The
Trans-Canada Highway (
French:
Route Transcanadienne) is a transcontinental federal-provincial
highway system that travels through all ten
provinces of
Canada between its
Pacific Ocean and
Atlantic Ocean coasts to the west and east respectively. It is, along with the
Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's
Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning . The system was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1949, with construction commencing in 1950. The highway officially opened in 1962, and was completed in 1971. The highway system is recognizable by its distinctive white-on-green
maple leaf route markers.