History
Until the Highway 1 Freeway (originally the "401") was built in circa-1964, much of the Fraser Highway was part of the Trans-Canada Highway. It was built along the route of Old Yale Road, which was first built in 1874 between Yale and New Westminster. The Fraser Highway route was designated as Hwy. 1 from 1941 to 1972 while the new Freeway was designated as Hwy. 401 until 1972. In 1973, the Freeway route became Hwy. 1 while the Fraser Highway became Hwy. 1A. With the decommissioning of the "B.C. Highway 1A" designation, the original Trans-Canada Highway route is now known merely as the Fraser Highway (Surrey to Abbotsford) and Yale Road West/East (through Chilliwack and Rosedale). In 2005, the City of Chilliwack posted signage along the Yale Road East section designating it as the "Trans-Canada Parallel Route".
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