry, Brentwood Bay	Bamberton Interchange
		40.95	25.45		Butterfield Road
	Mill Bay	42.68	26.52		Frayne Road
		43.93	27.30		Deloume Road (Highway 962:2401 east) – Brentwood Ferry
		44.47	27.63		Shawnigan / Mill Bay Road – Shawnigan Lake
	​	45.31	28.15		Cobble Hill Road, Kilmalu Road
		48.17	29.93		Hutchinson Road – Cobble Hill, Arbutus Ridge
		49.55	30.79		Fisher Road
		51.36	31.91		Cobble Hill Road, Cowichan Bay Road – Cobble Hill, Cowichan Bay
		55.24	34.32		Koksilah Road
		57.31	35.61		Bench Road
		59.19	36.78		Wilson Road, Cowichan Bay Road – Cowichan Bay	no left turns onto highway. no left turn onto Wilson
	Cowichan First Nation (Koksilah)	61.01	37.91		Allenby Road, Chaster Road
		61.56	38.25		Boys Road
	Duncan	62.35	38.74		Trunk Road – City Centre, Maple Bay
		62.56	38.87		Coronation Street
	North Cowichan	62.95	39.12		James Street
		63.66	39.56		Beverley Street
		65.74	40.85		Drinkwater Road
		67.24	41.78		Highway 18 west / Herd Road – Lake Cowichan
		69.41	43.13		Mays Road
		74.04	46.01		Mount Sicker Road (Highway 1A north) – Crofton, Saltspring Island	Hwy 1A is unsigned
		78.42	48.73		Henry Road – Chemainus, Thetis Island, Penelakut Island
	Ladysmith	84.85	52.72		Thicke Road, Edgelow Road
		88.19	54.80		Chemainus Road, Davis Road (Highway 1A south)	Hwy 1A is unsigned
		90.23	56.07		Roberts Street, Transfer Beach Boulevard
		91.16	56.64		First Avenue
	Stz'uminus First Nation	94.13	58.49		Oyster Sto-Lo Road
	​	96.54	59.99		Cedar Road – Yellow Point, Cedar
Nanaimo	Cassidy	98.02	60.91		Timberlands Road	At-grade intersection, signalized
		98.98	61.50		Spitfire Way – Airport (YCD)
		101.38	62.99		Nanaimo River Road, Fry Road	Nanaimo River Road Interchange
		103.52	64.32		Morden Road
	Nanaimo	105.75	65.71	7	Highway 19 east – Duke Point ferry terminal	Duke Point Interchange South end of Hwy 19 concurrency; BC Ferries to Vancouver (Tsawwassen)
		107.69	66.92	9	Highway 19 north (Nanaimo Parkway) / Cedar Road – Parksville, Campbell River	North end of Hwy 19 concurrency Partial-at grade intersection with northbound flyover to Hwy 19 north.
		108.13	67.19		Cranberry Avenue
		108.48	67.41		10th Street, Maki Road
		112.35	69.81		Front Street – Gabriola Island
		113.33	70.42		Comox Road
		113.61	70.59		Stewart Avenue  Terminal Avenue to Highway 19A north – Parksville, Campbell River	Hwy 1 branches northeast.
		115.67	71.87		Highway 19A north (Brechin Road) – Parksville
				Departure Bay ferry terminal
Strait of Georgia				BC Ferries from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay
Metro Vancouver	West Vancouver	0.00	0.00		To Highway 101 north – Gibsons, Powell River	Access via BC ferries; westbound access only
				Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal
		0.35	0.22		Keith Road	At-grade intersection, no westbound entrance; west end of freeway
		0.61	0.38	0	Marine Drive	Horseshoe Bay Interchange Eastbound exit only
		1.84	1.14	2	Eagleridge Drive to Marine Drive	Squamish Interchange Eastbound exit only; eastbound access to Hwy 99; westbound access via Hwy 99
		2.21	1.37	3	Highway 99 north (Sea to Sky Highway) – Squamish, Whistler	Eagle Ridge Interchange Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of Hwy 99 concurrency; westbound Hwy 1 uses exit 3
		4.29	2.67	4	Woodgreen Drive, Headland Drive
		6.95	4.32	7	Wentworth Avenue, Westmount Road
		8.54	5.31	8	Cypress Bowl Road	To Cypress Mountain Ski Area
		9.94	6.18	10	22nd Street	Eastbound exit only
		10.59	6.58	10	21st Street, Westhill Drive	No eastbound exit
		11.46	7.12	11	15th Street
		13.15	8.17	13	Taylor Way (Highway 99 south) – Vancouver, Airport	East end of Hwy 99 concurrency; former Hwy 1A east; to Lions Gate Bridge and Downtown Vancouver
	North Vancouver (District)	14.59	9.07	14	Capilano Road	To Grouse Mountain
		15.51	9.64	15	Lloyd Avenue	Westbound right-in/right-out
	North Vancouver (City)	16.75	10.41	17	Westview Drive
		17.92	11.13	18	Lonsdale Avenue
	North Vancouver (District)	19.40	12.05	19	Lynn Valley Road
		21.37	13.28	21	Mountain Highway	Signed as exit 22A for Hwy 1 west exiting before Lynn Creek Bridge
		22.17	13.78	22	Mount Seymour Parkway, Lillooet Road
		22.88	14.22	23	Main Street, Dollarton Highway	Signed as exits 23A (Main Street) and 23B (Dollarton Highway) from Hwy 1 west
	North Vancouver (District)–Vancouver line	23.09– 24.42	14.35– 15.17	Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing over Burrard Inlet
	Vancouver	25.03	15.55	25	McGill Street
				26	Highway 7A west (Hastings Street)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exits onto Cassiar Connector
		25.39– 26.13	15.78– 16.24	Cassiar Tunnel
		26.32	16.35	26	Highway 7A east (Hastings Street)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exits onto Cassiar Connector;
		27.06	16.81	27	1st Avenue, Rupert Street
	Vancouver–Burnaby line	28.02	17.41	28	Boundary Road	Eastbound to southbound exit; northbound to westbound entrance
	Burnaby	28.44	17.67	28A	Grandview Highway	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				28B	Grandview Highway	HOV-only interchange (left exit/entrance), westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				West end of HOV lanes
		29.64	18.42	29	Willingdon Avenue
		32.26	20.05	32	Sprott Street	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		33.11	20.57	33	Kensington Avenue, Canada Way	No access from Hwy 1 east to Kensington Avenue north
		37.38	23.23	37	Gaglardi Way	To Simon Fraser University
		39.11	24.30	38	Government Street	Transit-only interchange (left exit/entrance); westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Coquitlam	40.55	25.20	40	Brunette Avenue	To New Westminster and Pattullo Bridge
		43.68	27.14	44	Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway) – Burnaby, Coquitlam City Centre	Cape Horn Interchange
					Highway 7B east (Mary Hill Bypass) / United Boulevard – Maple Ridge	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; westbound exit via Hwy 7 east
	Fraser River	44.89– 46.91	27.89– 29.15	Port Mann Bridge
	Surrey	48.26	29.99	48	152 Street – Surrey City Centre	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; west end of Highway of Heroes
		49.18	30.56	49	156 Street	HOV-only interchange (left exit)
		50.10	31.13	50	104 Avenue, 160 Street – Surrey City Centre	Former toll centre for Port Mann Bridge
		53.47	33.22	53	Highway 15 south (176th Street) – USA Border Highway 17 west (South Fraser Perimeter Road) – Delta, Airport (YVR), Ferries	BC Ferries to Victoria (Swartz Bay) and Nanaimo (Duke Point)
		56.79	35.29	57	192 Street north to unsigned Hwy 916	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; no access to/from 192 Street south of interchange; eastbound access to the Golden Ears Bridge
	Langley (Township)	58.62	36.42	58	200 Street – Langley City Centre to unsigned Hwy 916	Westbound access to the Golden Ears Bridge
		59.32	36.86	59	202 Street	HOV-only interchange (left exit)
		62.12	38.60	61	216 Street	To Trinity Western University. Opened in September 2020.
				East end of HOV lanes
		65.73	40.84	66	232 Street (Highway 10 west) – Langley (city), Fort Langley
		73.25	45.52	73	264 Street (Highway 13 south) – Aldergrove, USA Border
Fraser Valley	Abbotsford	82.89	51.51	83	Fraser Hwy (Highway 1A west) – New Westminster, Surrey City Centre /Mount Lehman Road — Airport (YXX)
		86.65	53.84	87	Clearbrook Road
		90.21	56.05	90	McCallum Road
		92.96	57.76	92	Highway 11 (Sumas Way) – Mission, USA Border	Closest the Trans-Canada Highway gets to the US border in Western Canada; east end of Highway of Heroes
		95.51	59.35	95	Whatcom Road
		98.98	61.50	99	Cole Road – South Parallel Road	Rest Stop; Eastbound only
		104.52	64.95	104	No 3 Road – Yarrow, Cultus Lake
	Chilliwack	110.16	68.45	109	Yale Road West
		116.05	72.11	116	Lickman Road
		118.19	73.44	118	Evans Road	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		119.36	74.17	119	Vedder Road	Sardis Interchange; former Hwy 1A east
		120.53	74.89	120	Young Road	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		122.79	76.30	123	Prest Road
		129.21	80.29	129	Annis Road
	​	135.29	84.07	135	Highway 9 north – Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs
		138.07	85.79	138	Popkum Road – Popkum, Bridal Falls
		146.35	90.94	146	Herrling Island
		151.54	94.16	151	Peters Road
		153.72	95.52	153	Laidlaw Road – Jones Lake
	Hope	160.09	99.48	160	Hunter Creek Road, St. Elmo Road
		164.76	102.38	165	Flood-Hope Road – Hope Business Route
		167.98	104.38	168	Flood-Hope Road
		170.36	105.86	170	Highway 3 east (Crowsnest Highway) – Princeton, Penticton, Osoyoos Highway 5 north (Coquihalla Highway) – Merritt, Kelowna, Kamloops	Hwy 1 exits freeway and branches north; exit numbers continue along Hwy 5; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		171.05	106.29		Old Hope-Princeton Way (Highway 915:1300 east)	Hwy 915:1300 is unsigned; westbound (southbound) access to Hwy 3 / Hwy 5
		172.87	107.42	Water Avenue Bridge across the Fraser River
		174.26	108.28		Highway 7 west (Lougheed Highway) – Mission, Maple Ridge	Haig interchange
	​	196.72	122.24	Yale Tunnel
		200.70	124.71	Saddle Rock Tunnel
		206.96	128.60	Sailor Bar Tunnel
		214.89	133.53	Alexandra Bridge across the Fraser River
		218.90	136.02	Alexandra Tunnel
		223.58	138.93	Hell's Gate Tunnel
		223.90	139.13	Ferrabee Tunnel
		228.74	142.13	China Bar Tunnel
	Boston Bar	236.17	146.75		Boston Bar Station Road – North Bend
Thompson-Nicola	Lytton	279.51	173.68		Highway 12 north – Lillooet
	Spences Bridge	315.11	195.80		Highway 8 east – Merritt
		315.68	196.15	Spences New Bridge across the Thompson River
	​	354.17	220.07		Cornwall Road (Highway 926:0901 north) to Highway 97C – Ashcroft	Hwy 926:0901 is unsigned
		360.17	223.80		Highway 97C south – Ashcroft, Logan Lake, Merritt	South end of Hwy 97C concurrency
	Cache Creek	364.35	226.40		Highway 97 north (Cariboo Highway) – Prince George To Highway 99 – Lillooet, Vancouver (scenic route)	Hwy 1 branches east; north end of Hwy 97C concurrency; west end of Hwy 97 concurrency
	Savona	400.38	248.78	Savona Bridge (Kamloops Lake Bridge) across the Thompson River
	Kamloops	436.34	271.13	362	Highway 5 south (Coquihalla Highway) to Highway 97D / Highway 97C – Logan Lake, Merritt, Kelowna, Hope, Vancouver	West end of Hwy 5 concurrency; Hwy 1 / Hwy 97 enters freeway; exit numbers continue from Hwy 5
		440.57	273.76	366	Copperhead Drive, Lac le Jeune Road
		442.25	274.80	367	Pacific Way
		443.04	275.29	368	Highway 5A south / Hillside Way – Merritt	Aberdeen Interchange
		444.34	276.10	369	Columbia Street – City Centre	Sagebrush Interchange Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		444.92	276.46	370	Summit Drive – City Centre	Springhill Interchange Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		448.41	278.63	374	Highway 5 (YH) north – Sun Peaks, Jasper	Yellowhead Interchange East end of Hwy 5 concurrency
		448.86	278.91	375	Battle Street – City Centre	Valleyview Interchange No eastbound exit; east end of freeway
		450.09	279.67		Vicars Road
		451.92	280.81		Oriole Road
		451.73	280.69		Highland Road
		452.47	281.15		River Road
		453.42	281.74		Tanager Road
		454.28	282.28		Grand Boulevard
		457.49	284.27	384	Kipp Road, Dallas Drive, Barnhartvale Road	Interchange
		462.14	287.16	386 388	Kokanee Way	O'Connor Interchange
		465.83	289.45	390 391	Lafarge Road	Interchange
	​	471.86	293.20	396 397	Hook Road	Interchange; westbound access to Hwy 97 south (U-turn)
		474.41	294.78	399	Highway 97 south – Vernon	Monte Creek Interchange East end of Hwy 97 concurrency; no westbound exit
		485.72	301.81	411	Pritchard (Pinantan Road, Stoney Flats Road)	Interchange
	Chase	501.68	311.73		Shuswap Avenue (Business route)
		502.60	312.30		Brooke Drive	Interchange under construction
		504.06	313.21		Shuswap Avenue (Business route)
Columbia-Shuswap	​	513.21	318.89		Squilax-Anglemont Road (Highway 922:0943 north) – Adams Lake, Scotch Creek, Anglemont	Partially grade separated; Hwy 922:0943 is unsigned
	Sorrento	522.30	324.54		Notch Hill Road
	Blind Bay	528.22	328.22		Golf Course Drive, Cedar Drive	Interchange
	​	531.83	330.46		Balmoral Road, Notch Hill Road
		534.04	331.84		Broderick Creek Frontage Road, White Creek Frontage Road	Grade separated; right-in/right-out
		535.44	332.71		Broderick Creek Frontage Road, Carlin Road	Grade separated; eastbound right-in/right-out
		535.76	332.91		White Lake Road	Grade separated; westbound right-in/right-out
	Salmon Arm	551.77	342.85	478	10th Avenue SW (Highway 922:1126 south), First Nations Road, 42nd Street SW	Interchange
		557.49	346.41		21st Street NE	Eastbound exit and entrance
		557.92	346.68		11th Avenue NE (to 21st Street NE)	Westbound exit and entrance
		558.21	346.86		30th Street NE
		559.84	347.87		Highway 97B south – Vernon
	Sicamous	586.68	364.55		Highway 97A south – Vernon
	Revelstoke	656.38	407.86		Highway 23 south – Galena Bay, Nakusp	West end of Hwy 23 concurrency
		656.93	408.20	Revelstoke Bridge across the Columbia River
		657.39	408.48		Victoria Road – City Centre
		657.82	408.75		Highway 23 north – Mica Creek	East end Hwy 23 concurrency
	​	658.73	409.32		Meadows-in-the-Sky Parkway – Mount Revelstoke National Park	Interchange
Mount Revelstoke National Park	​	675.38– 687.60	419.66– 427.25	Passes through Mount Revelstoke National Park
Columbia-Shuswap	​	703.17	436.93	Jack MacDonald Snowshed
		704.02	437.46	Twins Snowshed
		704.78	437.93	Lanark Snowshed
Glacier National Park	​	705.41	438.32	West end of Glacier National Park
		725.27	450.66	Rogers Pass – 1,330 m (4,360 ft)
		729.56	453.33	Bench Snowshed
		730.46	453.89	Len's Snowshed
		730.96	454.20	Tupper #1 Snowshed
		731.75	454.69	Tupper #2 Snowshed
		732.33	455.05	Tupper Timber Snowshed
		749.90	465.97	East end of Glacier National Park
Columbia-Shuswap	​			East end of Pacific Time Zone • West end of Mountain Time Zone
		779.63	484.44	Donald Bridge across the Columbia River
	Golden	806.13	500.91		Highway 95 south – Radium Hot Springs, Cranbrook	To Kicking Horse Resort ski area
		807.53	501.78	780	Golden View Road, Golden Donald Upper Road, Lafontaine Road	Interchange
	​	818.44	508.56	Park Bridge across the Kicking Horse River
		830.22	515.87		Wapta Road, Beaverfoot Road	Interchange
Yoho National Park	​	830.65	516.14	West end of Yoho National Park
	Field	860.09	534.44		Field Access Road
	​	873.42	542.72		Lake O'Hara Road	Former Hwy 1A
		877.29	545.12	Kicking Horse Pass – 1,627 m (5,338 ft)
					Highway 1 (TCH) east – Banff, Calgary	Continental Divide; continues into Alberta and Banff National Park
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       HOV only       Incomplete access        Tolled       Route transition       Unopened

Notes

1. BC 19 exit number; southbound only
2. BC 19 exit number; northbound only
3. ^ Eastbound exit number
4. ^ Westbound exit number

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial highways

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