Fraser Highway

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Fleetwood Town Centre (Fraser Hwy).jpg
Looking east along Fraser Highway near 160 Street
Route information
Maintained byTransLink, City of Abbotsford
Length38 km[1] (24 mi)
Major junctions
West endKing George Boulevard in Surrey
Major intersections Hwy 15 (176 Street)
Hwy 10 (Langley Bypass)
Hwy 13 (264 Street)
East end Hwy 1 (TCH) / Maclure Road in Abbotsford
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Regional districtsMetro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

Fraser Highway is a 38-kilometer-long (24 mi) major arterial road in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Connecting the cities of Surrey and Abbotsford, the highway formerly constituted a major portion of British Columbia Highway 1A until the latter was decommissioned in 2006. The highway is named for the Fraser River and the Fraser Valley, which are in turn named for the explorer Simon Fraser.

The road was one of the first motor highways in British Columbia, being formed from portions of the Old Yale wagon road in the 1920s, and was known as the Inter-Provincial Highway[2] but its importance as an east-west corridor was diminished with the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway in the 1960s. Nonetheless, it remains an important thoroughfare. Running roughly parallel to the Trans-Canada Highway, it is often used as an alternative or feeder route for it.

Route description

The Fraser Highway runs in a generally southeast-northwest direction, roughly paralleling the Trans Canada Highway to the north of it. It alternates back and forth between one lane each direction (total of 2 lanes) to two lanes each direction (total of 4 lanes) between rural and urban surroundings.

Its western terminus is at King George Boulevard and 98th Avenue in the Whalley Town Centre of Surrey, just south of the King George SkyTrain Station. From there, it passes through the mixed residential, commercial, and rural neighbourhoods of Green Timbers, Fleetwood, and Cloverdale.

Leaving Surrey, the route bisects the City of Langley, before entering the more rural neighbourhoods of Murrayville, and Aldergrove in Langley Township.

The eastern terminus is at the Trans-Canada Highway, just east of Mount Lehman Road, in the Clearbrook neighbourhood of Abbotsford.

Major intersections

Regional DistrictLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Metro VancouverSurrey0.00.098 AvenueContinues west
King George BoulevardFormer Hwy 99A; former Hwy 1A continued on King George Boulevard
1.40.8796 Avenue
3.62.2152 Street
4.32.788 Avenue
9.45.8 Hwy 15 (176 Street / Pacific Highway) – Hwy 1, U.S. Border Hwy 1A current western terminus; west end of Hwy 1A concurrency[3]
Langley (city)5.23.2 Hwy 1A east / Hwy 10 (Langley Bypass) to Hwy 1 (TCH) – Hope, Surrey, Ferries, Airport (YVR)East end of Hwy 1A concurrency
15.29.4200 Street
16.310.1Glover Road / 204 StreetWest end of eastbound one-way
16.710.4206 StreetEast end of eastbound one-way
17.310.7 Hwy 1A west (Langley Bypass) / 208 StreetWest end of Hwy 1A concurrency
Langley (township)18.811.7216 StreetAccess to Langley Regional Airport
29.318.2 Hwy 13 (264 Street) – Hwy 1, U.S. Border, Bellingham Hwy 1A current eastern terminus; east end of Hwy 1A concurrency[3]
Fraser ValleyAbbotsford37.4–
37.7
23.2–
23.4
Hwy 1 (TCH) / Mount Lehman Road – Vancouver, Hope, Airport (YXX)Exit 83 on Hwy 1; former Hwy 1A eastern terminus
Maclure RoadContinues east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Google (September 30, 2020). "Fraser Highway in Greater Vancouver" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Inter-Provincial Highway". Opposite the City. December 14, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Landmark Kilometre Inventory (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (Report). Cypher Consulting. July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-09-14.