Автострада 99A в Британской Колумбии: История и Современное Состояние

Highway in British Columbia, Canada

Highway 99A is a series of former highways in the southwestern part of British Columbia, Canada. It was the designation of the former 1942 alignment of Highway 99 as well a various alternate routes which existed in the 1950s and 1960s. The last official use of '99A' was decommissioned in 2006, although some present day, commercially published road maps (such as Google Maps) still show it and some remnant signage still remains. Some brand new 99A signs can be seen as well as of 2023.

Highway 99A was long highway within Greater Vancouver and followed the original Highway 99 alignment between the Peace Arch Border Crossing and Downtown Vancouver and was designated in 1973 when the Deas (Island) Throughway was renamed Highway 99. Prior to that, the four lane, divided "Deas (Island) Throughway" which was completed to the U. S. border in 1962, was designated Highway 499. Highway 99A was decommissioned by the province in 2006 and the city of Surrey renamed "King George Highway" to "King George Boulevard" in 2009, although, as of July 2021, the Ministry of Transportation keeps two minor segments of the former route maintained in its inventory.

Highway 99A started in Surrey at the first exit off Highway 99 north of the Peace Arch and followed the King George Highway. Originally to be named the Peace Arch Highway, it was dedicated officially on October 16, 1940 as the King George VI Highway after the royal visit of 1939. The highway served as a route for commuters travelling to New Westminster, Burnaby, and Vancouver. The highway goes north for to an interchange with Highway 99, and from there, another to its junction with Highway 10. The highway continued north for another to Fraser Highway, where it merged with Highway 1A. Highways 1A and 99A continued northwest for to the Pattullo Bridge over the Fraser River, crossing from Surrey into New Westminster. In New Westminster, Highway 99A followed McBride Boulevard and 10th Avenue, then onto Kingsway, where the highway entered Burnaby. Highway 99A then proceeded west northwest for through the City of Burnaby to its intersection with Boundary Road, at which point the highway crossed into Vancouver. In Vancouver, Highway 99A continued on Kingsway northwest for , then onto Main Street. Highway 99A followed Main Street north for , then west onto the Dunsmuir Viaduct and Dunsmuir Street into the downtown core of the city to Burrard Street, where it reunited with Highway 99 on Georgia Street; southbound traffic followed Georgia Street to Main Street.

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