{{short description|Highway in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox street | name = Fraser Highway | native_name = | marker_image = | image = Fleetwood Town Centre (Fraser Hwy).jpg | caption = Looking east along Fraser Highway near 160 Street | former_names = | postal_code = | addresses = | length_m = | length_ft = | length_mi = | length_km = 38 | length_ref = <ref name="length">{{google maps|title=Fraser Highway in Greater Vancouver|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/49.180492,-122.8457288/49.1118309,-122.6754726/49.1050207,-122.6578386/49.0743594,-122.5592099/49.055125,-122.370419/@49.1187641,-122.7682488,10.75z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en&authuser=0|accessdate=September 30, 2020}}</ref> | part_of = {{jct|state=BC|Hwy|1A|name1=former}} | established = | width = | location = Surrey, Langley (city), Langley (township), Abbotsford | client = | maint = TransLink, City of Abbotsford | coordinates = | direction_a = West | terminus_a = King George Boulevard in Surrey | direction_b = East | terminus_b = {{Jct|state=BC|TCH|1|road|Maclure Road}} in Abbotsford | junction = {{jct|state=BC|Hwy|15|name1=176 Street}}<br>{{jct|state=BC|Hwy|10|name1=Langley Bypass}}<br>{{jct|state=BC|Hwy|13|name1=264 Street}} | commissioning_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | inauguration_date = | demolition_date = | north = | south = | east = | west = }}
'''Fraser Highway''' is a {{convert|38|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} 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<ref>{{cite web|title=The Inter-Provincial Highway|url=https://oppositethecity.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/the-inter-provincial-highway/|website=Opposite the City|access-date=September 25, 2013|date=December 14, 2011}}</ref> 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== {{BCinttop|length_ref=<ref name=length/>}} {{Jctint |state=BC |county_special=Metro Vancouver |cspan=13 |location=Surrey |lspan=6 |km=0.0 |mspan=2 |road=98 Avenue |notes=Continues west }} {{BCint |km=none |road=King George Boulevard |notes=Former {{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|99A|noshield=yes}}; former {{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1A|noshield=yes}} continued on King George Boulevard }} {{BCint |km=1.4 |road=96 Avenue |notes= }} {{BCint |km=3.6 |road=152 Street |notes= }} {{BCint |km=4.3 |road=88 Avenue |notes= }} {{BCint |type=concur |km=9.4 |road={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|15|name1=176 Street / Pacific Highway|location1={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1|noshield=yes}}|location2=U.S. Border}} |notes={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1A|dir1=current western terminus}}; west end of Hwy 1A concurrency<ref name="Hwy1A">{{cite report |title=Landmark Kilometre Inventory |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_202007.pdf |website=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Cypher Consulting |date=July 2020 |access-date=2020-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807145023/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_202007.pdf |archive-date=2020-08-07 }}</ref> }} {{BCint |location_special=Langley (city) |lspan=5 |type=concur |km=5.2 |road={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1A|Hwy|10|TCH|1|dir1=east|name2=Langley Bypass|to3=yes|city1=Hope|city2=Surrey|location3=Ferries|location4=Airport (YVR)}} |notes=East end of Hwy 1A concurrency }} {{BCint |km=15.2 |road=200 Street |notes= }} {{BCint |type=incomplete |km=16.3 |road=Glover Road / 204 Street |notes=West end of eastbound one-way }} {{BCint |type=incomplete |km=16.7 |road=206 Street |notes=East end of eastbound one-way }} {{BCint |type=concur |km=17.3 |road={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1A|dir1=west|name1=Langley Bypass|road|208 Street}} |notes=West end of Hwy 1A concurrency }} {{BCint |location_special=Langley (township) |lspan=2 |km=18.8 |road=216 Street |notes=Access to Langley Regional Airport }} {{BCint |type=concur |km=29.3 |road={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|13|name1=264 Street|location1={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1|noshield=yes}}|location2=U.S. Border|location3=Bellingham}} |notes={{Jct|state=BC|Hwy|1A|dir1=current eastern terminus}}; east end of Hwy 1A concurrency<ref name="Hwy1A"/> }} {{Jctint |state=BC |county_special=Fraser Valley |cspan=2 |location=Abbotsford |lspan=2 |km=37.4 |km2=37.7 |mspan=2 |road={{Jct|state=BC|TCH|1|city1=Vancouver|city2=Hope|location3=Airport (YXX)|road|Mount Lehman Road}} |notes=Exit 83 on Hwy 1; former Hwy 1A eastern terminus }} {{Jctint |km=none |road=Maclure Road |notes=Continues east }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}
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{{British Columbia highways}} {{Streets in Vancouver}}
Category:Former British Columbia provincial highways Category:Former segments of the Trans-Canada Highway Category:Highways in Greater Vancouver Category:Transport in Abbotsford, British Columbia Category:Transport in Langley, British Columbia (city) Category:Transport in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) Category:Transport in Surrey, British Columbia