It ends underneath Triumph Street, with the highway continuing north to the McGill Street interchange (to the Port of Vancouver) and the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing towards the District of North Vancouver.
The Cassiar Connector was completed in January 1992, when it was described as removing one of the last remaining traffic lights on the Trans Canada Highway and as the BC Ministry of Transportation's largest project to date.
A ceremony was also held at 1 p.m. and was attended by Transportation Minister Art Charbonneau and Vancouver Mayor Gordon Campbell.
[2] The next day, it was opened to vehicle traffic, and the Trans Canada highway was diverted to the new route.
"[4] As part of that program, the Trans-Canada Highway through the Cassiar Connector was increased to three lanes in each direction.