Fraser Highway

Fraser Highway
Looking east along Fraser Highway near 160 Street
Part of Highway 1A (former)
Maintained byTransLink, City of Abbotsford
Length38 km (24 mi)
LocationSurrey, Langley (city), Langley (township), Abbotsford
West endKing George Boulevard in Surrey
Major junctions
 Highway 15 (176 Street)
Highway 10 (Langley Bypass)
Highway 13 (264 Street)
East end Highway 1 (TCH) / Maclure Road in Abbotsford

Fraser Highway is a 38-kilometre-long (24 mi) major arterial road in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Connecting the cities of Surrey and Abbotsford, the highway formerly constituted a major portion of British Columbia Highway 1A until the latter was decommissioned in 2006. The highway is named for the Fraser River and the Fraser Valley, which are in turn named for the explorer Simon Fraser.

The road was one of the first motor highways in British Columbia, being formed from portions of the Old Yale wagon road in the 1920s, and was known as the Inter-Provincial Highway but its importance as an east-west corridor was diminished with the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway in the 1960s. Nonetheless, it remains an important thoroughfare. Running roughly parallel to the Trans-Canada Highway, it is often used as an alternative or feeder route for it.

Route description

The Fraser Highway runs in a generally southeast-northwest direction, roughly paralleling the Trans Canada Highway to the north of it. It alternates back and forth between one lane each direction (total of 2 lanes) to two lanes each direction (total of 4 lanes) between rural and urban surroundings.

Its western terminus is at King George Boulevard and 98th Avenue in the Whalley Town Centre of Surrey, just south of the King George SkyTrain Station. From there, it passes through the mixed residential, commercial, and rural neighbourhoods of Green Timbers, Fleetwood, and Cloverdale.

Leaving Surrey, the route bisects the City of Langley, before entering the more rural neighbourhoods of Murrayville, and Aldergrove in Langley Township.

The eastern terminus is at the Trans-Canada Highway, just east of Mount Lehman Road, in the Clearbrook neighbourhood of Abbotsford.

Major intersections

Regional DistrictLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Metro VancouverSurrey0.00.0King George Boulevard / 98th AvenueFormer Highway 99A; former Highway 1A continued on King George Boulevard; continues as 98th Avenue; near  King George station and King George Hub
0.90.56140th StreetNear  Green Timbers station (under construction)
1.40.8796th AvenuePasses through Green Timbers Urban Forest Park
3.62.2152nd StreetNear  152 Street station (under construction)
4.32.788th Avenue
5.63.5160th StreetNear  Fleetwood station (under construction)
7.04.3166th StreetNear  Bakerview–166 Street station (under construction)
9.45.8 Highway 15 (176th Street / Pacific Highway)
Highway 1A begins		Current Highway 1A western terminus; west end of Highway 1A concurrency
11.37.0184th StreetNear  Hillcrest–184 Street station (under construction)
12.88.0190th Street / 192nd Street DiversionIntersection proposed; near  Clayton station (under construction)
Surrey–Langley (township) boundary14.28.8196th Street / Willowbrook DriveNear  Willowbrook station (under construction) and Willowbrook Shopping Centre
Langley (township)–Langley (city) boundary14.69.1 Highway 1A east / Highway 10 (Langley Bypass) to Highway 1 (TCH) – Hope, Surrey, Ferries, Airport (YVR)East end of Highway 1A concurrency
Langley (city)15.29.4200th Street
16.09.9203rd StreetNear  Langley City Centre station (under construction)
16.310.1Glover Road / 204th StreetWest end of eastbound one-way
16.710.4206th StreetEast end of eastbound one-way
17.310.7 Highway 1A west (Langley Bypass) / 208th StreetWest end of Highway 1A concurrency
Langley (township)18.811.7216th StreetNear Langley Regional Airport
29.318.2 Highway 13 (264 Street) to Highway 1 (TCH) – U.S. Border, Bellingham
Highway 1A ends		Aldergrove; Highway 1A current eastern terminus; east end of Highway 1A concurrency
Fraser ValleyAbbotsford37.4–
37.7		23.2–
23.4		 Highway 1 (TCH) / Mount Lehman Road / Maclure Road – Vancouver, Hope, Airport (YXX)Highway 1 exit 83; former Highway 1A eastern terminus; continues as Maclure Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. 1 2 "Fraser Highway in Greater Vancouver" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Inter-Provincial Highway". Opposite the City. December 14, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Landmark Kilometre Inventory (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (Report). Cypher Consulting. July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-09-14.