In a road network, a concurrency is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. The practice is often economically and practically advantageous when multiple route
Highway shields on a two-way concurrency, where I-99 and US 220 share one roadway traveling northbound in Antis Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
U.S. Route 1/9 concurrency signed on a shield on the Pulaski Skyway
The Queen Elizabeth Way concurrent with Highway 403 in Ontario
An extreme example in Greensboro, North Carolina, where I-40, I-85 Business, US 29, US 70, US 220, and US 421 formerly ran concurrently (2006)
Highway 5 is a 543-kilometre north–south route in southern British Columbia, Canada. Highway 5 connects the southern Trans-Canada route with the northern Trans-Canada/Yellowhead route, providing the s
Concurrency (road)
…but the California Legislature removed most of them in a comprehensive reform of highway numbering in 1964. Concurrencies are also found in Canada. British Columbia Highway 5 continues east for 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) concurrently with Highway 1 and Highway 97, through Kamloops. This stretch of road, which carries Highway 97…
Great Bear Snowshed (2007)
BC Highway 5 Nicola Valley (2007)
A plaque commemorating the opening of the Coquihalla Highway in Hope, British Columbia.
The toll booth once marked the halfway point of the formerly tolled Hope-to-Merritt portion of the highway (2006)