# Knight Street

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**Knight Street** is a major north-south [roadway](/source/Roadway) in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver) and [Richmond](/source/Richmond,_British_Columbia), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada). It is a four-to-six lane freeway from Westminster Highway in Richmond to [Marine Drive](/source/Marine_Drive_(Greater_Vancouver)) in Vancouver, thus serving as an alternate way to exit Vancouver southbound, rather than the [Granville Street](/source/Granville_Street)/[Oak Street](/source/Oak_Street_(Vancouver)) corridor. Upon entering Vancouver, Knight Street provides major access routes to [East Vancouver](/source/East_Vancouver); at 14th Avenue, the road turns into **Clark Drive**, and runs northbound until it reaches the [Port of Vancouver](/source/Port_of_Vancouver) at [Burrard Inlet](/source/Burrard_Inlet). It is the busiest [truck route](/source/Truck_route) in Vancouver,[1] and a key link between Vancouver and its neighbours to the south.

The freeway section of Knight Street crosses the [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) via the [Knight Street Bridge](/source/Knight_Street_Bridge), connecting Vancouver to [Mitchell Island](/source/Mitchell_Island) and Richmond. This is the only officially designated freeway in [Metro Vancouver](/source/Metro_Vancouver) that is not also designated as a provincial highway. However, the whole length of Knight Street is part of [TransLink](/source/TransLink_(British_Columbia))'s Major Road Network:[2] the agency owns the Knight Street Bridge,[3] and provides funding to the cities of Vancouver and Richmond for maintenance and major projects on the rest of the street.[1][4]

The street has become a favourite for street racers in the Vancouver area probably because of its long straight bridge, though the police presence has recently improved to thwart this activity.[5][6] The intersection of Knight Street and Southeast Marine Drive, at the northern end of Knight Street Bridge, ranked among the top ten motor-vehicle crash sites in all of British Columbia in 2008.[7]

The Knight Street (formerly known as Knight Road) was named after Robert Knight, a property owner in South Vancouver in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[8] Clark Drive is named after Ephraim James Clark, a realtor who donated land to the city for a park in 1889.[8]

## References

1. [\[1\]](http://council.vancouver.ca/20050329/tt5.pdf), City of Vancouver, March 2003. Accessed online January 20, 2011.

1. [TransLink's Major Road Network, Highways and Gateways](http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/strategy/LandUseDesignationMapsJan11/MapB2.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034204/http://www.metrovancouver.org/planning/development/strategy/LandUseDesignationMapsJan11/MapB2.pdf) 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Knight St Bridge](http://www.translink.ca/en/Driving/Bridges-and-Tunnels/Knight-St-Bridge.aspx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100915085546/http://www.translink.ca/en/Driving/Bridges-and-Tunnels/Knight-St-Bridge.aspx) 2010-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, TransLink

1. [TransLink 2010 Capital Program Cost-Sharing Submissions](http://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Translink_PWT_04211025908.pdf), City of Richmond, March 26, 2010. Accessed online January 20, 2011.

1. [Police turn radar guns on Knight Street](http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=928ce2e0-efda-4c36-9e1a-f49f61cefdc9&k=93686) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121109203256/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=928ce2e0-efda-4c36-9e1a-f49f61cefdc9&k=93686) 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, *Vancouver Sun*, April 4, 2006. Accessed online January 20, 2011.

1. [Vancouver police launch new speed-trap tactic](https://web.archive.org/web/20120813192540/http://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-police-launch-new-speed-trap-tactic-1.300440), [CTV British Columbia](/source/CIVT-TV), June 5, 2008. Accessed online January 20, 2011.

1. [Accident-prone Metro home to all top 10 crash sites](http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=29765c8a-1397-479d-ab35-2f1a20c41f8b) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121109203305/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=29765c8a-1397-479d-ab35-2f1a20c41f8b) 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, *Vancouver Sun*, November 12, 2009. Accessed online January 20, 2011.

1. Walker, Elizabeth (1999). [*Street Names of Vancouver*](https://bccd.vpl.ca/pdf/Street_Names_of_Vancouver.pdf). Vancouver Historical Society. pp. 24,67. ISBN 0-9692378-7-1.

## External links

- [Clark-Knight Corridor Whole Route Analysis Project](http://council.vancouver.ca/20050329/tt5.pdf), City of Vancouver

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