| Highway 91 | ||||
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| Annacis Highway Richmond Freeway East-West Connector |
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Highway 91 highlighted in red. |
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| Route information | ||||
| Length: | 23 km (14 mi) | |||
| Existed: | 1986 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | BC 99 in Delta | |||
| BC 10 in Delta BC 91A in Richmond |
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| North end: | BC 99 in Richmond (Shell Road) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Major cities: | Delta, Richmond | |||
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British Columbia provincial highways
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Highway 91 is an alternative freeway route to Highway 99 through Delta, New Westminster and Richmond, British Columbia. The highway was built in two sections, the first section from Delta to East Richmond in 1986, and the second section across Richmond in 1989.
It was the highest numbered highway in British Columbia that is not derived from a continuation of a US highway, until the designation of Highway 118 in 2003.
The total distance covered by Highway 91 is 22 km (14 mi). Starting at its junction with Highway 99 in East Delta, the route travels north for 2 km (1¼ mi) to a junction with Highway 10, then north for 10 km (6 mi) through two interchanges and one intersection, over the Alex Fraser Bridge onto Annacis Island, and through another interchange. Highway 91 then crosses the Annacis Channel bridge into Richmond, at which point it veers west. At the southern entrance to Highway 91, the road is named Annacis Highway, however, that name is not commonly used.
In Richmond, where Highway 91 is officially termed the Richmond Freeway but also as the East-West Connector, the route travels west for 10 more km (6 mi), through a junction with Highway 91A and two more interchanges, until it terminates just past its Richmond junction with Highway 99 at Alderbridge Way.[1]
$10 million had been allocated for a new interchange at 72nd Avenue, which is currently the only at-grade intersection on Highway 91.[2] Upgrading this interchange would earn Highway 91 the status of a full freeway, but it was reported in the Surrey Leader in 2008 that work on this proposal had ground to a halt because of disagreements between the municipal and provincial governments over the type of interchange that would be in place. The allocated funding has since been diverted for other uses, and as of 2011 the province has no intention of building the interchange.[3]
In early 2009, another interchange was agreed upon to be added to Highway 91 just south of the 'S' curve in Richmond, connecting Nelson Road to the highway. The interchange was opened on August 22, 2011[4][5].
From south to north, the following intersections[6] are observed along Highway 91. The entirety of the route is in Metro Vancouver.
| Location | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Corporation of Delta | Highway 99 | Southern terminus | ||
| 1 | Highway 10 (Ladner Trunk Road) to Cloverdale, Langley | No northbound access to Ladner Trunk Road westbound | ||
| 4 | 64th Avenue | |||
| 6 | 72nd Avenue | At-grade | ||
| Nordel Way | ||||
| Alex Fraser Bridge over the Fraser River | ||||
| 10 | Cliveden Avenue, Annacis Island | Southbound must use exit 11 to access exit 10 | ||
| City of Richmond | 11 | Highway 91A to New Westminster | ||
| 13 | Westminster Highway | |||
| 15 | Nelson Road | Southbound exit, northbound entrance | ||
| 21 | No. 6 Road | Northbound exit, southbound entrance | ||
| 22 | Knight Street northbound | No access to Knight Street southbound | ||
| 23A | Highway 99 (southbound) | No eastbound access to 99 southbound | ||
| 23B | Highway 99 (northbound) | No eastbound access to 99 southbound | ||
| Shell Road | Northern terminus, at-grade | |||
| Continues as Alderbridge Way into downtown Richmond | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |
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