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Trans-Canada Highway

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Trans-Canada Highway, c.4,800 mi (7,700 km) long, S Canada; dedicated 1962; completed 1970. The world's longest national highway, it traverses North America from St. John's, N.L., to Victoria, British Columbia. Ferry routes form vital links at the eastern and western ends of the highway. The Alaska Highway joins the Trans-Canada Highway at Calgary, Alta.

Trans-Canada Highway

World's longest national road, extending east-west for 4,860 mi (7,821 km) between Victoria, British Columbia, and St. John's, Newfoundland. Completed in 1965, it links many major Canadian cities and provides access to important national and provincial parks.



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Another three will flank the Trans-Canada Highway at the north end of the Second Narrows Bridge.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While you'll get no complaints from Compton about Ottawa and Queen's Park's expenditure of $100 million to twin a dangerous stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway next year, finding a place for motorists to relieve themselves in minus-20-degree-weather would make it a tad better.
But anywhere north of the Trans-Canada Highway turnoff near Terrace, B.
 
 
 
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