The Trans-Canada Highway is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast. The main route spans 7,476 km (4,645 mi) across the country, one of the longest routes of its type in the world. The highway system is recognizable by its distinctive white-on-green maple leaf route markers, although there are small variations in the markers in some provinces.
Highway 1 westbound near Vancouver
The Trans-Canada Highway passing through Glacier National Park in British Columbia
Highway 1 with wildlife overpass, eastbound through Banff National Park in Alberta
Highway 1 eastbound in Manitoba near Carberry
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or a translation for Autobahn, autostrada, autoroute, etc.
A typical Interstate Highway in Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Tampere Highway in Vantaa, Finland
The I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States
Part of the AVUS road in Berlin, the first automobile-only road, which served as an inspiration for Piero Puricelli's 1924 autostrada between Milan and the northern Italian lakes, the first motorway in the world.