0 Avenue
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| Length | 29.0 km (18.0 mi)[1] |
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| Location | Surrey, Langley (Township), Abbotsford |
| West end | Peace Park Drive in Surrey |
| East end | Townline Road in Abbotsford |
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0 Avenue (Zero Avenue) is a road in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, running beside the Canada–United States border from Surrey to Abbotsford.[2] The road runs parallel to the border between the two countries.[3]
The road begins near the Peace Arch Border Crossing, and continues eastward for 28.9 kilometres (18.0 mi), with gaps around the Pacific Highway and Lynden–Aldergrove Border Crossings. Boundary Road on the US side runs for 1.5 miles along 0 Avenue and again one mile to the west, with many cameras watching the border, before the U.S. road ends at the Lynden–Aldergrove Border Crossing. 0 Avenue continues west along the northern border of Peace Arch Historical State Park to Peace Arch Crossing. Small pedestrian bridges cross a trench on the border. At the eastern end of 0 Avenue, the road turns north.[2]
The road is used by smugglers, even though the border controls have tightened up since the September 11 attacks.[4] The first known drug tunnel along the Canada–United States border was found east of the Lynden–Aldergrove crossing in 2005.[2] Some asylum seekers have also tried to move to Canada from the U.S. via 0 Avenue.[5]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions on cross-border travel made 0 Avenue a meeting place for several cross-border couples.[6] Once restrictions were lifted, some of these couples married at Peace Arch Park, a transnational park between Blaine and Surrey.[6][7]
Major intersections
[edit | edit source]| Regional District | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Metro Vancouver | Surrey | 0.0 | 0.0 | Peace Park Drive | Roadway continues north as Peace Park Drive; connects to Highway 99 north | ||
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| 1.4 | 0.87 |  Highway 15 (176 Street) – Pacific Highway Border Crossing | Resumes as 1 Avenue | ||||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 177A Street | Roadway turns south and becomes 177A Street | ||||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0 Avenue | Roadway turns east and becomes 0 Avenue | ||||
| Langley (Township) | 19.3 | 12.0 | 264 Street | Eastbound access to Hwy 13 | |||
| 19.8 | 12.3 |  Highway 13 – Lynden–Aldergrove Border Crossing | No access from the west (dead end); no westbound to southbound turns | ||||
| Fraser Valley | Abbotsford | 29.0 | 18.0 | Townline Road | Roadway continues north as Townline Road | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
