Switchback 1000 - Info Page

Switchback 1000

Start/Finish: Broadway and Granville, Vancouver

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Route Description

Dist.
(int.)
     

START - VANCOUVER
Broadway & Granville
  
0.0   W BROADWAY 0.5
0.5 R N BURRARD STREET 3.3
3.8 L NW DUNSMUIR STREET (becomes MELVILLE ST.) 0.6
4.4 L NW PENDER STREET 0.4
4.8 BR NW GEORGIA STREET (HIGHWAY #1A/99 over Lion's Gate Bridge) 5.1
9.9 BR W MARINE DRIVE (second exit off bridge) 16.0
25.9 R E KEITH ROAD 0.1
26.0 L N HIGHWAY #99 43.5
69.5    

CONTROL #1 - SQUAMISH
7 Eleven Convenience Store
(Hwy.#99 @ Cleveland Ave.)
  
69.5 CO N HIGHWAY #99 90.5
160.0    

CONTROL #2 - PEMBERTON
PetroCan Service Station
(Hwy.#99 @ Portage Rd.)
  
160.0 CO E HIGHWAY #99 7.0
167.0 R E HIGHWAY #99 92.0
259.0    

CONTROL #3 - LILLOOET
Your Choice
  
259.0 CO E HIGHWAY #99 (over Fraser R.bridge) 1.0
260.0 R S HIGHWAY #12 (through Lytton) 61.5
321.5 R S HIGHWAY #1 37.5
359.0    

CONTROL #4 - BOSTON BAR
Canyon Alpine Restaurant/Motel
  
359.0 CO S HIGHWAY #1(becomes WATER AVE. in Hope) 71.0
430.0    

CONTROL #5 - HOPE
Chevron Service Station
(Water Ave. @ Hudson Bay St.)
  
430.0 CO S WATER AVENUE (HWY.#1) 0.5
430.5 L E OLD HOPE-PRINCETON WAY 0.9
431.4 L N 6th AVENUE 0.3
431.7 R E KAWKAWA LAKE ROAD 2.8
434.5 BR E OTHELLO ROAD 3.0
437.5 L E OTHELLO ROAD 3.8
441.3 R N COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY #5 72.5
513.8 BR N COLDWATER ROAD (Exit #256) 30.5
544.3 L W HIGHWAY #5A/97C (becomes NICOLA AVE. in Merritt) 2.6
546.9    

CONTROL #6 - MERRITT
7-11 Food Store
(Nicola Ave. @ Voght St.)
  
546.9 L W NICOLA AVENUE (HWY. #8/97C) 4.8
551.7 R N HIGHWAY #97C (MAMIT LAKE ROAD) 42.0
593.7 R E MEADOW CREEK ROAD 1.5
595.2    

CONTROL #7 -LOGAN LAKE
Your Choice
  
595.2 T W MEADOW CREEK ROAD 1.5
596.7 L S HIGHWAY #97C (MAMIT LAKE ROAD) 42.0
638.7 L E HIGHWAY #8/97C (becomes NICOLA AVE. in Merritt) 4.8
643.5    

CONTROL #8 - MERRITT
7-11 Food Store
(Nicola Ave. @ Voght St.)
  
643.5 CO E NICOLA AVENUE (HWY.#5A/97C ) 28.0
671.5 R S HIGHWAY #5A 62.5
734.0    

CONTROL #9 - PRINCETON
Your Choice
  
734.0 R W HIGHWAY #3 131.0
865.0 BR W EXIT #173 (becomes OLD HOPE-PRINCETON WAY in Hope) 2.3
867.3 R N WATER AVENUE (HWY.#1) 0.5
867.8    

CONTROL #10 - HOPE
Chevron Service Station
(Water Ave. @ Hudson Bay St.)
  
867.8 CO N WATER AVENUE (HWY.#1) 2.5
870.3 BR E/W LOUGHEED HIGHWAY #7 (becomes 1st Ave. in Mission) 79.5
949.8    

CONTROL #11 -MISSION
Tim Horton's Donuts
(1st Ave. @ Horne St.)
  
949.8 CO W 1st AVENUE (LOUGHEED HWY.#7) 37.0
986.8 BL W HIGHWAY #7B (MARY HILL BYPASS) CAUTION !! 7.2
994.0 L W UNITED BOULEVARD CAUTION !! 3.2
997.2 R N KING EDWARD STREET 0.4
997.6 L W LOUGHEED HIGHWAY #7 (becomes BROADWAY in Vancouver) 21.0
1018.6    

FINISH - VANCOUVER
Broadway & Granville
  

A few notes:

Lillooet:
Jones Market on Main Street (250-256-7257) is open until 11 p.m.
also: Lightfoot Gas on #99 (closing time unknown.)

Boston Bar:
Canyon Alpine Restaurant (604-867-9339) - now closed midnight - 5 a.m.
Canyon Alpine Motel (604-867-9295)
*New for 2003 - Boston Bar Husky open 24 hours*

Coquihalla Tollbooths:
The water in the bathrooms at the tollbooths was described as "unfit for human consumption", in June 2002.

Logan Lake:
2 Gas Stations: they're closed 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Numerous restaurants: they close at 9 p.m.
Black Bull Pub: open 'til midnight

Princeton:
Chevron is 24 hour

After hours at Broadway and Granville:
Karen says that the coffee shop on the south-east corner is 24-hour.
Denny's at Broadway and Birch is 24-hour. (2 blocks east)
Esso at Broadway and Burrard is 24-hour. (2 blocks west)