Golden Ears Way

Golden Ears Way

Golden Ears Way highlighted in red.
Maintained by	TransLink
Length	12.8 km (8.0 mi)
Location	Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows
West end	Highway 15 in Surrey
East end	210th Street in Maple Ridge
Construction
Inauguration	June 16, 2009

Golden Ears Way is a two^[1]-to-six lane road in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. It connects Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to Langley and Surrey via the Golden Ears Bridge.^[2] It is designed to keep traffic movements to and from the Golden Ears Bridge simple and streamlined, and intersections and interchanges have been placed with regards to accessing existing industrial and commercial areas on either side of the river in Port Kells and the Ridge-Meadows area of Maple Ridge, immediately west of Hammond.

The road is under the jurisdiction of TransLink, the organization responsible for the regional transportation network in the Greater Vancouver region.^[3]

Route details

The expressway begins at 96th Avenue just west of Highway 15 in Surrey, a major route leading to the U.S. border, and continues eastward, passing through intersections to access the Port Kells Industrial Area. The Golden Ears Way becomes a freeway after the 192nd Street intersection and links 200th Street south to Langley City Centre, before curving northward onto the Golden Ears Bridge. In Maple Ridge, interchanges have been constructed close to commercial areas; a particular focus is the interchange at Highway 7, where most Golden Ears Way traffic is expected to exit the connector. The road past Highway 7 is mostly a two-laned expressway linking to residential and agricultural areas in the north of Maple Ridge, ending at the intersection with 210th Street and continuing beyond as 128th Avenue.^[4]

Exit list

The entirety of this route is in Metro Vancouver.

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Continues west as 96th Avenue to Surrey City Centre
City of Surrey	0.0	0.0	BC 15 south (Pacific Highway) – Cloverdale and the U.S. border; north to BC 1 – Vancouver, Hope and BC 17 (South Fraser Perimeter Road) – Delta, Victoria	At-grade
	0.7	0.4	180th Street	At-grade
	1.7	1.1	96th Avenue Connector, South Fraser Perimeter Road Connector	At-grade, SFPR Connector is unopened
	3.4	2.1	192nd Street	At-grade
			Freeway begins
Township of Langley	5.3	3.3	199A Street to 200th Street to BC 1 and Langley	Southbound exit, northbound entrance from 201st Street
			Golden Ears Bridge over the Fraser River (toll bridge)
City of Pitt Meadows	8.1	5.0	113B Avenue/Airport Way to Pitt Meadows Airport
	9.1	5.7	Maple Meadows Way to BC 7 east (Lougheed Highway) – Hope	Northbound exit only
District of Maple Ridge	9.8	6.1	To BC 7 west (Lougheed Highway) – Coquitlam	At-grade
			Freeway ends, continues as two-lane arterial
	11.3	7.0	203rd Street	At-grade
	12.6	7.8	210th Street	At-grade
Continues east as 128th Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Tolled       Unopened

References

1. BC Local News - Abernethy Way now a major road

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• TransLink.ca - Golden Ears Bridge