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[[File:TransCanadaHWY.png|thumb|Route of the Trans-Canada Highway]]
[[File:TC_Hwy_Rockies.JPG|thumb|Trans-Canada Highway in [[Alberta]]]]
The '''Transcanadian Highway''' is the main East-West connection road within [[Canada]]. It is managed by the Provinces and the Federal, and runs through all the provincial capitals cities of the country and three metropoles starting from [[St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|NewFoundLand]] all the way to [[Victoria]], [[British Columbia]]. However, the highway network system in itself is managed by the provinces and the road has a very different design depending on the province crossed.
Bear in mind that except in around the most densely populated area, most of the Transcanadian Highway is a simple 2 lane collector road for most of its distance (when it is called 'Route'). It is usually considered as a motorway where the denomination is starting with 'H' or 'A' such as in [[Quebec]], [[Ontario]] and around [[Winnipeg]] for example.
In [[Quebec]], the Transcanadian Highway is consituted of the [[A-40 (Quebec)|A-40]] between [[Montreal]] and [[Ontario]] followed by the [[A-20 (Quebec)|A-20]] from [[Montreal]] all the way until becoming the [[A-20 (Quebec)|Route 185]] before [[New Brunswick]].
Another northern branch of the Transcanadian depart from [[Montreal]] as the [[A-15 (Quebec)|A-15]] northward to [[Abitibi]], becoming the Route 117 before reaching Northern [[Ontario]] as the [[Ontario highways|Route 11]].
==== [[Ontario]] Highway Network ====
In [[Ontario]], the Transcanadian splits into a Northern (Route 11), a Middle (Route 17) and a Southern branch where the Northern and Middle does reverses in [[Thunder Bay]].
As the Northern branch, the Route 11 join the [[Quebec highways|route 117]] in [[Abitibi]], [[Quebec]] but also aim South joining Route 17 at its Eastern Junction in [[North Bay]]. Both Route merge again just East of [[Thunder Bay]] near the Lake Nipigon. West of [[Thunder Bay]], Route 11 keeps South going towards the [[Fort Frances]] Border Crossing to [[Minnesota]].
The Middle branch starts at the [[Quebec]] border near [[Montreal]] as the H-417 heading towards and through [[Ottawa]], continuing from there as the Route 17 and merging with the Southern branch in [[Sudbury]] it continues towards [[Sault Ste.Marie]] (Border crossing to [[Michigan]]), then follow the shore of Lake Superior to [[Thunder Bay]] and further to [[Manitoba]]. '''Note:''' [[Wawa (Ontario)|Wawa]], along the Route 17, is seen as the worst place to be dropped along the Transcanadian, read further on the place page.
[[BC highways]]
In [[British Columbia]], the Transcanadian follows the same path than in the Prairies. The Route 1 (becoming the H-1 near [[Vancouver]] Area), quitting [[Banff|Banff National Park]] in [[Alberta]] heads South towards [[Vancouver]], through [[Kamloops]] all the way until [[Victoria]] on Vancouver Islands where the Transcanadian also become shortly the H-19.
The Route 16 quits [[Jasper|Jasper National Park]] in [[Alberta]] heading West through [[Prince Georges]] until [[Prince Rupert]] where it reaches the Pacific Ocean.
The [[BC highways|Alaska Highway]] starting in [[Dawson Creek]] is not part of the Transcanadian.
In [[Prince Edward Island]], the Transcanadian becomes the Route 1 on the [[Confederation Bridge]] in direction of [[Charlottetown]], the provincial capital, before continuing further South to [[Woods Island]] ferry crossing to [[Nova Scotia]].
In [[Nova Scotia]], the Route 104 stretches from the [[New Brunswick]] border further East, passing [[Truro]] (the junction to the Route 102 to [[Halifax]]), until [[Sydney (NS)|Sydney]] for the ferry to the [[Newfoundland and Labrador|NewFoundLand]].
Near [[New Glasgow]], the Route 106 branch of the Transcanadian reaches the coast near [[Pictou]] for the ferry to the [[Prince Edward Island]].
In [[Newfoundland and Labrador|NewFoundLand]], the Route 1 crosses the island as part of the Transcanadian from [[Channel-Port aux Basques]] where the ferry from [[Sydney (NS)|Sydney]], [[Nova Scotia]] arrives, all the way to [[St. John's]] the provincial capital.
==== [[Alberta]] Highway Network ====
In [[Manitoba]], the Transcanadian consists of the Route 1 which connects with the [[Ontario highways|Route 17]] in [[Ontario]] and goes through [[Winnipeg]]. The [[Winnipeg]] By-Pass [[Prairies highways|H-100]] is also part of the Transcanadian network.
West of [[Winnipeg]], after [[Portage la Prairie]], the Transcanadian splits in two, the Route 1 continuing through [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Regina]], [[Alberta]] ([[Calgary]] and [[Banff|Banff National Park]]) towards [[British Columbia]].
The Route 16 heads North-West, into [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Saskatoon]], [[Alberta]] ([[Edmonton]] and [[Jasper|Jasper National Park]]) towards [[British Columbia]].
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway TransCanada] at Wikipedia
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