British Columbia Highway 91A
Highway 91A | ||||
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| Annacis Highway/Queensborough Connector | ||||
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| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 3 km (1.9 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1990–present | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | British Columbia | |||
| Major cities | New Westminster Richmond | |||
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Highway 91A, or the Annacis Highway, is a 3 km (6 mi) long spur off of Highway 91. Highway 91A crosses the Queensborough Bridge, and terminates at Marine Drive, allowing traffic into New Westminster. Residents of New Westminster can use Highway 91A as a convenient route towards the Canada/U.S. border. Although the Queensborough Bridge has existed since the 1950s, the highway spur section wasn't opened until 1986, at the same time the first section of Highway 91 was completed. (All of Highway 91A was once known as Highway 91 until the east-west portion of Highway 91 was built in the late 1980s; the route was redesignated as an alternate after that time.). Highway 91A, in addition to being known as an extension of the Annacis Highway, is also known as the Queensborough Connector[1].
The junction of Highways 91 and 91A was converted to an interchange in the late 1990s. Recently major upgrades to Highway 91A were made under the Border Infrastructure Program, which was a program set up between the Federal and Provincial governments to upgrade key sections of highway. The intersection with Marine Drive at the north end of the bridge, long a bottleneck and a safety hazard, was upgraded to a full freeway interchange. There are now median barriers on Highway 91A over the bridge too. South of the bridge the Howes street intersection was also upgraded to full freeway status. The Queensborough Bridge traffic now flows a lot faster and smoother thanks to these upgrades.
List of exits
Exit numbers currently aren't posted on Highway 91A.
Note:
Annacis Channel bridge located within the municipality boundaries of Delta, Richmond, and New Westminster
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Construction Update
A new overpass has been completed at Howes Street, and signage has been installed. The interchange at Marine Way is being reconfigured to ease congestion and confusion at the current intersection.[2]
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