List of British Columbia provincial highways

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The Canadian province of British Columbia has a system of numbered highways that travel between various cities and regions with onward connections to neighboring provinces and U.S. states. The numbering scheme, announced in March 1940,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> includes route numbers that reflect United States Numbered Highways that continue south of the Canada–United States border.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Highway 1 is numbered in accordance with other routes on the Trans-Canada Highway system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Major routes

East–west

North–south

  • The Island Highway (Highway 19) is an extension of Highway 1 on Vancouver Island. It runs from Nanaimo and provides access to all points northbound on Vancouver Island, including Parksville, Courtenay, Comox, Campbell River, and Port Hardy.
  • The Patricia Bay Highway (Highway 17) starts in Victoria and heads northward through Saanich to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. Recently, there was a gap between the segments of Highway 17 (now filled in with the SFPR), as the Mainland portion was designated as Highway 17A. The new South Fraser Perimeter Road has been named as Highway 17, and presently is open in Delta and Surrey between Highway 17a and Highway 15.
  • Highway 99 starts as an extension of Interstate 5 at the Canada–US border in Surrey as a freeway until entering the city of Vancouver. There it becomes a series of various heavily signalized major city core thoroughfares, notably Granville Street and Georgia Street. After crossing the Lions Gate Bridge, the highway - now known as the Sea-to-Sky Highway, is a two-to-four lane route that accesses Squamish and Whistler, before veering east and meeting with Highway 97 north of Cache Creek.
  • The Coquihalla/Southern Yellowhead Highway (Highway 5) is a freeway that bypasses the slower Fraser Canyon portion of the Trans Canada Highway, connecting the cities of Hope, Merritt, and Kamloops. The segment between Hope and Merritt was a toll highway until 2008. North of Kamloops, the route is known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway, and meets up with the main route of the Yellowhead Highway near the Alberta border.
  • Highway 97 is the longest highway in the province. The highway starts at the Canada–US border near Osoyoos. The highway, here known as the Okanagan Highway, passes through the major Okanagan Valley cities of Penticton, West Kelowna, Kelowna, and Vernon, before ending in Kamloops. From Kamloops, it is known as the Cariboo Highway, and passes through Cache Creek, Williams Lake, Quesnel, and ends in Prince George. North from there, it is known as the John Hart Highway, and ends in Dawson Creek. From there, the highway then is known as the famed Alaska Highway, and travels northwest through the province until it reaches the Yukon border.

Route list

List is current as of May 2017, according to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=inventory>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All routes are signed with the standard "BC Primary Highway Marker" shield, except where stated as "Unsigned", signed under a street name, signed with the Trans-Canada, Yellowhead, Crowsnest, or Nisga'a route marker, or cosigned with any combination of the above, in the "Notes" column.

Route Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Local name(s) Opened Removed Notes
 Highway 1 (TCH) 116 72 Victoria Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo Trans-Canada Highway (Vancouver Island section), Douglas Street, Island Highway, Esplanade, Nicol Street, Terminal Avenue, Stewart Avenue 1941 Current Vancouver Island section; signed with the TCH marker.
 Highway 1 (TCH) 993 617 Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver Highway 1 (TCH) at Alberta border at Kicking Horse Pass Trans-Canada Highway (Mainland section), Upper-Levels Highway, "The Number 1", Highway of Heroes, "The Fraser Canyon" 1941 Current Mainland section; signed with the TCH marker. Passes through Greater Vancouver and Kamloops.
 Highway 1 122 76 Nanaimo Kelsey Bay Island Highway 1941 1953 Passed through Courtenay and Campbell River. Section replaced by Highway 19 in 1953.
 Highway 1A 17 11 Highway 1 (TCH) in North Cowichan Highway 1 (TCH) south of Ladysmith Chemainus Road, Mt. Sicker Road 1950 Current Route is unsigned. Old alignment of Highway 1 north of Mt. Sicker Road.
 Highway 1A 16 10 Highway 1 in Victoria Highway 1 near Langford Gorge Road, Admirals Road, Old Island Highway, Goldstream Avenue 1956 Template:Circa 1990s Former Highway 1 in Victoria
 Highway 1A 16 10 Former Highway 1 in Parksville Port Alberni Alberni Highway 1942 1953 Replaced by Highway 4.
 Highway 1A 4 2 Highway 1 in West Vancouver Highway 99 in Vancouver Taylor Way, Marine Drive, Stanley Park Causeway, Georgia Street 1972 2016 Old alignment of Highway 1 through West Vancouver, Stanley Park, and Downtown Vancouver via Lions Gate Bridge.
 Highway 1A 28 17 Highway 99 in Vancouver Highway 1 in Abbotsford Kingsway, 10th Avenue, McBride Boulevard, King George Boulevard, Fraser Highway 1972 Current Old alignment of Highway 1 through Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey (via Pattullo Bridge), and Abbotsford.
 Highway 1A 18 11 Highway 1 in Chilliwack Highway 9 near Popkum Vedder Road, Old Yale Road 1972 Template:Circa 1990s Old alignment of Highway 1 through Chilliwack.
 Highway 1B 94 58 Highway 95 in Radium Hot Springs Alberta border at Vermilion Pass Banff–Windermere Parkway 1941 1959 Replaced by Highway 93
Highway 1C 18 11 Hwy 1A in New Westminster Main Street, Vancouver Canada Way, Grandview Highway, Grandview-Douglas Highway — 1968 Alternate route to Hwy 1.

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 Highway 2 42 26 Highway 97 in Dawson Creek Highway 43 at Alberta border near Tupper Alaska Avenue, 8 Street, Dawson Creek–Tupper Highway, 50th Street, 50th Avenue 1941 Current —
 Highway 2 845 525 Highway 1 in Cache Creek Dawson Creek Cariboo Highway, John Hart Highway 1941 1962 Passed through Prince George. Cosigned with Highway 97 from 1953 to 1962 before the Highway 2 was removed.
  Highway 3 838 521 Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope Highway 3 at Alberta border at Crowsnest Pass Crowsnest Highway, Hope–Princeton Highway 1941 Current Signed with the "Crowsnest" marker.
 Highway 3 108 67 Cascade City Castlegar Southern Interprovincial Highway, Santa Rosa Road 1941 Template:Circa 1962 Cascade City – Rossland section decommissioned; Rossland – Castlegar section replaced by Highway 22.
File:BC-3A.svg Highway 3A 32 20 Highway 3 in Keremeos Highway 97 near Kaleden — 1965 Current Old alignment of Highway 3; Template:Cvt concurrency with Highway 97 between Kaleden and Osoyoos was dropped in the 2000s.
File:BC-3A.svg Highway 3A 154 96 Highway 3 in Castlegar Highway 3 in Creston Vernon Street, Ward Street, Front Street, Anderson Street, Nelson Avenue 1964 Current Old alignment of Highway 3; passes through Nelson and Kootenay Lake Ferry.
File:BC-3A.svg Highway 3A 81 50 Former Highway 3 in Trail Highway 6 / former Highway 3 in Nelson — Template:Circa 1953 Template:Circa 1964 Cosigned with Highway 6 between Salmo and Nelson; replaced by sections of Highway 3B and Highway 3.
File:BC-3A.svg Highway 3A 46 29 Highway 3 in Keremeos Highway 97 in Osoyoos Richter Pass Highway 1965 c. 1967 Replaced by rerouting of Highway 3
File:BC-3B.svg Highway 3B 68 42 Highway 3 near Nancy Greene Provincial Park Highway 3 near Erie Victoria Street, Bailey Street, 10th Avenue, Kootenay Avenue, Main Street 1967 Current Old alignment of Highway 3 and Highway 3A; passes through Rossland and Trail.
File:BC-4.svg Highway 4 162 101 Tofino Highway 19 near Qualicum Beach First Street, Campbell Street, Pacific Rim Highway, River Road, Johnston Road, Alberni Highway, Surf Highway 1953 Current Passes through Port Alberni.
File:BC-4.svg Highway 4 263 163 Highway 3 in Cranbrook Highway 1 in Golden — 1941 Template:Circa 1952 Replaced by Highway 95.
File:BC-4A.svg Highway 4A 10 6 Highway 4 near Coombs Highway 19 near Parksville Old Alberni Highway 1996 Current Old alignment of Highway 4.
File:BC-4A.svg Highway 4A 6 4 Highway 4 near Coombs Highway 19 in Qualicum Beach — 1968 1996 Replaced by Highway 4.
File:BC-5 (Yellowhead).svg Highway 5 543 337 Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope Highway 16 (TCH) near Tête Jaune Cache Southern Yellowhead Highway, Coquihalla Highway (Kamloops–Hope) 1953 Current Passes through Merritt and Kamloops; signed with the "Yellowhead" marker.
File:BC-5 (old).svg Highway 5 184 114 Highway 3 (now Highway 3A) at Kaleden Highway 1 near Salmon Arm — 1941 1953 Replaced by Highway 97 and Highway 97A.
File:BC-5A.svg Highway 5A 182 113 Highway 3 in Princeton Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 5 / Highway 97 in Kamloops Tapton Avenue, Princeton-Kamloops Highway, Okanagan Connector, Nicola Avenue, Voght Street 1986 Current Old alignment of Highway 5.
File:BC-6.svg Highway 6 406 252 SR 31 at U.S. border near Nelway Highway 97 in Vernon Nelson Nelway Highway, Railway Avenue, Ymir Road, Lake Avenue, Union Street, Kootenay Street, 6th Avenue, Broadway Street, Vernon Street, 25 Avenue 1941 Current —
File:BC-6.svg Highway 6 81 50 Highway 5 (now Highway 97) near Vernon Highway 1 at Monte Creek — 1941 1953 Passed through Falkland; replaced by Highway 97.<ref name=1951_map>Template:Cite map</ref>
File:BC-7.svg Highway 7 150 93 Highway 99 in Vancouver Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope Broadway, Lougheed Highway, Haney Bypass, Railway Avenue/1st Avenue 1941 Current —
File:BC-7A.svg Highway 7A 26 16 Highway 99 near Vancouver Highway 7 in Coquitlam West Pender Street, Burrard Street, Hastings Street, Inlet Drive, Saint Johns Street, Barnet Highway/Barnet Road 1953 1999 Old alignment of Highway 7.
File:BC-7B.svg Highway 7B 7 4 Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 7 in Coquitlam Highway 7 in Coquitlam Mary Hill Bypass 1996 Current —
File:BC-8.svg Highway 8 69 43 Highway 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge Highway 5 / Highway 5A / Highway 97C in Merritt Nicola Highway 1953 Current —
File:BC-9.svg Highway 9 16 10 Highway 1 (TCH) at Bridal Falls Harrison Hot Springs Agassiz–Rosedale Highway, Hot Springs Road 1953 Current Old alignment of Highway 7 north of Agassiz
File:BC-10.svg Highway 10 27 17 Highway 91 in Delta Highway 1 (TCH) in Langley 58 Ave, 56 Ave, Langley Bypass, Glover Road, Springbrook Road 1953 Current Template:Cvt section between Highway 91 and Highway 17A decommissioned in 2003.
File:BC-11.svg Highway 11 17 11 SR 9 at U.S. border in Abbotsford Highway 7 in Mission Abbotsford–Mission Highway, Sumas Way 1958 Current —
File:BC-12.svg Highway 12 150 93 Highway 1 (TCH) in Lytton Highway 99 in Lillooet Lytton–Lillooet Highway 1953 Current Template:Cvt section between Lillooet and Highway 97 became part Highway 99 in 1992.
File:BC-13.svg Highway 13 12 7 SR 539 at U.S. border in Langley Highway 1 (TCH) in Langley 264th Street 1958 Current —
File:BC-14.svg Highway 14 103 64 Highway 1 (TCH) in Langford Port Renfrew Veterans Memorial Parkway, Sooke Road, Juan de Fuca Highway, West Coast Road 1953 Current —
File:BC-15.svg Highway 15 20 12 SR 543 at U.S. border in Surrey Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 17 in Surrey Pacific Highway, 176th Street 1958 Current Formerly numbered as Highway 99A
Template:Nowrap 101 63 Masset Skidegate Ferry Terminal Yellowhead Highway (Haida Gwaii section), Trans-Canada Highway (Haida Gwaii section) 1984 Current Signed with Trans-Canada and Yellowhead markers.
Template:Nowrap 1,072 666 Prince Rupert ferry terminal Highway 16 (TCH) at Alberta border at Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Highway (Mainland section), Trans-Canada Highway (Mainland section), Highway of Tears 1953 Current Passes through Prince George. Signed with Trans-Canada and Yellowhead markers.
File:BC-17.svg Highway 17 33 21 Victoria Swartz Bay ferry terminal Belleville Street, Blanshard Street/Vernon Avenue, Patricia Bay Highway 1960 Current —
File:BC-17.svg Highway 17 44 27 Tsawwassen ferry terminal Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 15 in Surrey Tsawwassen Highway, South Fraser Perimeter Road 1960 Current —
File:BC-17A.svg Highway 17A 6 4 Highway 17 in Delta Highway 99 in Delta Tsawwassen Highway 2012 Current Old alignment of Highway 17.
File:BC-17A.svg Highway 17A 5 3 Highway 17 in Saanich Highway 7 in North Saanich West Saanich Road, Wain Road 1962 2002 —
File:BC-18.svg Highway 18 26 16 Lake Cowichan Highway 1 (TCH) in Duncan Cowichan Valley Highway 1953 Current —
File:BC-19.svg Highway 19 377 234 Duke Point ferry terminal near Nanaimo Bear Cove ferry terminal near Port Hardy Duke Point Highway, Nanaimo Parkway, Inland Island Highway, Ginger Goodwin Way, Tamarac Street/Willow Street, Island Highway, Bear Cove Highway 1953 Current —
File:BC-19A.svg Highway 19A 12 7 Highway 1 (TCH) in Nanaimo Highway 19 in Nanaimo Terminal Avenue, (Old) Island Highway 1996 Current Old alignment of Highway 19 through Nanaimo (business route).
File:BC-19A.svg Highway 19A 123 76 Highway 19 near Parksville. Highway 19 / Highway 28 in Campbell River. (Old) Island Highway, Oceanside Route, Cliffe Avenue 1996 Current Old alignment of Highway 19.
File:BC-20.svg Highway 20 457 284 Bella Coola Highway 97 in Williams Lake Chilcotin Highway, Alexander MacKenzie Highway 1953 Current —
File:BC-21.svg Highway 21 14 9 SH-1 at U.S. border at Rykerts Highway 3 near Creston Creston–Rykerts Highway 1964 Current —
File:BC-22.svg Highway 22 46 29 SR 25 at U.S. border at Paterson Highway 3 near Castlegar Schofield Highway 1964 Current Old alignment of Highway 3 between Rossland and Castlegar.
File:BC-22A.svg Highway 22A 11 7 U.S. border at Waneta Highway 3B near Montrose Waneta Highway 1967 Current —
File:BC-23.svg Highway 23 248 154 Highway 6 near Nakusp Mica Dam Canyon Road N, 6 Ave NW 1964 Current Old alignment of Highway 1 north of Revelstoke.
File:BC-24.svg Highway 24 97 60 Highway 97 near 93 Mile House Highway 5 at Little Fort Interlakes Highway 1967 Current —
File:BC-25.svg Highway 25 59 37 Kitimat Highway 16 near Terrace — 1967 1986 Replaced by Highway 37.
File:BC-26.svg Highway 26 82 51 Highway 97 in Quesnel Barkerville Barkerville Highway, Main Street 1967 Current —
File:BC-27.svg Highway 27 53 33 Highway 16 (TCH) in Vanderhoof Fort St. James Stuart Lake Highway 1967 Current —
File:BC-28.svg Highway 28 89 55 Gold River Highway 19 / Highway 19A in Campbell River Gold River Highway 1970 Current —
File:BC-29.svg Highway 29 236 147 Highway 52 in Tumbler Ridge Highway 97 near Charlie Lake Don Phillips Way 1967 Current —
File:BC-30.svg Highway 30 30 19 Port Alice Highway 19 between Port Hardy and Port McNeill Port Alice Road — — —
File:BC-31.svg Highway 31 175 109 Highway 3A in Balfour Highway 23 near Galena Bay Balfour-Kaslo-Galena Bay Highway 1973 Current —
File:BC-31A.svg Highway 31A 47 29 Highway 6 in New Denver Highway 31 in Kaslo 6 Avenue, Victoria Street, Washington Street, A Avenue 1973 Current —
File:BC-33.svg Highway 33 129 80 Highway 3 in Rock Creek Highway 97 in Kelowna Kelowna-Rock Creek Highway 1970 Current —
File:BC-35.svg Highway 35 23 14 Francois Lake Highway 16 (TCH) at Burns Lake North Francois Highway 1973 Current —
File:BC-37.svg Highway 37 879 546 Kitimat Highway 37 at Yukon border near Upper Liard, YK Stewart–Cassiar Highway, Stikine Highway, Dease Lake Highway 1975 Current Old alignment of Highway 25 south of Terrace. Ends at the Alaska Highway, Template:Cvt north of the BC / Yukon border.
File:BC-37A.svg Highway 37A 65 40 U.S. Border at Stewart and Hyder, Alaska Highway 37 at Meziadin Junction Stewart Highway, Glacier Highway 1984 Current —
File:BC-39.svg Highway 39 29 18 Highway 97 near of McLeod Lake Mackenzie Mackenzie Boulevard 1975 Current —
File:BC-41.svg Highway 41 1.3 0.8 SR 21 at U.S. border at Carson Highway 3 near Grand Forks Danville Highway 1968 Current Shortest officially numbered highway in BC.
File:BC-43.svg Highway 43 35 22 Highway 3 in Sparwood Elkford Elk Valley Highway 1983 Current —
File:BC-49.svg Highway 49 16 10 Highway 2 in Dawson Creek Highway 49 at Alberta border near Dawson Creek Spirit River Highway, Northern Woods and Water Route 1975 Current —
File:BC-52.svg Highway 52 243 151 Highway 97 at Arras Highway 2 at Tupper Heritage Highway 1988 Current —
File:BC-77.svg Highway 77 138 86 Highway 97 near of Fort Nelson Highway 7 at NWT border near Fort Liard, NWT Liard Highway 1986 Current —
File:BC-91.svg Highway 91 23 14 Highway 99 in Delta Highway 99 in Richmond Annacis Highway, Richmond Freeway, East-West Connector 1986 Current Connects with Alex Fraser Bridge.
File:BC-91A.svg Highway 91A 3.5 2.2 Highway 91 in Richmond Marine Way in New Westminster Queensborough Connector 1986 Current —
File:BC-93.svg Highway 93 321 199 US 93 at U.S. border at Roosville Highway 93 at Alberta border at Vermilion Pass Banff–Windermere Highway, Kootenay Highway 1958 Current —
File:BC-95.svg Highway 95 329 204 US 95 at U.S. border at Kingsgate Highway 1 (TCH) in Golden Kootenay–Columbia Highway 1957 Current —
File:BC-95A.svg Highway 95A 55 34 Highway 3 / Highway 95 in Cranbrook Highway 93 / Highway 95 near Wasa Kimberley Highway 1968 Current Old alignment of Highway 95 through Kimberley.
File:BC-97.svg Highway 97 2,081 1,293 US 97 at U.S. border near Osoyoos Highway 1 at Yukon border near Lower Post Okanagan Highway, Cariboo Highway, John Hart Highway, Alaska Highway 1953 Current Passes through Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George, Dawson Creek, and Fort St. John. Most of the highway north of Fort St. John is managed by Public Works Canada. Longest officially numbered highway in BC.
File:BC-97A.svg Highway 97A 65 40 Highway 97 near Vernon Highway 1 (TCH) in Sicamous Vernon-Sicamous Highway, Young Street 1962 Current —
File:BC-97A.svg Highway 97A 47 29 Highway 97 near Vernon Highway 1 in Salmon Arm — 1953 1957 Old alignment of Highway 5, replaced by Highway 97E.
File:BC-97A.svg Highway 97A 10 6 Highway 97 near Prince George Highway 16 near Prince George Old Cariboo Highway 1963 Template:Circa 2000s Old alignment of Highway 97.
File:BC-97A.svg Highway 97A 3 2 Highway 16 in downtown Prince George Highway 97 near Prince George — — Template:Circa 1990s Old alignment of Highway 97.
File:BC-97B.svg Highway 97B 14 9 Highway 97A near Grindrod Highway 1 (TCH) in Salmon Arm Grindrod-Salmon Arm Highway 1962 Current —
File:BC-97C.svg Highway 97C 224 139 Highway 97 near Peachland Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 97 in Cache Creek Okanagan Connector, Coquihalla Connector, Harvey Avenue 1990 Current Passes through Merritt.
File:BC-97D.svg Highway 97D 28 17 Highway 97C near Logan Lake Highway 5 near Lac le Jeune Meadow Creek Road 2005 Current —
File:BC-97E.svg Highway 97E 132 82 Highway 97 / Highway 97W near Vernon Highway 1 / Highway 97 / Highway 97W at Monte Creek — 1957 1962 Passed through Armstrong and Salmon Arm; cosigned with Highway 1 between Salmon Arm and Monte Creek. Old alignment of Highway 5, replaced by Highway 97A and Highway 97B.
File:BC-97W.svg Highway 97W 81 50 Highway 97 / Highway 97E near Vernon Highway 1 / Highway 97 / Highway 97E at Monte Creek — 1957 1962 Passed through Falkland; replaced by Highway 97.
File:BC-99.svg Highway 99 377 234 I-5 at U.S. border at Douglas Highway 97 near Cache Creek Vancouver-Blaine Highway, Fraser Delta Thruway, Oak Street, 41st Avenue/70th Avenue, Granville Street, Howe Street/Seymour Street, Georgia Street, Stanley Park Causeway, Lions Gate Bridge Road, Marine Drive, Taylor Way, Upper-Levels Highway, Sea to Sky Highway, Squamish Highway, Whistler Highway, Pemberton Portage Road, Lillooet Lake Road, Duffey Lake Road 1942 Current Passes through Greater Vancouver and Whistler.
File:BC-99A.svg Highway 99A 15 9 U.S. border in Surrey Former Highway 99 (King George Highway) in Surrey Pacific Highway 1942 1958 Portion cosigned with Highway 1; replaced by Highway 15.
File:BC-99A.svg Highway 99A 18 11 Former Highway 99 (Main Street) in Vancouver Former Highway 1 / Highway 99 in New Westminster Grandview Highway 1942 1962
File:BC-99A.svg Highway 99A 50 31 Highway 99 in Surrey Highway 99 in Vancouver King George Highway, Kingsway 1973 2006 Old alignment of Highway 99.
File:BC-99B.svg Highway 99B 30 19 Highway 10 in Delta Highway 1 / Highway 99 in Vancouver Deas (Island) Throughway 1959 1962 Replace by Highway 499 (now Highway 99).
File:BC-101.svg Highway 101 152 94 Langdale Ferry Terminal Lund Sunshine Coast Highway, Pan-American Highway 1962 Current —
File:BC-113.svg Highway 113 169 105 Highway 16 (TCH) near Terrace Ging̱olx Nisga'a Highway 2006 Current Signed with the Nisga'a route marker.
File:BC-118.svg Highway 118 50 31 Highway 16 (TCH) near Topley Granisle Topley Landing Road 2003 Current Route also signed as Topley Landing Road.
File:BC-395.svg Highway 395 4 2 US 395 at U.S. border at Cascade Highway 3 near Christina Lake — 1973 Current —
File:BC-401 (TCH).svg Hwy 401 (TCH) 122 76 Highway 1 / Highway 99 in West Vancouver Highway 1 / Highway 9 at Bridal Falls Trans-Canada Highway 1964 1973 Replaced by Highway 1.
File:BC-499.svg Highway 499 49 30 Highway 99 in Surrey Highway 99 in Downtown Vancouver Deas (Island) Throughway 1964 1973 Replaced by Highway 99.
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Unnumbered highways

The following routes are maintained by the Ministry of Transportation as part of British Columbia's highway system, but they are Currently unnumbered.

Unofficial numbers

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Pseudo routes

Provincially maintained routes which are unnumbered. Route numbers are unsigned and internally referred to as "pseudo-numbers". Pseudo-numbers start with a 9, followed by a two-digit number designating a "transportation district", a colon, and then a four-digit number derived from the province's Landmark Kilometre Inventory system.<ref name=inventory/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Routelist top Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist bottom

Yukon highways in British Columbia

The following routes are within British Columbia but are considered part of the Yukon highway system. Although the Alaska Highway crosses the 60th parallel north, and thus the border with the Yukon, nine times (including six crossings between historic miles 588 and 596), the highway route number changes just once, between Lower Post, British Columbia, and Watson Lake, Yukon. The Yukon section east of here is maintained by Public Works Canada as part of the B.C. portion of Highway 97, while the B.C. section west of here is maintained by the Yukon Government as part of Yukon Highway 1. Template:Routelist top Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist row Template:Routelist bottom

Defunct route numbers

The first two freeways built in British Columbia were given 400-series numbers, much like the 400-Series Highways in Ontario. Highways 401 and 499 were renumbered 1 and 99 respectively in 1973. The section of Highway 37 between Terrace and Kitimat was known as Highway 25 until 1986. In recent years, many routes have been devolved to regional and/or municipal authorities and have lost their official highway status, notably the Fraser Highway in the Lower Mainland (formerly part of Highway 1A) and West Saanich Road on Vancouver Island (formerly Highway 17A). Also King George Highway through Surrey was renamed by the City in 2010 to King George Boulevard. (formerly British Columbia Highway 99A).

Defunct lettering system

Prior to 1940, British Columbia classified its major roads with letters.<ref name=map_1939>Template:Cite map</ref> Ultimately, in 1939 or early 1940, a decision was made by the Department of Public Works (now the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure) to replace the lettering system with the familiar number system. This transition took place during the 1940/1941 fiscal year and led to the installation of route markers along multiple highways.<ref>Template:Cite report </ref>

Route Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Local name(s) Notes
A 1,286 799 Port Alberni
Vancouver 		Parksville
Alberta border at Crowsnest Pass 		Template:Nowrap Vancouver Island and mainland section; split in the Lower Mainland with branches followed the north and south shores of the Fraser River. Replaced by present-day Hwy 4, Hwy 19, Hwy 1, Hwy 7, Hwy 8, Hwy 5A, and Hwy 3.
B 945 587 Bella Coola
Cache Creek 		Williams Lake
Alberta border at Kicking Horse Pass 		Central Trans-Provincial Highway Incomplete section between Bella Coola and Redstone; connected by Route S (present-day Hwy 97). Replaced by present-day Hwy 20, Hwy 1, and Hwy 23.
C 996 619 Prince Rupert Tête Jaune Cache
(incomplete extension to Alberta border at Yellowhead Pass) 		Northern Trans-Provincial Highway Replaced by present-day Hwy 16.
N 348 216 Victoria Kelsey Bay Island Highway Replaced by present-day Hwy 1A, Hwy 1, Hwy 19A, and Hwy 19.
R 51 32 U.S. border at Blaine, Washington Vancouver Pacific Highway Accessed Vancouver via the Pattullo Bridge. Replaced by Hwy 15 and former Hwy 1A.
S 484 301 Spences Bridge Prince George Cariboo Highway Replaced by Hwy 1 and Hwy 97.
T 634 394 U.S. border near Osoyoos Tête Jaune Cache • Okanagan Highway
• North Thompson Highway 		Replaced by present-day Hwy 5 and Hwy 97.
U 427 264 U.S. border at Roosville Golden
Alberta border at Vermilion Pass 		• Kootenay–Columbia River Highway
• Banff–Windermere Highway 		Split at Radium Hot Springs with branches going to Golden and Vermilion Pass. Replaced by present-day Hwy 93 and Hwy 95.

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