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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]]. ThoughHowever, the highway network system in itself is managed by the provinces and the road is having has a very different design depending of on the province crossed.

Bear in mind that except Except in around the most densely populated area, most of the Transcanadian Highway is a simple 2 lanes lane collector road for most of its distance (when it is called 'Route'), so it is possible to hitchhike just right on the road in many places, apart from certain motorway sections such as on Vancouver Island where hitchhiking is explicitly forbidden. While it is thus not generally necessary to get a lift to the next big city, service stations can be infrequent and because of a relatively high brand diversity (not just McD's and Tim Horton's) especially truck drivers often prefer certain stops. 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 departing from [[Montreal]] northward to , becoming the Route 117 before reaching Northern [[Ontario]] as the [[Ontario highways|Route 11]].

In [[Ontario]], the Transcanadian splits into a Northern(Route 11), a Middle (Route 17) and a Southern branch which where the Northern and Middle does reverses in [[Thunder Bay]]. The Route 11 join the [[Quebec highways|route 117]] in [[Abitibi]], [[Quebec]] aiming then South towards [[North Bay]] and the Route 17 Junction and North-West until [[Thunder Bay]]. From there it goes South to the [[Fort Frances]] Border Crossing to [[Minnesota]].

The Middle As the Northern branch starts at , the Route 11 join the [[Quebechighways|route 117]] border near in , [[Montreal]] as the H-417 heading towards [[OttawaQuebec]], continuing from there as the but also aim South joining Route 17 towards at its Eastern Junction in [[Sault Ste.MarieNorth Bay]] (Border crossing to . Both Route merge again just East of [[MichiganThunder Bay]]), following near the Lake Superior to Nipigon. West of [[Thunder Bay]] and further to [[Manitoba]]. The Southern branch, depart from [[Ottawa]] as Route 11 keeps South going towards the Route 7 in direction of [[TorontoFort Frances]] and Oshawa. From there it heads Northbound as simultaneously the Route 12 around Lake Simcoe, the H-400 and route 69 until Border Crossing to [[SudburyMinnesota]] where it merge with the Route 17.

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.

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]].

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.

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]].

The Route 16 heads North== External Links ==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-West, into [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Saskatoon]Canada_Highway TransCanada], [[Alberta]] ([[Edmonton]] and [[Jasper National Park]]) towards [[British Columbia]].at Wikipedia

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