Grant McConachie Way

{{Short description|Expressway in Richmond and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox street

|name=Grant McConachie Way

|image=Grantmcconachie.svg

|length_km=3.7

|length_ref={{google maps |title=Grant McConachie Way |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1949828,-123.1733925,14z |access-date=October 7, 2021}}

|caption=Grant McConachie Way highlighted in red.

|maint=the Vancouver Airport Authority

|inauguration_date=1960s

|direction_a=East

|terminus_a=SW Marine Drive in Vancouver

|direction_b=West

|terminus_b=Vancouver International Airport Terminal in Richmond

|junction=Russ Baker Way
Sea Island Way

|location=Vancouver, Richmond

}}

File:ArthurLaingBridge Aerial.jpg

Grant McConachie Way is a three-to-six lane arterial route and thoroughfare in Richmond and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Named for aviator Grant McConachie, it is the primary access road into Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island. It is also one of the three roads entering Vancouver from the south, along with Knight Street and Oak Street. Upon entering Vancouver, the road becomes Southwest Marine Drive.{{cite book |author1=Peter Heiler Ltd. |title=Greater Vancouver & the Fraser Valley. |date=2005 |publisher=Canadian Cartographics Corporation |location=Oshawa, Ont. |isbn=978-1-55198-152-9 |pages=38-39,66-67}}

The road crosses the Arthur Laing Bridge over the North Arm Fraser River. Its east-west alignment on Sea Island between the Arthur Laing Bridge and the airport is closely paralleled by SkyTrain's Canada Line. In 2001, interchange improvements were made to provide better access.

While there are at-grade intersections on the route, there have been some talks by YVR to potentially convert the Templeton Street intersection into a proper freeway-like interchange.

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