Trans-Canada Highway

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Trans-Canada Highway

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Written by Kenneth Pletcher

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Last Updated: Jan 3, 2025 • Article History

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Ontario blizzard closes highways, leaves thousands in the dark • Jan. 1, 2025, 1:51 AM ET (CBC)

TCH temporarily closed after tractor-trailer jackknifes in western Newfoundland • Dec. 20, 2024, 9:35 PM ET (CBC)

One dead following early morning crash on TCH in western Newfoundland • Dec. 18, 2024, 9:32 PM ET (CBC)

2 major crashes in 14 hours in eastern Renfrew County • Dec. 14, 2024, 2:54 AM ET (CBC)

Derailed train closes Highway 16 north of the Trans-Canada in Manitoba • Dec. 10, 2024, 2:49 AM ET (CBC)

Trans-Canada Highway, principal highway of Canada and the world’s longest national road. The road extends west-east between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts across the breadth of the country for 4,860 miles (7,821 km), between Victoria (Vancouver Island, British Columbia) and St. John’s (Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador). It passes through all 10 Canadian provinces, links many of the country’s leading cities, and allows access to important national and provincial parks. Cape Breton Island, linked to mainland Nova Scotia by a causeway, is the easternmost point of the continuous land portion of the route, and car ferries provide the final connections to ...(100 of 264 words)

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