British Columbia Highway 2

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British Columbia Highway 2

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Highway 2

Dawson Creek–Tupper Highway

Hwy 2 highlighted in red

Route information

Maintained by Ministry of Transportation

Length

42 km^[1] (26 mi)

Existed

1941–present

Major junctions

West end

Highway 97 in Dawson Creek

Highway 49 in Dawson Creek
Highway 52 near Tupper

East end

Highway 43 near Tupper

Location

Country

Province

Major cities

Villages

Highway system

British Columbia provincial highways

←

Highway 1A

→

Highway 3

Highway 2, known locally as the Tupper Highway, is one of the two short connections from Dawson Creek to the border between British Columbia and Alberta.

Route description

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Highway 2 of the present day is 42 km (26 mi) long. It starts in Dawson Creek at its junction with Highway 97, and proceeds southeast for 39 km (24 mi) past the small settlement of Pouce Coupe, to its junction with Highway 52 near Tupper. Highway 2 connects with Alberta Highway 43 at the provincial border, 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Tupper.^[2]

History

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The actual Highway 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 renumbered Highway 97, and the designations co-existed until 1962,^[3] when the Highway 2 designation was removed from the Cariboo and John Hart Highways.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in the Peace River Regional District.^[2]

Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Dawson Creek	0.00	0.00	Highway 97 – Chetwynd, Prince George, Fort St. John, Whitehorse	Hwy 97 north is the Alaska Highway; Hwy 97 south is the John Hart Highway
	1.81	1.12	10th Street	To Alaska Highway Mile zero monument
	2.08	1.29	Highway 49 east / 8th Street – Spirit River	Roundabout
	4.50	2.80	To Highway 97 / 7th Street	Dawson Creek bypass; dangerous goods route
	9.20	5.72	Rolla Road (Highway 943:1196) – Rolla, Spirit River	Hwy 943:1196 is unsigned
Pouce Coupe	12.17	7.56	50th Avenue, 50th Street
	39.55	24.58	Highway 52 west – Tumbler Ridge
	41.62	25.86	Highway 43 east – Grande Prairie, Edmonton	Continues into Alberta
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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^ ^a ^b Cypher Consulting (July 2016). Landmark Kilometre Inventory (PDF) (Report). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. pp. 74–77. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^ ^a ^b MapArt Publishing. British Columbia Road Atlas (2007 ed.). Oshawa, Ontario: MapArt Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 1-55368-018-9.
^ Shell Oil Company; The H.M. Gousha Company (1956). British Columbia–Alberta Map (Map). The H.M. Gousha Company.

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Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia by British Columbia Driving & Transportation

v t e Roads of British Columbia
Provincial highways	1² 1A 2 3² 3A¹ 3B 4 4A 5² 5A 6 7¹ 7B¹ 8 9 10¹ 11² 12 13 14 15¹ 16¹ 17² 17A² 18 19² 19A 20 21 22 22A 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 31A 33 35 37 37A 39 41 43 49 52 62 77 91² 91A² 93 95 95A 97² 97A 97B 97C² 97D 99² 101 113 118 395
Other provincially maintained roads	Atlin Road Bridge River Road Cecil Lake Road Chilliwack Lake Road Coalmont Road Columbia Valley Highway Deltaport Way Head Bay Road Hemlock Valley Road Highway 91 Connector Horsefly Road Jesmond Road Likely Road Mission Mountain Road Nazko Road Omineca Resource Road Pavilion Mountain Road Port Mellon Highway Queen Charlotte City–Skidegate Road Strathcona Parkway Telegraph Creek Road Westside Road
Former provincial highways	1A⁴ 1B 7A 17A⁴ 25 97E 97W 99A 99B² 401² 499²
Named highways	Alaska Highway Banff–Windermere Highway Caribou Highway¹ Coquihalla Highway² Crowsnest Highway² Don Phillips Way Heritage Highway Inland Island Highway² International Selkirk Loop¹ John Hart Highway¹ Liard Highway Lougheed Highway¹ Mary Hill Bypass¹ Nisga'a Highway Northern Woods and Water Route Okanagan Connector² Okanagan Highway² Pacific Highway¹ Patricia Bay Highway² Sea to Sky Highway² South Fraser Perimeter Road² Southern Yellowhead Highway² Stewart–Cassiar Highway Sunshine Coast Highway Trans-Canada Highway² Yellowhead Highway¹
Historic roads and trails	Atlin Road Big Bend Highway Cariboo Road Chilkoot Trail Dewdney Trail Dewdney Trunk Road Douglas Road Hudson's Bay Brigade Trail Lillooet Cattle Trail Okanagan Trail Old Cariboo Road Old Yale Road (Grand Trunk Road) Pacific Highway River Trail Whatcom Trail
¹ highways with expressway sections ² highways with expressway and freeway sections ³ highways under construction ⁴ designation reassigned to new route

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