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Highway 5A Road Conditions

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BC Highway 5A Road Conditions reports

Highway 5A, in both directions. Watch for falling rocks between Airport Rd and Skye Blue Loop for 29.4 km (8 km south of Gulliford Lake Rest Area to Princeton).
minor incident | last updated Sun May 22 at 4:07 PM PDT.

Starting at the junction of the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) in Princeton, Highway 5A north to its junction with the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) at Aspen Grove.

Past Aspen Grove, Highway 5A and Highway 97C travel in a shared designation northwest for 23 km (14 mi) before intersecting the Coquihalla Highway 5 and Highway 8 at Merritt.

After a 4 km (2.5 mi) gap, Highway 5A continues north northeast for 89 km (55 mi), passing through the community of Quilchena, before terminating within Kamloops at its junction with Highways 5, 1 and Hwy 97 (which are overlapped at the point where 5A terminates). Highway 5A Road Conditions

Point of Interest: Check out Allison Lake Provincial Park

BC Highway 5A
BC Highway 5A

Want to see what the BC Highway 5A route looks like from a drivers perspective driving from Aspen Grove to Princeton?

Here is a video we found on YouTube. Soon BCHighway will make our own video. Until then you can see an example of one drivers experience July 2020. Watch here by clicking on the center of the screen.

• Allison Lake is shown at 43 min:11 sec

• MacKenzie Lake is shown at 50 min:56 sec

• Similkameen River is visible at 1 hour:06 min:20 sec

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