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| Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor road snow black and white The Fraser Highway (Hwy. 1; Trans-Canada Highway until 1964) in Langley, BC. View looking east from around 256th Street. In the background, Mount Baker looms large in Washington State. Photograph taken September 1949. [City of Vancouver Archives; Steffens-Colmer Studios Ltd. photo] Based on the old Yale Road of 1874, the hard-surface paved Fraser Highway was competed in the 1930s and designated as Hwy. 1 in 1941. Around this decade, it was included as part of the Trans-Canada Highway network until the completion of the '401 Freeway'. The Fraser Highway retained its designation as Hwy. 1 until 1973 when it became Hwy. 1A. The Hwy. 1A designation was dropped in the 2000s. The Fraser Highway (Hwy. 1; Trans-Canada Highway until 1964) in Langley, BC. View looking east from around 256th Street. In the background, Mount Baker looms large in Washington State. Photograph taken September 1949. [City of Vancouver Archives; Steffens-Colmer Studios Ltd. photo] Based on the old Yale Road of 1874, the hard-surface paved Fraser Highway was competed in the 1930s and designated as Hwy. 1 in 1941. Around this decade, it was included as part of the Trans-Canada Highway network until the completion of the '401 Freeway'. The Fraser Highway retained its designation as Hwy. 1 until 1973 when it became Hwy. 1A. The Hwy. 1A designation was dropped in the 2000s. | ||||
