British Columbia Highway 5

Highway 5
Highway 5
Southern Yellowhead Highway; Coquihalla Highway
	Highway 5 highlighted in red.
Route information
	Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	543.33 km (337.61 mi) Coquihalla Highway: 185.6 km (115.3 mi)
Existed	1941–present
Major junctions
South end	Highway 1 (TCH) near Hope
	Highway 3 near Hope; Highway 5A / Highway 8 / Highway 97C in Merritt; Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 97 in Kamloops; Highway 5A in Kamloops; Highway 24 in Little Fort
North end	Highway 16 (TCH) near Tête Jaune Cache
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional districts	Fraser Valley, Thompson-Nicola, Fraser-Fort George
Major cities	Merritt, Kamloops
Villages	Valemount
Highway system
	British Columbia provincial highways;

Highway 5 is a 543 km (337 mi) north–south route in southern British Columbia, Canada. Highway 5 connects the southern Trans-Canada route (Highway 1) with the northern Trans-Canada/Yellowhead route (Highway 16), providing the shortest land connection between Vancouver and Edmonton. Despite the entire route being signed as part of the Yellowhead Highway, the portion of Highway 5 south of Kamloops is also known as the Coquihalla Highway, while the northern portion is known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway. The Coquihalla section was a toll road until 2008.

Although the Yellowhead Highway system is considered part of the Trans-Canada Highway network, Highway 5 is not represented with a Trans-Canada marker. Regardless, Highway 5 is designated as a core route of Canada's National Highway System.