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British Columbia provincial highway 5A, the Princeton-Kamloops Highway, is Highway 5's pre_1986 alignment. Unlike the four-lane Highway 5 freeway, the 182 km-long Highway 5A is only two lanes.
Route details
Starting in Princeton, Highway 5A goes through 63 km of undeveloped land north to its junction with Highway 97C eastbound at Aspen Grove. Highway 97C westbound from Aspen Grove follows Highway 5A northwest for 23 km to its first crossover of Highway 5 at Merritt. Highway 5A circles around Merritt for 7 km to its second crossover of Highway 5 in the north area of Merritt. Back to the east of Highway 5, Highway 5A goes north northeast for 89 km, passing through the community of Quilchena enroute, before terminating within Kamloops at Highway 5.
BritishColumbiaprovincialhighway 19, known locally as the Island Highway, is the main north-south thoroughfare on Vancouver Island north of Nanaimo.
The highway then winds its way past Nimpkish Lake, then through a 163 km long stretch of dense forest terrain, through the community of Woss and a junction with Sayward, finally entering the city of Campbell River at a junction with highways 28 and 19A, just past the river that the city is named for.
The entire stretch of Highway 19 between Campbell River and the city of Parksville is a divided four-lane freeway or expressway (alternates), with a nominal speed limit of 110 km/h, and is referred to as the "Inland Island Highway".
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