Highway 91 | ||||
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Annacis Highway Richmond Freeway East-West Connector |
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Highway 91 highlighted in red.
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Route information | ||||
Length: | 23 km (14 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1986 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | BC 99 in Delta | |||
BC 10 in Delta BC 17 in Delta BC 91A in Richmond Knight Street in Richmond |
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North end: | BC 99/Alderbridge Way in Richmond | |||
Location | ||||
Municipalities: | Delta | |||
Major cities: | Richmond | |||
Highway system | ||||
British Columbia provincial highways
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British Columbia provincial highways
Highway 91 is an alternative freeway route to Highway 99 through Delta, New Westminster and Richmond, British Columbia. The highway was built in two sections, the first section from Delta to East Richmond in 1986, and the second section across Richmond in 1989.
It was the highest numbered highway in British Columbia that is not derived from a continuation of a US highway, until the designation of Highway 118 in 2003.
The total distance covered by Highway 91 is 22 km (14 mi). Starting at its junction with Highway 99 in East Delta, the route travels north for 2 km (1¼ mi) to a junction with Highway 10, then north for 10 km (6 mi) through two interchanges and one intersection, over the Alex Fraser Bridge onto Annacis Island, and through another interchange. Highway 91 then crosses the Annacis Channel bridge into Richmond, at which point it veers west. At the southern entrance to Highway 91, the road is named Annacis Highway, however, that name is not commonly used.
In Richmond, where Highway 91 is officially termed the Richmond Freeway but also as the East-West Connector, the route travels west for 10 more km (6 mi), through a junction with Highway 91A and two more interchanges, until it terminates just past its Richmond junction with Highway 99 at Shell Road.