Knight Street

Knight Street is a major north-south roadway in Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is a four-to-six lane freeway from Westminster Highway in Richmond to Marine Drive in Vancouver, thus serving as an alternate way to exit Vancouver southbound, rather than the Granville Street/Oak Street corridor. Upon entering Vancouver, Knight Street provides major access routes to East Vancouver; at 14th Avenue, the road turns into Clark Drive, and runs northbound until it reaches the Port of Vancouver at Burrard Inlet. It is the busiest truck route in Vancouver,[2] and a key link between Vancouver and its neighbours to the south.

Knight Street
Knight Street's freeway portion highlighted in red.
Maintained byTransLink, City of Vancouver
Length9.8 km (6.1 mi)[1]
LocationVancouver, Richmond
South endWestminster Highway
Major
junctions		Hwy 91
SE Marine Drive
Kingsway
North endClark Drive
Construction
Inauguration1974
Knight Street Bridge facing north towards Vancouver
Monument for East Vancouver located near Clark Dr & 6th Ave

The freeway section of Knight Street crosses the Fraser River via the Knight Street Bridge, connecting Vancouver to Mitchell Island and Richmond. This is the only officially designated freeway in Metro Vancouver that is not also designated as a provincial highway. However, the whole length of Knight Street is part of TransLink's Major Road Network:[3] the agency owns the Knight Street Bridge,[4] and provides funding to the cities of Vancouver and Richmond for maintenance and major projects on the rest of the street.[2][5]

The street has become a favourite for street racers in the Vancouver area probably because of its long straight bridge, though the police presence has recently improved to thwart this activity.[6][7] The intersection of Knight Street and Southeast Marine Drive, at the northern end of Knight Street Bridge, ranked among the top ten motor-vehicle crash sites in all of British Columbia in 2008.[8]

The Knight Street (formerly known as Knight Road) was named after Robert Knight, a property owner in South Vancouver in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[9] Clark Drive is named after Ephraim James Clark, a realtor who donated land to the city for a park in 1889.[9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Metro Vancouver Regional District.

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Richmond0.00.0Westminster Highway
0.80.50 Hwy 91 to Hwy 99 – Delta, Surrey, BC Ferries (Tsawwassen), USA BorderInterchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
2.01.2Jacombs RoadSouthbound exit only
2.41.5 Bridgeport Road – Vancouver International AirportInterchange
2.8–
3.9		1.7–
2.4		Knight Street Bridge over Fraser River North Arm
4.02.5Mitchell Island (Mitchell Road)Interchange
Richmond–Vancouver
boundary		4.1–
4.4		2.5–
2.7		Knight Street Bridge over the Fraser River North Arm
Vancouver4.62.9Southeast Marine DriveInterchange
7.04.3East 41st Avenue
8.75.4King Edward Avenue
8.95.5KingswayFormer Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A
9.86.1East 14th AvenueBecomes Clark Drive
10.06.2East 12th AvenueTo Hwy 1 east
10.36.4 E Broadway (Hwy 7)
10.66.6East 6th Avenue (to Great Northern Way) VCC–Clark station
11.16.9East 1st Avenue (to Terminal Avenue)To Hwy 1
12.47.7East Hastings StreetFormer Hwy 7A
12.57.8Port of VancouverGrade separated, left exit; northbound exit and southbound entrance
12.67.8Powell Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. Google (August 9, 2021). "Knight Street (Vancouver)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  2. , City of Vancouver, March 2003. Accessed online January 20, 2011.
  3. TransLink's Major Road Network, Highways and Gateways Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Knight St Bridge Archived 2010-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, TransLink
  5. TransLink 2010 Capital Program Cost-Sharing Submissions, City of Richmond, March 26, 2010. Accessed online January 20, 2011.
  6. Police turn radar guns on Knight Street Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Vancouver Sun, April 4, 2006. Accessed online January 20, 2011.
  7. Vancouver police launch new speed-trap tactic, CTV British Columbia, June 5, 2008. Accessed online January 20, 2011.
  8. Accident-prone Metro home to all top 10 crash sites Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Vancouver Sun, November 12, 2009. Accessed online January 20, 2011.
  9. Walker, Elizabeth (1999). Street Names of Vancouver (PDF). Vancouver Historical Society. pp. 24, 67. ISBN 0-9692378-7-1.
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