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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
You do know that Ontario and east, not Trans Canada Highways have any numbering system that is followed? 7, 11, 17, 417, and a few others I know I am missing are all "TCH" in Ontario. The 104 in Nova Scotia is the TCH. What is the need for the number change?
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I am aware of how Ontario (and east) handles their portions of the Trans Canada Highway. The Central Ontario Route (69/400/12/7) might be the best example of what's wrong with the TCH where it bypasses the largest and most important city in the province but yet doesn't serve interprovincial traffic. It was selected as a compromise between the provincial government wanting a more southern route through its population centres (modern day 401, which didn't exist yet), and the federal government wanting a more direct connection through Northern Ontario. In the end the Central route was chosen, but in later years more northern direct routes were added anyway while the TCH became irrelevant in Southern Ontario.
There is precedence in Western Canada for renumbering highways for the TCH, albeit a long time ago. Alberta switched Hwys 1 & 2 while Saskatchewan switched Hwys 1 & 4 to make way for the original Trans Canada Highway; while Saskatchewan renumbered sections of SK 5 & 14 and Manitoba renumbered MB 4 to Hwy 16 for the Yellowhead.
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