Vancouver–Blaine Freeway Sea to Sky Highway Duffey Lake Road
A map of southwestern British Columbia with Hwy 99 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length
377 km[1] (234 mi)
Existed
1940–present
Major junctions
South end
I-5 at the Canada–United States border in Surrey
Major intersections
Hwy 91 in Delta Hwy 17 in Delta Hwy 17A in Delta Hwy 91 in Richmond Hwy 7 in Vancouver Hwy 1 (TCH) in West Vancouver Hwy 12 in Lillooet
North end
Hwy 97 near Cache Creek
Location
Country
Canada
Province
British Columbia
Regional districts
Metro Vancouver, Squamish-Lillooet, Thompson-Nicola
Major cities
Delta, Surrey, Richmond, Vancouver
Villages
Lions Bay, Pemberton
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Hwy 97D
→ Hwy 101
Highway 99 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs 377 kilometres (234 mi) from the U.S. border to near Cache Creek, serving Greater Vancouver and the Squamish–Lillooet corridor. It is a major north–south artery within Vancouver and connects the city to several suburbs as well as the U.S. border, where it continues south as Interstate 5. The central section of the route, also known as the Sea to Sky Highway, serves the communities of Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton. Highway 99 continues through Lillooet and ends at a junction with Highway 97 near Cache Creek.
The highway's number, assigned in 1940, was derived from former U.S. Route 99, the predecessor to Interstate 5 and a major route for the U.S. West Coast. Highway 99 originally comprised the King George Highway in Surrey, portions of Kingsway from New Westminster to Vancouver, and local streets. It was extended across the Lions Gate Bridge and to Horseshoe Bay in the 1950s along a new highway that would later be incorporated into Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway), which has a concurrency with Highway 99 in West Vancouver.
Highway 99 was later moved to freeway sections in southern Surrey, Delta, and Richmond that opened beginning in the late 1950s. These sections, which included the George Massey Tunnel under the Fraser River, were numbered as Highway 499 until 1973. The highway's northern section was extended several times between 1959 and 1992 with the opening of routes beyond Whistler and Pemberton. For the 2010 Winter Olympics hosted by Vancouver and Whistler, the Sea to Sky Highway was rebuilt to increase safety and capacity—both of which had been longstanding issues with the highway as recreational and commercial traffic increased in the late 20th century. In 2006, The Guardian newspaper from the United Kingdom listed the Sea to Sky as the fifth best road trip worldwide.[2]
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^"Five Best...Road Trips". The Guardian. London. April 1, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
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