British Columbia Highway 95
Highway 95 is a north-south highway in the southeastern corner of British Columbia, opened in 1957. The highway connects with U.S. Route 95, from which the highway takes its number, at the Canada–U.S. border at Kingsgate, just north of Eastport, Idaho. The section between the Canada-U.S. border and the Crowsnest Highway is known as the Yahk–Kingsgate Highway while the section between the Crowsnest Highway and Golden is known as the Kootenay–Columbia Highway.
Highway 95, one of the most overlapped highways in the province, shares most of its route with other numbered highways.
Route description
The long Highway 95 begins at the international border in a small community called Kingsgate. It connects to U.S. Route 95 at the Eastport-Kingsgate Border Crossing. Heading north from there, it follows the Moyie River northeast for to the town of Yahk, where it merges onto the Crowsnest Highway. Highway 95 follows the Crowsnest Highway northeast for to the city of Cranbrook, where Highway 95A, designated in 1968 and following the original alignment of Highway 95 for through Kimberley and Ta Ta Creek, begins. From Cranbrook, it is another east to the Fort Steele junction, where Highway 3 hands Highway 95 off to Highway 93.From the Fort Steele junction, Highway 95 follows Highway 93 north for through the community of Wasa, to where Highway 95A's east junction is located. From the Highway 95A junction, Highway 93/95 follows the Kootenay River upstream for, through Skookumchuck to the town of Canal Flats, at the southern end of Columbia Lake. North of Canal Flats, Highway 93/95 travels for along the Columbia River, through the communities of Fairmont Hot Springs, Windermere and Invermere to the town of Radium Hot Springs, where Highway 93 diverges east. Highway 95 continues to follow the Columbia River north for, through the locations of Edgewater, Brisco, Spillimacheen and Parson, to where it terminates at its junction with the Trans-Canada Highway at Golden.