Cassiar Tunnel
Interior of the tunnel, heading southbound | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 49°16′39″N 123°01′54″W / 49.277381°N 123.031576°W |
| Route | Highway 1 (TCH) |
| Operation | |
| Opened | January 12, 1992 |
| Owner | British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Technical | |
| Length | 730 metres (2,400 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 6 |
| Tunnel clearance | 5.2 metres (17 ft) |
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The Cassiar Connector is a highway traffic tunnel on the Trans-Canada Highway. It is located in the north-east corner of Vancouver, British Columbia, near the Vancouver-Burnaby border. Travelling northward, the tunnel begins under Adanac Street and passes under the interchange between East Hastings Street and the Highway 1 offramps. It ends underneath Triumph Street, with the highway continuing north to the McGill Street interchange (to the Port of Vancouver) and the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing towards the District of North Vancouver. The tunnel is 730 metres (2,400 ft) long. Dangerous goods are not permitted to be transported through the tunnel.