British Columbia provincial highway 2

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British Columbia provincial highway 2, known locally as the Tupper Highway, is one of the two short connections from Dawson Creek to the border between B.C. and Alberta. The actual '2' designation has a more complex history than that of the highway that carries it today. When Highway 2 was first designated in 1941, it followed the present-day route of the Cariboo Highway between Cache Creek and Prince George. In 1952, Highway 2 was extended along the John Hart Highway all the way through Dawson Creek to the border between B.C. and Alberta at Tupper. In 1953, the section of Highway 2 between Cache Creek and Dawson Creek was given the designation of '97', and the designations of 2 and 97 co-existed until 1962, when the '2' designation was removed from the Cariboo and John Hart Highways.

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Highway 2 of the present day is 42 km long. It starts in Dawson Creek at its junction with Highway 97, and proceeds southeast for 39 km past the small settlement of Pouce Coupe, to its junction with Highway 52 at Tupper. Highway 2 connects with Alberta Highway 43 at the provincial border, 3 km southeast of Tupper, B.C.

1 1A 2 3 3A 3B 4 4A 5 5A 6 7 7A 7B 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
17A 18 19 19A 20 21 22 22A 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 31A 33 35 37 37A 39 41 43
49 52 77 91 91A 93 95 95A 97 97A 97B 97C 97D 99 99A 101 113 (Nisga'a) 118 395