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Canada Highway 1 in B.C.

exportman
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Question about the tunnels on Canada hwy 1 north of Hope, British Columbia. The map shows a series of tunnels. Are these tunnels multiple lanes in each direction? Are the lanes wide enough for 102-inch wide RVs plus additional inches for the mirrors? Are their tolls to travel through them? Thanks in advance for responding
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garyhaupt
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Johnny G1 wrote:
bguy wrote:
If you're into railway trains at all there's a place on Hwy1 in BC where you can watch the trains go into the spiral tunnel and out and cross over themselves. There's 2 spiral tunnels and a pull off area for both.
Those tunnels are east of Field BC on hwy #1 quite an engineering feat in the days when it was made, worth the time to stop and see, a few trains every hour.


I am familiar with the tunnels you speak of Johnny and yep, very cool. But..I am also familiar with the one 'bguy' mentioned and indeed there is a great train/tunnel watching location on the #1.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.3545939,-121.3899392,630m/data=!3m1!1e3

The 'mark' didn't mark...but looking at the map, see the highway marker? and the dirt road going away to the left? there...

There is a BC Gov't campsite just west..GoldPan, but if a person turns at the marked spot...Boondocking at it's finest and of you happen to score one of the primo spots, you are right across from the tunnels and the trains wind thru 4? of them. Its the downhill set of tracks and active all night long.


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AKsilvereagle
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I will add that this area is unique terrain and very scenic thru the Fraser Canyon area....it took a lot to build a highway thru there as those tunnels add so much character too....everyone is spot on with their posted comments as this stretch of highway is one you better be alert if driving.

I driven this route a total of 12 times (6 round trips) between 1985 and 1991, although I haven't been thru the area since.

In the mid 1980's, the canyon area corridor was light to moderate traffic during the day, when the late 1980's rolled around the traffic was moderate to heavy as I was trying to make sense of what happened with all this increased traffic I was in shock it was so busy.....I can imagine what it is like today.

Then again in 2012, the traffic on Trans Can 1 between Kamloops to Revelstoke was streamline heavy bumper to bumper and it was just non stop busy traffic at that, worse than I expected upon my first time in the area which I did not expect over 90 percent of this stretch was only a two lane highway.

I realized that the southern region of British California does not have enough highways to accommodate today's traffic anymore.....all the major British Columbia highways in the southern portion can get so congested at times too but at least most of the time the traffic is flowing.

As noted, it does get very hot in the canyon area on the sunny days as I experienced 100 degree temperatures on two occasions - I would have posted the exact same thing Flatfoot-Rogue had, reference to make sure upon having a sound rig with adequate cooling on hot days.

I started taking pictures for the first time on road trips in 1991 as I only have a few location pictures of the area of what it looked like then.....

Aug 1991 - Mile 67 - km 108 Trans Canada Hwy 1 -Fraser Canyon-
just north of Yale Tunnel :


Aug 1991 - Mile 77 - km 124 Trans Canada Hwy 1 -Fraser River- Alexandria Bridge :
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Johnny_G1
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bguy wrote:
If you're into railway trains at all there's a place on Hwy1 in BC where you can watch the trains go into the spiral tunnel and out and cross over themselves. There's 2 spiral tunnels and a pull off area for both.
Those tunnels are east of Field BC on hwy #1 quite an engineering feat in the days when it was made, worth the time to stop and see, a few trains every hour.
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bguy
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If you're into railway trains at all there's a place on Hwy1 in BC where you can watch the trains go into the spiral tunnel and out and cross over themselves. There's 2 spiral tunnels and a pull off area for both.
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garyhaupt
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I was thinking about this posting and knew that there was something in the back of my mind..it finally jarred loose. Note that tunnels are arched. A person that is not 100% focused on the task at hand will shy away from that right entry. The tunnels are all singe lane each way, and they are not w-i-d-e lanes, either. A driver will easily find themselves over the double yellow, with oncoming traffic and perhaps a transport or another RV'r in the same mind-set, coming at you. Chances are you will shy away as you enter the tunnel...get back over ASAP.


Gary Haupt
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Flatfoot-Rogue
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there are 7 tunnels. All are two lanes, wide enough for tractor trailers so you will be fine. There are some interesting places to stop at in the Fraser Canyon as well. Hell's Gate is a good stop if looking for a little break. During the summer it gets really hot and windy thru the Canyon so make sure your rig's cooling system is in good shape if you are traveling thru then.
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c_traveler2
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exportman wrote:
Question about the tunnels on Canada hwy 1 north of Hope, British Columbia. The map shows a series of tunnels. Are these tunnels multiple lanes in each direction? Are the lanes wide enough for 102-inch wide RVs plus additional inches for the mirrors? Are their tolls to travel through them? Thanks in advance for responding


Here's a video that I created that shows going up Fraser Valley and a couple of those tunnels.We were there in the summer of 2015. The video starts at the Sumas border.

Crossing Canada video
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John___Angela
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No worries on height or width with our pusher 102 inches plus mirrors pulling a trailer at highway speeds.
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exportman
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Thanks everybody for the feedback. Great picture BC Explorer.

wilber1
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Except for two bridges in the Fraser Valley, there are no tolls on BC roads.
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GaryKH
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You are asking about the tunnels through the Fraser Canyon right? No problem taking them at all! The only thing you have to do is honk your horn when you are in them!! ๐Ÿ™‚

romore
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They are single lane in each direction but as you see plenty big enough to accommodate your rig. That is an extremely busy highway.

BC_Explorer
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All the tunnels are 2 lane roadway and there is no tolls. Thousands of RV's commercial transport and autos go through the tunnels every day so you will not have any problem.

The_real_wild1
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Tractor trailers use the highways.