Okanagan-Shuswap Trans-Canada Highway

01/12/2023

Bruhn Bridge on Hwy 1 in Sicamous is single lane alternating traffic until Sunday (Jan. 15) at 4 pm.

Crews are completing permanent repairs to the railing, which was damaged this past summer. (Photo shows previous temporary repair).

Updates via DriveBC: https://bit.ly/3iwLK4e

06/05/2022

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/thousands-of-people-without-power-in-the-shuswap/it92083

The outages were reported around noon today.

04/09/2022

Snowpack below normal in Okanagan. Provincial figures also show high levels in northwest B.C. and near Golden.

Provincial figures also show high levels in northwest B.C. and near Golden

03/08/2022

Push continues to ban non-local truck traffic on Highway 5A between Kamloops and Merritt

During a virtual press conference on Sept. 16, the 45-page Highway 5A Transportation Study was released to the public. The study, completed by Seero Engineering Consulting and commissioned by Stump Lake Ranch, provides recent data, which will be presented to Transportation Minister Rob Fleming.

02/16/2022

For anyone driving through British Columbia along the Trans-Canada, it's impossible to miss the huge red hotel and its scenic location.

01/19/2022

On Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) will reopen to regular vehicle traffic between Hope and Merritt.

01/09/2022

BC: TCH #1 vehicle incident between 8km west of Sicamous to 8km east of Salmon Arm with DETOUR in effect via Highway 97A Sicamous & Highway 97B Salmon Arm to Enderby. Next update time Sun Jan 9 at 2pm.

12/31/2021

From BC Transportation: The Coquihalla Hwy (Hwy 5) has reopened between Hope and Merritt to essential commercial vehicles.

The route is available to commercial vehicles with a minimum licensed gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 11,794 kilograms.

With most commercial vehicles moving to Hwy 5, travel restrictions will be lifted from Hw 3, at 8 am tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 21), allowing the route between Hope and Princeton to be used for non-essential travel.

Travel restrictions have also been lifted from Hwy 99 between Pemberton and Lillooet. However, vehicles over 14,500 kilograms GVW are still not permitted on this section.

The Coquihalla was closed by multiple washouts on Nov. 14, and extensive repairs followed. More than 300 workers using 200 pieces of equipment moved more than 400,000 cubic metres of gravel, rock, and other material to repair and reopen the highway in just 35 days.

On the Coq, the speed limit is 60 km/h in repaired areas where traffic is one lane each way. Oversize loads are restricted:https://www.cvse.ca/CTPM/Notices/Notice-07-21-Oversize-Restrictions-for-Highway5.pdf

PHOTO: South of Othello Road, one of the first commercial vehicles to access the now reopened Coquihalla Hwy.
More: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021TRAN0188-002417

12/31/2021

Kamloops to Revelstoke

Follow the dry valley of the Thompson River, the Little Shuswap River, the cottage-cluttered south shore of Shuswap Lake with Salmon Arm and Sicamous' houseboat fleet. Head through the magnificent Monashee Mountain Range. The highway then clings to the southern shoreline of Three Valley Lake, below some very high vertical cliffs. You also pass several family-oriented attractions on each end of the lake.
https://transcanadahighway.com/british-columbia/bc-highway-itinerary-kamloops-to-revelstoke/

12/31/2021

BC: Snowfall warning (15 to 30 cm) for #5 Coquihalla Hope to Merritt and #3 Crowsnest Highway from Hope to Princeton and Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass.

A winter storm moving across BC will begin Saturday afternoon, with snow continuing into Sunday and ending early Monday morning.

12/31/2021

BC: Snowfall warning (15 to 30 cm) for #1 Trans-Canada from Eagle Pass to Rogers Pass

A winter storm moving across BC will begin Saturday afternoon, with snow continuing into Sunday and ending early Monday morning.

12/19/2021

BC: Highway 1, Avalanche control work planned 15 to 24 km west of Revelstoke). Starting Sun Dec 19 at 9 AM PST until 11 AM PST. Road closure planned.