British Columbia Highway 3B
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Highway 3B is an alternate loop to the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) between Nancy Greene Lake and an area called Meadows, just west of Erie on the Crowsnest. Originally, Highway 3B went between Nancy Greene Lake to Trail, where the Crowsnest picked up the route to the Meadows area. One of its original component sections, the Rossland and Nancy Greene Lake was opened on the 1st of October 1965 at a cost of $3.5 million (equivalent to $34.4 million in 2022) <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Originally, Highway 3B only went between Nancy Greene Lake and Trail, where the Crowsnest picked up the route to the Meadows area.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> However, in 1978, Highway 3 was re-routed off the present-day Highway 3B alignment east of Trail because a new segment of Highway 3 between Castlegar and Meadows was opened.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Route details
Highway 3B's western terminus is at the Crowsnest Highway near Nancy Greene Lake. The route travels Template:Convert southeast to the village of Rossland, where Highway 22 merges onto Highway 3B. The two highways share the route for the next Template:Convert east to Trail, where Highway 22 diverges north, with Highway 22A following Highway 3B east for Template:Convert to its departure just west of the village of Montrose for the Waneta border crossing. Highway 3B proceeds northeast for Template:Convert, through the villages of Montrose and Fruitvale, to the location of Meadows, where it again meets up with the Crowsnest.
Major intersections
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See also
External links
- Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia by British Columbia Driving & Transportation