HIGHWAY 5A
Author’s note: Original map, courtesy of
Our B. C. . Com
Butchered by Lee. A Wood
Author’s note: Original map, courtesy of
Our B. C. . Com
Butchered by Lee. A Wood
Sometime during the latter part of the last century, one of our illustrious Provincial Premiers came to the conclusion that it was too terrifying to drive from Kelowna, his home town, to Victoria, using highway 1 or highway 3.
Consequently, at a staggering cost to us poor tax payers, the Coquihalla highway was initiated.
As it was, more or less, a continuance of the highway from Tete Jaune Cache to Kamloops it was numbered `5'.
Thus, Highway 5 from Merritt to Kamloops, along the side of Nicola Lake, became 5A.
5A is 13 Km longer than 5, From Merritt to Kamloops.
The speed limit on 5A is 20 Km/Hr. slower than Hwy 5.
5A has fewer hills than 5.
5A has no weight scales.
5A is much more picturesque than 5.
5A connects with 5 at the North East edge of Merritt and connects with Hwy. 1 in Kamloops, above the center of town.
all totaled, many truckers prefer to use 5A.
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North of Nicola Lake there are several smaller lakes.
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