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Bear in mind that except 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'), 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.
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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.
==== [[Quebec]] Highway Network ====
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.
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==== [[British Columbia]] Highway Network ====
