Encyclopedia > British Columbia provincial highway 31
British Columbia provincial highway 31 is a minor north-south highway through the Selkirk Mountains. The highway first gained its number in 1973, and it is one of the few numbered highways in the province that is not fully paved. Highway 31 has a total distance of 175 km—37 km along Kootenay Lake between Balfour (a junction with Highway 3A) and Kaslo (a junction with Highway 31A) and 138 km between Kaslo and Galena Bay, where it ends at Highway 23.
Highway 31's main spur, Highway 31A, which also opened in 1973, is 47 km long, connecting Highway 31 at Kaslo to Highway 6 at New Denver.
BritishColumbiaprovincialhighway 5, known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway, is a north-south route in the southern part of BritishColumbia, Canada.
Highway 5 south of Kamloops is known as the Coquihalla Highway, and is a 186 km-long freeway, varying between four and six lanes en route.
Highway 5 follows the North Thompson river north from Kamloops for 93 km, along a parallel course with a branch of the Canadian National Railway, to a junction with Highway 24 at Little Fort.
The highway first gained its number in 1973, and it is one of the few numbered highways in the province that is not fully paved.
Highway31 has a total distance of 175 km—37 km along Kootenay Lake between Balfour (a junction with Highway 3A) and Kaslo (a junction with Highway 31A) and 138 km between Kaslo and Galena Bay, where it ends at Highway 23.
Highway 31's main spur, Highway 31A, which also opened in 1973, is 47 km long, connecting Highway31 at Kaslo to Highway 6 at New Denver.
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