{{Short description|Road in Langley, Canada}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox street | name = Glover Road | native_name = | marker_image = | image = | caption = | former_names = | postal_code = | addresses = | length_m = | length_ft = | length_mi = | length_km = 11 |length_ref = <ref name="length">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1440737,-122.6278124,12.94z |title=Glover Road |accessdate=October 10, 2021}}</ref> | part_of = {{jct|state=BC|Hwy|10}} | established = | width = | location = Langley (city), Langley (township) | client = | maint = | coordinates = | direction_a = South | terminus_a = Fraser Highway | direction_b = North | terminus_b = Fraser River | junction = Langley Bypass<br>Springbrook Road | commissioning_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | inauguration_date = | demolition_date = | north = | south = | east = | west = }}
'''Glover Road''' is a primary road in Langley, British Columbia which runs from southwest to northeast north–south from the Fraser Highway in downtown Langley to the Fraser River in Fort Langley, travelling over British Columbia Highway 1 and through the community of Milner, British Columbia. The road is {{Cvt|11|km|mi|0}} in length and mostly two lanes wide with some divided four lane sections. It is notable as the primary road in and to the village of Fort Langley and as being concurrent for some of its length with British Columbia Highway 10 (from Langley Bypass to Springbrook Road). Beyond Fort Langley, it crosses the Jacob Haldi Bridge onto McMillan Island and terminates at the decommissioned Albion Ferry dock within the lands of the Kwantlen First Nation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former road to ferry dock to be returned to Kwantlen First Nation |url=https://www.aldergrovestar.com/news/former-road-to-ferry-dock-to-be-returned-to-kwantlen-first-nation/ |accessdate=27 May 2020 |agency=Aldergrove Star |publisher=Black Press Media |date=12 March 2015}}</ref> The Glover Road overpass is a six-span, two-lane structure permitting access across Trans-Canada Highway. The underpass received an overheight-warning system, the second in the province, following damage from three collisions in three years.<ref>{{cite news |title= Warning for trucks installed at overpass|url= http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=bea6fc0f-9d51-467a-b0d2-6b325803b40e|newspaper= The Province|date= 17 November 2008|accessdate=14 June 2013}}</ref>
== History ==
Before the construction of Glover Road, a path following a similar route was used by the local First Nations as a portage between the Salmon and Nicomekl rivers.<ref name="Salmon River">{{cite web |title=History of the Salmon River |url=http://salmonriver.org/?page_id=123 |website=Salmon River Enhancement Society |publisher=Salmon River Enhancement Society |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> With the arrival of European settlement, the route became known as Smuggler's Trail, which ran from Fort Langley to what was then known as Langley Prairie and is now the location of the City of Langley.<ref name="Maps Showing Property Owners Fort Langley">{{cite web|url=http://www.fortlangley.ca/langley/maps.html |title= Maps Showing the Langley Property Owners Fortlangley.ca |publisher=fortlangley.ca}}</ref> It was later known as Langley Trunk Road, before being renamed to Glover Road.<ref name="Trunk Road">{{cite news |title=Langley Then and Now: Trunk Road now called Glover |url=https://www.aldergrovestar.com/community/langley-then-and-now-trunk-road-now-called-glover/ |accessdate=25 May 2020 |agency=Aldergrove Star |publisher=Black Press Media |date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
The City of Langley's coat of arms symbolizes the historic crossroads of Glover Road, Old Yale Road and the horizontal British Columbia Electric Railway. The blue star of Innes in the centre of the crossroads reflects the original name of this crossroads - "Innes Corners", after the prominent pioneer and landowner, Adam Innes.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/index.php/discover-langley/history-of-langley|title= History of Langley|website= City of Langley|accessdate= 13 June 2013|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130313172629/http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/index.php/discover-langley/history-of-langley|archive-date= 13 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/index.php/discover-langley|title= About Langley - Coat of Arms|website= City of Langley|accessdate= 13 June 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130313172423/http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/index.php/discover-langley|archive-date= 13 March 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref>
Today, Glover Road parallels to a great extent the Southern Railway of British Columbia. Its northern terminus was at the Albion Ferry on McMillan Island until 2009, when the ferry ceased operating.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/albion-ferry-makes-final-voyage-1.849859 |title=Albion Ferry makes final voyage |publisher=CBC News |date=July 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224104/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/07/31/bc-albion-ferry-final-sail.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Trinity Western University's main campus and the Fort Langley Railroad Museum are located on Glover Road. The Fort Langley portion provides access to a variety of shops, antique stores and galleries, many of which are housed in heritage buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townid=3369 |title= Fort Langley|website= BritishColumbia.com|accessdate=13 June 2013}}</ref>
==Transit== Translink's 562 route, which serves the neighbourhoods of Walnut Grove, Fort Langley, Milner, and the City of Langley, runs for much of its route along Glover Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=562 Langley Centre / Walnut Grove |url=https://nb.translink.ca/text/route/562 |website=TransLink Next Bus |publisher=TransLink |accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref> The 372 route also runs along Glover Road within the City of Langley, and the Langley Centre transit exchange is located at the intersection of Glover Road and Logan Avenue in the City of Langley, providing regional connections.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge/Langley |url=http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/165/PML-April2020.pdf |website=Transit System Maps |publisher=TransLink |accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref>
== Major intersections == {{BCinttop|length_ref=<ref name="length"/>|nosub1=yes}} {{BCint |location=Langley (City) |lspan=2 |km=0.0 |road=Fraser Highway / 204 Street |notes=Continues south as 204 Street }} {{BCint |type=concur |km=1.1 |road={{jct|province=BC|Hwy|1A|Hwy|10|dir2=west|name2=Langley Bypass|city1=Surrey}} |notes=South end of Hwy 10 concurrency }} {{BCint |location=Langley (Township) |lspan=8 |km=1.7 |road=Mufford Crescent |notes= }} {{BCint |type=concur |km=4.8 |road={{jct|province=BC|Hwy|10|TCH|1|dir1=east|to2=yes|name1=Springbrook Road|city1=Vancouver|city2=Hope}} |notes=North end of Hwy 10 concurrency }} {{BCint |km=5.9 |road=University Drive |notes=Roundabout; access to Trinity Western University }} {{BCint |km=7.4 |road=Rawlison Crescent (to 232 Street) |notes=Alternate access to Hwy 1 }} {{BCint |km=8.6 |road=88 Avenue |notes=Enters Fort Langley }} {{BCint |km=9.6 |road=Mavis Avenue |notes=Access to Fort Langley National Historic Site }} {{Jctbridge |km=9.8 |bridge=Jacob Haldi Bridge crosses Bedford Channel (Fraser River) onto McMillan Island }} {{BCint |type=closed |km=10.8 |road=Albion Ferry (closed) |notes= }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur,closed}}
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