British Columbia Highway 17A

Highway 17A
Highway 17A highlighted in red.
Route information
Length:	6 km (4 mi)
Existed:	1962-2000 2012 – present
Major junctions
North end:	BC 99 in Delta
South end:	BC 17 in Delta
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways ← BC 17 BC 18 →

British Columbia provincial highways

Highway 17A is a 6 km (3.7 mi) long route connecting Highway 99 and Highway 17; this route was originally numbered Highway 17 between these two points but once the South Fraser Perimeter Road neared completion (on December 1, 2012), the numbering was altered.

Beginning at its interchange with Highway 17, Highway 17A proceeds due north as a 4-lane expressway. 4 km (2.5 mi) after the dual-interchanges with Highway 17 and Deltaport Way, the expressway reaches a junction with Ladner Trunk Road at Ladner; 2 km (1.24 mi), Highway 17A finally terminates at the on-ramp to Highway 99. It terminates and continues at its northern end as 62b Street which becomes River Road, a secondary connector from South Delta to North Delta which passes Tilbury Industrial Park. Trucks are no longer permitted to travel on Highway 17A except for local delivery, as the newer Highway 17 expressway was partly intended to keep trucks out of Ladner and provide a traffic-light free connection between Highway 99 and Deltaport, which is expecting huge expansion in the near future.

Highway 17A, known locally as West Saanich Road, was an alternate route through the Saanich peninsula. While the four-lane Highway 17 takes a path along the eastern half of the peninsula, Highway 17A, which had only two lanes, took the western side. Highway 17A was used as the primary access to the famous Butchart Gardens, as well as the ferry across the Saanich Inlet, used to bypass the Malahat Drive. The highway was first designated 17A in 1962, but lost its designation in 2000.