British Columbia Highway 29
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox road Highway 29, known locally as Don Philips Way, is a shortcut route from the John Hart Highway to the Alaska Highway in the Peace River Regional District. It is also the main access to the coal mining community of Tumbler Ridge, as well as the W. A. C. Bennett Dam facility near Hudson's Hope. The highway gained its '29' designation from Chetwynd north to Hudson's Hope in 1967, and then seventeen years later, the road from Chetwynd south to Tumbler Ridge was given the same number.
Route details
In Tumbler Ridge, the Template:Convert long Highway 29 starts at a junction with Highway 52, and travels north northwest for Template:Convert to its junction with the John Hart Highway at Chetwynd. It follows the John Hart Highway through Chetwynd for Template:Convert east, then turns northwest for Template:Convert past Moberly Lake to Hudson's Hope, where a connector road to the W. A. C. Bennett Dam begins. Template:Convert northeast of Hudson's Hope, Highway 29 finally meets the Alaska Highway north of Fort St. John near Charlie Lake.
Major intersections
From south to north. Template:BCinttop Template:BCint Template:BCint Template:BCint Template:Jctbridge Template:BCint Template:BCint Template:Jctbtm
External links
- Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia by British Columbia Driving & Transportation