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Highway 97A | ||||
Length: | 65 km (40 mi) | |||
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Highway 97B | ||||
Length: | 14 km (9 mi) | |||
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Highway 97C | ||||
Length: | 224 km (139 mi) | |||
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Highway 97D | ||||
Length: | 24 km (15 mi) | |||
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Location | ||||
Districts: | Logan Lake, Peachland, Sicamous | |||
Major cities: | Armstrong, Enderby, Merritt, Salmon Arm, Vernon | |||
Highway system | ||||
British Columbia provincial highways
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British Columbia provincial highways
There are four suffixed routes of British Columbia Highway 97:
Highway 97A is a 65 km (40 mi) spur route between the cities of Vernon, on Highway 97, and Sicamous, on Highway 1.
Highway 97A's current alignment is not the same as its original route. Originally, when the '97A' designation was first given to the highway in 1953, it went from a junction with Highway 97 at Swan Lake, where it starts today, northeast to Grindrod, and then it followed the modern-day Highway 97B to Salmon Arm, then following the Trans-Canada Highway west to Monte Creek, where Highway 97 merges onto the Trans-Canada. Between 1957 and 1962, Highway 97A had the designation of '97E'. Finally, in 1962, Highway 97A was re-routed onto its present alignment, going north from Swan Lake to Grindrod, and then northeast to Sicamous. Other communities on Highway 97A include Spallumcheen, Armstrong, and Enderby.