This Day, That Year – July 30

This day in history we feature the Trans-Canada Highway. It was the longest national highway of that time in the world and was officially opened on this day in 1962.

Trivia – Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast. The main route spans 7,476 km (4,645 mi) across the country, one of the longest routes of its type in the world. The highway system is recognizable by its distinctive white-on-green maple leaf route markers, although there are small variations in the markers in some provinces.

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While by definition the Trans-Canada Highway is a highway system that has several parallel routes throughout most of the country. This main route starts in Victoria and ends in St. John’s, passes through nine of the ten provinces and connects most of the country’s major cities, including Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and Fredericton. One of the main route’s eight other parallel routes connects to the tenth province, Prince Edward Island.

Source – Wikipedia

This day in history – Trans -Canada Highway