What is Trans-Canada Highway?
[[File:TransCanadaHWY.png|right|250px]] [[File:Terry Fox Monument-Thunder Bay- Ontario-20060625.jpg|thumb|Trans-Canada Highway -Highway 11/17- [[Terry Fox]] Monument]] The '''Trans-Canada Highway''' ({{lang-fr|Route Transcanadienne}}) is a transcontinental that goes across the country in southern [[Canada]]. The main route is {{convert|7,821|km|mi}} long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trans-Canada-Highway|title=Trans-Canada Highway {{!}} highway, Canada|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> ==History== The section between [[Sault Ste Marie, Ontario]] and [[Wawa]], [[Ontario]] opened on September 17, 1960. The [[Rogers Pass]] in [[British Columbia]] opened on September 3, 1962. The paving of the Trans-Canada across [[Newfoundland]] was completed on November 27, 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://transcanadahighway.com.previewmysite.com/general/trans-canada-highway-overview/|title=Trans-Canada Highway Overview|website=Trans-Canada Highway|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-08-09|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807044440/http://transcanadahighway.com.previewmysite.com/general/trans-canada-highway-overview/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Trans-Canada Highway| ]] {{Canada-stub}}