The highway system construction funding was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1949, and construction began in 1950. The highway officially opened in 1962 with the completion of the Rogers Pass section of highway between Golden and Revelstoke in BC. The second opening happend next summer when the Wawa to Sault Ste Marie section in Ontario was opened. A third opening happened in 1965 when Newfoundland completed its 1000 kilometres of paved highway. The 7,821 kilometres long Trans-Canada Highway was a complex and expensive undertaking, which resulted in several major engineering achievements. To this day, the highway is STILL being improved and upgraded