Highway 16

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UPDATE: Oncoming train hits car stopped on tracks off Hwy 16, no injuries

Hwy 16 was closed between Terrace and Prince Rupert but is open again

 

That’s Thornhill sign financier Bob Erb on the left with in-coming Thornhill regional district director Ted Ramsay at the July 2022 unveiling of a refurbished ‘Welcome to Thornhill’ sign on the eastern entrance to the community. (File photo)

Thornhill sign campaign gathers momentum

Regional district sends wish list to provincial government

 

Campaign underway to add Thornhill to highways ministry signs. (File photo)

Thornhill sign campaign gathers traction

Regional district backs idea; sends letter to transportation ministry

 

The back of a BC Emergency Health Services ground ambulance. (Black Press file photo)

Several people injured in 2 vehicle collision east of Terrace

Drivers, passengers hospitalized after pickup trucks collide on Hwy 16

The back of a BC Emergency Health Services ground ambulance. (Black Press file photo)
That’s Bob Erb on the left with former Thornhill regional district director Ted Ramsay at the July 13 unveiling of a refurbished ‘Welcome to Thornhill’ sign on the eastern entrance to the community. (Rod Link/Terrace Standard)

Advocates ramp up campaign for Thornhill recognition

Redone “Welcome to Thornhill” sign unveiled this week

That’s Bob Erb on the left with former Thornhill regional district director Ted Ramsay at the July 13 unveiling of a refurbished ‘Welcome to Thornhill’ sign on the eastern entrance to the community. (Rod Link/Terrace Standard)
Bob Erb rescued this government sign from the dump years ago and wonders why they were taken down in the first place. (Photo courtesy Bob Erb)

Thornhill can’t get any respect, says longtime resident

Bob Erb upset his community isn’t listed on highways ministry road signs

Bob Erb rescued this government sign from the dump years ago and wonders why they were taken down in the first place. (Photo courtesy Bob Erb)
Members of the Governing Body of the Highway of Tears gathered in Prince George on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada. (Submitted photo)

‘Pillars of Hope and Strength’ to honour Indigenous lives lost along Highway 16

Pillars made of local red cedar by Indigenous artists will be raised in Prince George and Prince Rupert

Members of the Governing Body of the Highway of Tears gathered in Prince George on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada. (Submitted photo)
Images on social media showed water covering parts of Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace. (Photo: Florence Lockyer/Facebook)

UPDATE: Hwy 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace open

DriveBC urges drivers to continue to watch for slippery sections, pooling water

Images on social media showed water covering parts of Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace. (Photo: Florence Lockyer/Facebook)
Expect delays on Highway 16 West due to a landslide between Hillcrest Way and Lloyd Drive on April 21. (Ken Young/Facebook)

Update: Single lane traffic still in effect due to landslide on Highway 16 West

No further information available around when the Highway will fully reopen

Expect delays on Highway 16 West due to a landslide between Hillcrest Way and Lloyd Drive on April 21. (Ken Young/Facebook)
Mabel Todd, 83, of the Nak’azdli First Nation, leads a group of family members and advocates of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls as they walk along the so-called Highway of Tears in Moricetown, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Province, feds fund full cell service along ‘Highway of Tears’ following years of advocacy

A ‘critical milestone in helping prevent future tragedies’ after at least 10 Indigenous women murdered, missing along the route

Mabel Todd, 83, of the Nak’azdli First Nation, leads a group of family members and advocates of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls as they walk along the so-called Highway of Tears in Moricetown, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
MP Olaf Hanson delivered an address at the opening of the Skeena River Highway at Terrace on Sept. 4, 1944 before the ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. In attendance were government officials, who came up from Vancouver, American officials and residents from Prince Rupert all the way to Quesnel. (photo courtesy of the Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives).

Denis Garon remembers winding journey along Skeena Highway for 75th anniversary

Labour Day 1944, a ribbon was cut marking the opening of the highway from Prince Rupert to Terrace

MP Olaf Hanson delivered an address at the opening of the Skeena River Highway at Terrace on Sept. 4, 1944 before the ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. In attendance were government officials, who came up from Vancouver, American officials and residents from Prince Rupert all the way to Quesnel. (photo courtesy of the Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives).
SG Shuttle is in talks with the city in hopes of using the Prince Rupert Airport Shuttle Centre as a pick up and drop-off point

Prince Rupert shuttle service set to get underway

New shuttle bus between Prince Rupert and Terrace

SG Shuttle is in talks with the city in hopes of using the Prince Rupert Airport Shuttle Centre as a pick up and drop-off point
Illustration of the Hwy 16 and 37 roundabout from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Expect delays from Terrace roundabout construction

Completion of $9.3 million construction project expected in the fall

Illustration of the Hwy 16 and 37 roundabout from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
WWII’s influence on the Skeena River Highway construction

WWII’s influence on the Skeena River Highway construction

How the Skeena went from road of war to road of beauty

WWII’s influence on the Skeena River Highway construction
75-year-old U.S. man killed in Hwy 16 crash between Terrace, Prince Rupert

75-year-old U.S. man killed in Hwy 16 crash between Terrace, Prince Rupert

Driver died on route to hospital

75-year-old U.S. man killed in Hwy 16 crash between Terrace, Prince Rupert
A project to replace the CN Rail level crossing on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace is behind schedule. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

CN level crossing overpass project likely over budget

Province cites complexity of construction plan for rail crosing between Prince Rupert and Terrace

A project to replace the CN Rail level crossing on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace is behind schedule. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
A project to replace the CN Rail level crossing on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace is behind schedule. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)

Province shelves Hwy16 overpass project

Province cites complexity of construction plan for rail crossing between Prince Rupert and Terrace

A project to replace the CN Rail level crossing on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Terrace is behind schedule. (Shannon Lough / The Northern View)
A vehicle incident has closed Highway 16 in both directions. (Photo by Julia Duin)

Highway 16 fully open

Highway was previously closed in both direction following a two-car collision

A vehicle incident has closed Highway 16 in both directions. (Photo by Julia Duin)
UPDATE: Highway 16 reopened between Rupert and Terrace

UPDATE: Highway 16 reopened between Rupert and Terrace

Highway 16 reopened 8 p.m. on Feb. 27

UPDATE: Highway 16 reopened between Rupert and Terrace
One of many avalanche deposits that hit Highway 16 during a closure for high avalanche hazard over recent weeks. (Skeena District Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure photo)

Most Highway 16 closures for avalanches in years after multiple dumps of snow

Highway 16 has had four closures between Terrace and Prince Rupert due to 35 mile avalanche area

One of many avalanche deposits that hit Highway 16 during a closure for high avalanche hazard over recent weeks. (Skeena District Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure photo)