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| 400-series highways | |
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Highway markers for Highway 401 and Highway 499 | |
| System information | |
| Maintained by B.C. Department of Highways | |
| Length | 517 km (321 mi) |
| Formed | 1964 |
| Notes | Decommissioned in 1973. |
| Highway names | |
| Provincial | British Columbia Highway 4XX |
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The 400-series highways were a pair of controlled-access highways located in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia, forming a special subset of the provincial highway system. Modelled after the 400-Series Highways in Ontario, 400-series designations were introduced in 1964 in conjunction with the completion of the Trans-Canada Highway freeway between Vancouver and Clearbrook (present-day Abbotsford);[1] however, unlike their Ontario counterparts, both routes had signalized sections. The 400-series system never expanded beyond two freeways, and in 1973 Highways 401 and 499 were renumbered 1 and 99 respectively, while the former routes were assigned the 'A' suffix.
- ^ Frontier to Freeway: A short illustrated history of the roads in British Columbia (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways. 2000. pp. 16–19.