Gribblenation

In 1942 British Columbia Highway 99 was commissioned as a continuation of US Route 99 north of the Peace Arch Border Crossing to downtown Vancouver.  Functionally early British Columbia Highway 99 was an improvement of the earlier Pacific Highway.  The corridor since the 1940s as the been the primary through-road into Vancouver and has continuously evolved through the decades.  This blog serves as a general history of the routings and alignments British Columbia Highway 99 has taken through the Vancouver metropolitan area.  The initial alignments of British Columbia Highways 99 and 99A can be seen below on the 1951 Shell Highway map of Vancouver .  This blog is part of the larger Gribblenation US Route 99 Page.  For more information pertaining to the other various segments of US Route 99 and its three-digit child routes check out the link the below. Gribblenation US Route 99 Page Part 1; the history of British Columbia Higheway 99 in metropolitan Vancouver ...