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A002 Trans Canada Highway
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Trans-Canada
Highway History As early as 1910, there were calls for a national road across Canada. The first post of the Canadian Highway was planted in Victoria in 1912. The first successful crossing of Canada by car was in 1912, when Thomas Wilby supplemented existing dirt roads with railway rights of way along the rugged Lake Superior north shore and over the Rocky Mountains. Some sections of the highway were paved early on (for example, Highway 17 in Northern Ontario was paved in 1937), while others had major construction challenges and would require federal support. In 1949, the federal Trans-Canada Highway Act set out Provincial and Federal cost-sharing for construction of the roadway, which would revolutionize travel as well as transport in Canada. This public work project rivaled the cost and economic impact of the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway (which was completed in 1959). Construction of the highway formally began in 1950 and would continue for several more years. The Trans-Canada Highway was officially opened by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker at a ceremony in Roger's Pass, British Columbia on September 3, 1962. |
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