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The Yellowhead Highway was officially opened in Western Canada in 1970; in 1978 all four Western Provinces agreed to use #16 for the highway. In 1986, the Yellowhead Highway received the designation of a Trans Canada Highway with Highway #5 in BC, from Tête Jaune to Hope, remaining named just the Yellowhead Highway.
- Established in 1970, Renumbered to Hwy 16 in 1976, Trans-Canada Highway in 1990
- Route 52 in Winnipeg, MB
- 2,859 km (1,777 mi)
- Hodges Avenue / Towhill Road in Masset, BC
Until 1990, the Yellowhead Highway had its own unique highway number signs, but they have now mostly been replaced with standard maple-leaf Trans-Canada Highway signs, with numberless Yellowhead shields posted adjacent to them.
- July 30, 1962–present
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 7,476 km (4,645 mi)Main route
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The Yellowhead Highway (also called the Yellowhead Route of the Trans Canada Highway) is a 2,991 kilometre (1859 mile) route across the agricultural breadbasket of the prairies and through the rugged mountains of British Columbia.
History of the Yellowhead Route in BC. In the ’60s and early ’70s, Highway 16 was extended east from Prince George to McBride, right to the Alberta border. The province also reconstructed of Highway 5 from Kamloops to Tete Jaune Cache.
Sep 28, 2022 · On July 8 and 9, 1947, the Trans Canada Highway System Association (Yellowhead Route), under the presidency of Edmonton Mayor Harry Ainlay, held a meeting in Blue River with government officials and highly respected business and professional men of the day attending.
TRANS CANADA YELLOWHEAD HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION SUITE 2140, SUN LIFE PLACE, 10123 – 99 T H STREET N.W. EDMONTON, AB, T5J 3H1 PH: (780) 429-0444, FAX: (780) 426-5078 www.transcanadayellowhead.com History of The Yellowhead Highway The Yellowhead Pass and Tête Jaune Cache (pronounced Tee-John Cash) were named after an Iroquois-Métis
In 1970, a northern route called Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) was officially opened across Western Canada. Highway 16 splits from the main Trans-Canada Highway just west of Winnipeg at Portage La Prairie and then passes through Saskatoon, Edmonton, Hinton and Jasper.
