61 km (38 mi) and five interchanges north of the former toll plaza. Now free to drive, at the Coquihalla Lakes junction, the highway crosses from the Fraser Valley Regional District into the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Highway 5 was the only highway in British Columbia to have tolls a typical passenger vehicle toll was C$10. The location of the former toll booth is 13 km (8 mi) north of the snow shed, passing through another interchange and theġ,244 m (4,081 ft) Coquihalla Pass. 35 km (22 mi) north of Othello, after passing through five interchanges, Highway 5 reaches the landmark Great Bear snow shed. Exit numbers on the Coquihalla are a continuation of those on Highway 1 west of Hope as it is an extension of the freeway that starts in Horseshoe Bay. Highway 5 begins south at the junction with Crowsnest Highway ( Highway 3) at uninhabited Othello, 7 km (4 mi) east of Hope (named after a nearby siding on the Kettle Valley Railway, which used many Shakespearean names). It is so-named because near Hope, it generally follows the Coquihalla River, for about 60 km (37 mi), and uses the Coquihalla Pass. The Coquihalla approximately traces through the Cascade Mountains the route of the former Kettle Valley Railway, which existed between 19. It is a 186 km (116 mi) freeway, varying between four and six lanes with a speed limit of 120 km/h (75 mph) for most of its length. However, Highway 5 is designated as a core route of Canada's National Highway System.īetween Hope and Kamloops, Highway 5 is known as the Coquihalla Highway (colloquially 'the Coq' pronounced 'coke'). The Coquihalla section was a toll road until 2008.Īlthough the Yellowhead Highway system is considered part of the Trans-Canada Highway network, the Highway 5 segment is not marked as such. Despite the entire route being signed as part of the Yellowhead Highway, the portion of Highway 5 south of Kamloops is also known as the Coquihalla Highway while the northern portion is known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway. Highway 5 connects the southern Trans-Canada route ( Highway 1) with the northern Trans-Canada/Yellowhead route ( Highway 16), providing the shortest land connection between Vancouver and both Edmonton and Calgary.

Highway 5 is a 543 km (337 mi) north–south route in southern British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia provincial highways ← Hwy 4

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