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British Columbia provincial highway 11, known locally as the Abbotsford-Mission Highway, is a 17 km-long mostly two-lane north-south highway that literally cuts the Fraser Valley in half. The highway was first given the '11' designation in 1958, and it originally followed South Fraser Way through Abbotsford, being re-routed onto the four-lane Sumas Way in the early 1980s. Highway 11 originally entered Mission over the same bridge that carries a spur of the Canadian Pacific Railway across the Fraser River, but it was re_routed onto its own bridge in 1973.
Route details
In the south, Highway 11 begins at the Huntingdon Canada/U.S. border crossing, where it connects with Washington State Route 9. The highway goes north for 3 km to its junction with Highway 1. North of Highway 1, the route travels 4 km north, passing through two interchanges, before arriving at an intersection with Gladys Road. Highway 11 is facing west at this point, so it turns right onto its own dedicated route. Highway 11 from this point proceeds north for 10 km. It passes through the community of Matsqui and an interchange into Matsqui's centre, then crosses the Fraser River over the Mission Bridge into Mission, where it terminates at its junction with Highway 7.
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BritishColumbiaprovincialhighway11, known locally as the Abbotsford-Mission Highway, is a 17 km-long mostly two-lane north-south highway that literally cuts the Fraser Valley in half.
The highway was first given the '11' designation in 1958, and it originally followed South Fraser Way through Abbotsford, being re-routed onto the four-lane Sumas Way in the early 1980s.
Highway11 originally entered Mission over the same bridge that carries a spur of the Canadian Pacific Railway across the Fraser River, but it was re-routed onto its own bridge in 1973.
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