Kicking Horse Canyon Completion Update - Trans-Canada Highway 1 - Golden B.C. - 2024/08

[@tonylagergren5417]

Awesome Video, I can't wait to drive that route again.

[@GreatAussieDrives]

Simply a masterpiece of engineering and of course some incredible scenic views, especially during winter! Amazing work, loved the cover of 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' also!

[@xlbolt]

Thanks! I’m very glad to see one of the more dangerous and most difficult sections to widen of Highway 1 in the province to be completed, through some of the most difficult scenery to build a highway through. The fact it’s so easy to drive through in comparison to how the route once was is an accomplishment in itself.

[@ColtonRoadVideos]

Just wow! What an improvement!

[@CanaRoads]

I was excited to see this, thanks for posting. That S-curve along the cliff edge was always the most harrowing part of the drive on the TCH in BC. I'm glad it has finally been modernized and is much safer now. Gosh the Rockies are so much more beautiful in the winter....wasn't there supposed to be a tunnel constructed as part of the widening project???

[@xlbolt]

Thanks! It’s been long awaited for me to see it completed, and it wasn’t too far from Calgary where I made a last-second visit last week, so two birds with one stone. It is the first time I’ve ever visited the Rockies outside of the summer and the scenery doesn’t disappoint, though it does take a moment to anticipate and plan for the variance in conditions. I did think about how it could’ve been possible to tunnel through the section, but I’m pretty happy to see the 100km/h final speed for the highway expected soon, though the steep hills without climbing lanes may become an issue in the coming decades. It’s still a much needed upgrade from the past

[@ColtonRoadVideos]

⁠​⁠@@xlboltI remember MoTI said they considered a tunnel. I can’t remember the exact reason, but it was probably for cost-related reasons. Construction isn’t expected to fully wrap up until Spring 2024, as there are still some finishing touches such as wildlife fencing, permanent lane markings, final paving, etc. So they’ll probably keep the speed limit at 80 km/h, until everything is done.

[@brettthomas5605]

Great video! It took almost 20 years to get 35 km twinned through the Kicking Horse Pass! What is left now is the provincial portions between Chase and Golden BC.

[@Komiksulo]

Wow! It really gives a sense of the downhill grade going into Golden…

[@pitrow66]

Thanks for sharing

[@ALTDOK667]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Jays_adventures-16]

There’s another Construction up west of Golden BC near the Quartz Creek FSR road they completely blasted the old highway with the one old bridge gone they’re adding four lanes through there and a new bridge there it should be done by this Spring time. I’ve seen a lot of videos on KZbin about the Kicking Horse Construction updates and projects from the past years that they done it at least they gotten rid of the old dangerous sections of it.

[@denelson83]

But now what about through Yoho National Park?

[@centinelroads]

I suppose it's one of the safest places to drive along the TCH, and it's also a Nationally owned corridor. Things get complicated there.

[@xlbolt]

That section doesn’t look as difficult to upgrade compared to the canyon itself. Some (short) portions have already been upgraded closer to the Alberta border. I’ll get to the footage later this year.

[@craigceecee8762]

@@xlbolt I think the next focus in the area should be the urban section in Golden. An interchange at Highway 95 was originally planned but deferred. Adding an interchange there, as well as another one on the west end of Golden (the far west traffic signal would be most sensible, while extending the service roads to Highway 95 and adding one or two pedestrian overpasses in the mid-section as well). Golden could probably go to 80 km/h if completely built out as a freeway, with the tight corners being a limiting factor.

[@brettthomas5605]

Good luck, with it being twinned because this current federal government has other priorities, resulting in money being poured down the drain!

[@GordoGambler]

@@craigceecee8762 A lot of the cars stop for gas and lunch there. The last thing needed there is a fricking freeway. My last time there was on my 120 bicycle end of May 2018, westbound when phase 4 was getting going. I was going car speed downhill, so in the wiggly lane. LOL. I did a 3,900 mile loop by NW Oregon.

[@aclare9528]

Do lines exist on the road or nah?

[@ЯнЯнчилик]

good afternoon couldn't they make the trip from Vancouver to Toronto in real time?

[@anthonycyr9657]

Terrible music, couldn't watch..