The Route transcanadienne is a system of road ways to federal-provincial mode which connects the ten provinces Canada. This network is not a simple road, because it has certain places composed by two, to see even three parallel roads. For example, in the west of the country the Route Yellowhead is a branch of Transcanadienne parallel with the original road. The construction of the road was decided in 1948, began in 1950 to finish in 1970. The road was inaugurated in 1962. It currently makes 7821 kilometers length extending from one ocean to another, of the Pacifique to the Atlantique. It is the road " nationale" longest of the world. It should be specified that the Canada does not have a national road system, because the roads are provincial competences.

Contrary to the system interstate of the the United States, the road transcanadienne is not always a highway or even a road with 4 divided ways. In 2000, the government of Jean Chrétien studied the possibility of financing the transformation of the transcanadienne into highway with 4 ways with the size of the country. Finally, this idea was abandoned because certain portions of the road are not stocked enough to justify this project. The provinces preferred to invest in more stocked and more commercial road axes, like the connections with the the United States. In spite of that, certain sections were or will be transformed into highway, as the Route 185 of the Quebec which will become the Autoroute 85. Another example is the Route 2 New Brunswick. In the middle of the 1980, this road of more than 500 km was two-track and often with access not limited. In 1987, the government of the province launched the project of transformation of the road into highway to 4 ways to separate roadways. The transformation finished 20 years later, with the autumn 2007. Since the roads concern the provinces, the classification of Transcanadienne concerns those. The provinces of the west (Colombia-British, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) harmonized their numbers of roads, thus the axis principal of the transcanadienne, the southern axis, is called Route 1. The northern axis, the Road Yellowhead, for its part is indicated Route 16. In the east of the country, the situation is completely different, the number of the road changes at each provincial border. This is with the fact that Transcanadienne is made up of sections of important roads which existed before the introduction of the Transcanadienne road. It is not very probable that the road have one day a uniform designation with the size of the country. This would be incompatible with the system of classification of the provinces, as that of the Quebec which is based on the geography (see Provincial roads of Quebec).

Details of the road

Provinces of the west

The main axis, the southern axis, named Road 1 in the four Western provinces, begins with Victoria, Colombia-British with the intersection of Douglas Street and Dallas Road, where there is the monument " Mile 0" to indicate the end of the road. From there, it moves towards north along the east coast of the Vancouver Island during 99 km until Nanaimo. A connection of 57 km in cross bar makes it possible to reach the dry land with Horseshoe Bay. It crosses then Vancouver, before reaching Hope more 170 km in the east. Then, it moves towards north for 186 km towards Cache Creek, then towards the east for 79 km through Kamloops, before entering 483 km further in Alberta in Banff. It reaches more 101 km in the east Calgary (Alberta), where it moves towards Medecine Hat (Alberta) to 293 km, then Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) with 403 km and Regina (Saskatchewan) to 79 km. It continues its race towards the east, Brandon (Manitoba) on 372 km and then towards Portage the Meadow (Manitoba) for 119 km. It is in this city of the meadows that the northern axis of the transcanadienne, the Route Yellowhead joined the main axis.

Junction of both transcanadiennes with Portage the Meadow (Manitoba), the road continues towards the east, Winnipeg (Manitoba), 84 km in the east. The southern outer circular route of this city is also an official section of the transcanadienne, it is numbered road 100. This makes it possible to avoid the downtown area of Winnipeg which is crossed by road 1.

While recapitulating:

Transcanadienne Road - Axis principal (southern)
Route 1 of the Colombia-British
Route 1 of the Alberta
Route 1 of the Saskatchewan
Route 1 of the Manitoba (Road 100 of the Manitoba)

Transcanadienne Road - Road Yellowhead (northern axis)
Route 16 of the Colombia-British
Route 16 of the Alberta
Route 16 of the Saskatchewan
Route 16 of the Manitoba

In this section of the country, the speed limit is generally of 100 km/h (62 mph). Some sections of the Alberta and the Saskatchewan having the highway standards have a speed limit of 110 km/h (68 mph). The sections crossing of the national park of Canada are limited to 90 km/h.

The center of the country

Of Winnipeg (Manitoba) the transcannadienne moves towards Kenora (Ontario) located at 250 km more in the east. It becomes the road 17 while entering to Ontario. Between Kenora (Ontario) and Thunder Bay the transcanadienne is divided into two branches. The principal one, more in north is the 17 and it makes 400 km length. The second, more in the south, is made up of sections of the roads 71 and 11. This alternative route makes 470 km length and passes very close to the American border to Fort Frances. The reunification of the two roads is done to 65 km in the west of Thunder Bay (Ontario). From this city, the road moves towards Nipigon 115 km more to the east. At this place, it redivise once again in two roads, and this for more than 1500 km. That of north is named Route 11 and that of the south road 17. The section of the transcanadienne between Thunder Bay and Nipigon called the Terry Fox Courage Highway or in French Highway of the courage of Terry Fox . The section of 83 km marks the place there that Terry Fox was necessary to finish its Marathon of the hope (thus collected funds for search for cancer). There is a statue bronzed at the place which it finished its race.

Center northern

The 11 reaches Hearst after 401 km, and Cochrane 213 km more in the east. It moves towards the south to reach Kirkland Lake to 137 km. At this place, the northern axis is divided into two. The continuous Road 11 towards the south on 238 km in direction of North Bay where it crosses road 17, the main axis of the transcanadienne. In the south of this junction, the road 11 continues towards Toronto, without being a section of the transcanadienne. De Kirkland Lake, the second branch of the northern axis, named road 66, moves towards the east on 54 km to the border of Quebec where it becomes the road 117 Quebec. It continues towards the east on 180 km, while crossing to the passage Rouyn-Noranda and Valley-with Or. It forks then towards the south-east and reached Mount-Bay-tree after 255 km and finally Mount-Trembling 107 km further. Starting from this very tourist city, the 117 becomes a road with 4 ways with separated roadways with access not limited. The transcannadienne carries on its way on 30 km towards Holy-Agathe-of-Mounts where it leaves the 117 for the Autoroute 15. It will reach finally Montreal 90 km more in the south, where the northern axis reinstates for good the main axis of the transcandienne in the crossing of the highways 15 and 40.

Center southern (the main thing)

Since Nipigon (Ontario), the main axis (southern) named Road 17, goes towards the east along bank of the Higher Lac to reach Sault-Holy-Marie further 581 km. From there, it moves towards Sudbury to 291 km. In this city, the southern axis is also divided into two sections which will meet with Ottawa.

The southern route connects Sudbury and Ottawa in 635 km while passing by Peterborough. It is composed of the road 69, the highway 400 and the roads 12 and 7. The northern ininéraire, as for him, connects the two cities in 455 km via the road 17 which becomes the highway 417 with Arnprior to 35 km in the west of the junction with the southern route. The two sections amalgamate in the west of Ottawa and the transcanadienne carries on its way towards the east on highway 417 out of 140 km before entering to the Quebec and becoming the Autoroute 40. The southern axis definitively amalgamates with the northern axis 70 km more in the east into full Montreal.

From there, the transcanadienne continues on 10 km on the Autoroute 40, before forking on the Autoroute 25 and crossing the Fleuve the St. Lawrence via the Bridge-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine. On southern bank of the river, it becomes the Autoroute 20 and adopts a north-eastern orientation. It moves away from the shore on 257 km until Lévis (opposite Quebec). From there, it skirts on 173 km southern bank of the Fleuve the St. Lawrence until River-of-Wolf where it leaves the Autoroute 20 for the Autoroute 85 while forking towards south-east in destination of Edmundston to the New Brunswick, by borrowing the historical axis of the Chemin of the Bearing. At the end of about fifteen kilometers, the Autoroute 85 becomes the road 185 to the border of the New Brunswick. To note that the Route 185 is transformed at present into highway for thus becoming the Autoroute 85.

The crossing of the provinces of the Atlantic

In its crossing of the New Brunswick the transcanadienne is named Route 2. It reaches and follows the border with the the United States on 170 km then goes towards the east on 102 km through Frédéricton, then Moncton 177 km further. After 54 km it reaches a connection with Sackville where a loop in the Island-of-Prince-Edouard named Route 16 divides. The loop of 175 km enters the province by the Pont of the Confederation, passes by Charlottetown and finishes in the Island of wood where a connection in cross bar of 26 km reaches Pictou. 19 km further one connection reaches the other connects in New Glasgow.

Since Sackville the principal branch crosses the Nova Scotia where it is named highway 104. It passes to Truro after 117 km. Then towards the east for 57 km with New Glasgow.

After 112 km it reaches a bridge on the strait of Canso for the Island of the Breton course close to Hawkesbury Port. It is named there highway 105.

A cross bar in Sydney is reached after 144 km. The connection is of 177 km until Chanel-Port with the Basques with Newfoundland. The main road goes to north east for 219 km through Corner Brook then is for 352 km through Gander to lead after 334 km to the south east to St Jean.

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