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The speed limit is 100 km/h (62 mph) for the most part except in towns, where it can drop as low as 50 km/h (31 mph). Traffic volume on this section of highway is low compared to the Coquihalla and Kamloops sections of Highway 5. In its whole length there is only one traffic signal, which is in the town of Valemount. Services for drivers are ...
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
Highway 5A is Highway 5's pre-1986 alignment south of Kamloops. Unlike the main route, a section of BC Highway 5 known as the Coquihalla, which is a twinned highway consisting of at least 4 lanes at any given point, the 182 km (113 mi) long Highway 5A is only two lanes, with one four lane section between Highway 5 and Highway 97C (known as the Okanagan Connector), lasting along BC Highway 5A ...
Highway 5 (Coquihalla Highway) – Kamloops, Vancouver: Coldwater interchange (Hwy 5 exit 286) West end of Hwy 5A concurrency; east end of Hwy 8 concurrency: 110.02: 68.36: To Highway 5A north / Voght Street: Former west end of Hwy 5A concurrency: Lower Nicola: 114.88: 71.38: Highway 8 west (Nicola Highway) – Spences Bridge
Highway 8, known as the Nicola Highway, is an alternate route to Highway 97C between Highway 1 and the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Highway 8 was first numbered in 1953, and very little about the highway changed between that year and 2021, when large segments of the highway were washed out by floods .
Coquihalla Summit (el. 1,244 m or 4,081 ft) is a highway summit along the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, Canada. [1] It is the highest point on the highway between the cities of Hope and Merritt .
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. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] 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.
Yak Peak is a granite summit located adjacent the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia north of Hope. [2] The mountain lies less than one km from a highway rest area, and is easily visible from a long stretch of the highway just south of the summit. It is known for some fine granite rock climbing routes, notably Yak Crack.