British Columbia Highway 7

Highway 7
Lougheed Highway Broadway Haney Bypass
Sections in red denotes Highway 7
Route information
Length:	150 km (90 mi)
Existed:	1941 – present
Major junctions
West end:	BC 99 (Granville Street) in Vancouver
	BC 1 in Coquitlam BC 7B in Port Coquitlam Golden Ears Way in Maple Ridge BC 11 in Mission BC 9 in Kent
East end:	BC 1 near Hope
Location
Districts:	Mission, Kent, Hope
Major cities:	Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways ← BC 6 BC 7B →

Highway 7, known for most of its length as the Lougheed Highway and Broadway, is an alternative route to Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. Whereas the controlled-access Highway 1 follows the southern bank of the Fraser River, Highway 7 follows the northern bank.

Highway 7 was first commissioned in 1941, and originally went from Vancouver to Harrison Hot Springs, following Dewdney Trunk Road between Port Moody and Port Coquitlam. In 1953, Highway 7 was moved to its current alignment between Vancouver and Coquitlam. Its eastern end was moved south from Harrison Hot Springs to Agassiz in 1956, and then east to Ruby Creek in 1968. Since 1973, Highway 7 has travelled to a junction with Highway 1 just north of Hope.

Unlike former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed's name, the name of the highway is pronounced /ˈloʊhiːd/ LOH-heed. The highway is named after Nelson Seymour Lougheed, MLA for the Dewdney District and the BC Minister of Public Works (1928–29) who ran a logging company in the area.

Route details

The Lougheed Highway just east of Brentwood Town Centre SkyTrain station in Burnaby

Highway 7's total length under the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation (MOT) is 118 km (93 mi). Highway 7 is signed as far west as Granville Street on Broadway in Vancouver, all the way east through Burnaby into Coquitlam, which is under the jurisdiction of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink). The section under the MOT's jurisdiction begins at the westbound exit with Highway 1 near Schoolhouse Street, with a total length of 2.3 km (1.4 mi). The highway then turns immediately northeast, meets with Highway 1 at the Cape Horn Interchange, and has an exit with United Boulevard. The highway leaves the MOT's jurisdiction 300 m (1000 ft) after the interchange.^[1] TransLink again has jurisdiction of Highway 7 from the point east of Ottawa Street to the point east of United Boulevard.^[2]

Highway 7 falls under the MOT's jurisdiction again after Ottawa Street, crossing over the Pitt River Bridge into Pitt Meadows. 6 km (4 mi) southeast of the Pitt River bridge, it crosses into Maple Ridge at Maple Meadows Way, and the highway then crosses into Mission another 20 km (12 mi) east. 9 km (6 mi) of Highway 7's entry into Mission, it meets a junction with Highway 11. 8 km (5 mi) east of the Highway 11 junction, Highway 7 leaves Mission over the Hatzic Pump Bridge.

27 km (17 mi) east of the Highway's eastern exit from Mission, Highway 7 enters the Municipality of Kent. 14 km (9 mi) east, it reaches a junction with Highway 9 at Agassiz. 18 km (11 mi) northeast of the Highway 9 junction, it leaves Kent. Another 12 km (7 mi) northeast, Highway 7 finally reaches its eastern terminus at a junction with Highway 1 at Haig, just across the Fraser River from the main part of Hope.

Highway 7 near Harrison Mills

Major intersections

From west to east:

Regional district	Location	km[3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Broadway continues west
Metro Vancouver	Vancouver	0.00	0.00	Granville Street (BC 99) – City Centre, Whistler, Airport (YVR), USA Border	Western Terminus of BC 7
		0.85	0.53	Oak Street	Alternate route to BC 99 south
		1.70	1.06	Cambie Street – Broadway-City Hall, City Centre
		2.70	1.68	Main Street – City Centre
		2.80	1.74	Kingsway	Former BC 1A / BC 99A
		4.40	2.73	Clarke Drive	Connects to Knight Street
		5.00	3.11	Commercial Drive – Commercial-Broadway
		7.60	4.72	Rupert Street	Eastern terminus of Broadway; BC 7 becomes Lougheed Highway
	↑ / ↓	8.50	5.28	Boundary Road
	Burnaby	10.00	6.21	Willingdon Avenue – Brentwood Town Centre
		11.60	7.21	Holdom Avenue – Holdom
		12.70	7.89	Kensington Avenue	Grade separated; eastbound exit and entrance
		12.90	8.02	Sperling Avenue – Sperling-Burnaby Lake	Provides access to Winston Avenue and Kensington Avenue
		15.00	9.32	Lake City Way – Lake City Way
		16.40	10.19	Production Way, Brighton Avenue – Production Way-University
		16.90	10.50	Gaglardi Way – Simon Fraser University
	↑ / ↓	18.50	11.50	North Road – New Westminster, Pattullo Bridge
	Coquitlam	20.30	12.61	Brunette Avenue – New Westminster, Pattullo Bridge	No right turn from Lougheed Hwy or left turn from Brunette Ave.
		23.20	14.42	BC 1 – Vancouver, Port Mann Bridge, Surrey, Hope BC 7B east (Mary Hill Bypass) – Maple Ridge	Cape Horn Interchange No access from BC 7 east to BC 1 west; BC 7 turns north
		24.50	15.22	United Boulevard	Partially grade-separated; westbound access to BC 7B
		29.60	18.39	Barnet Highway Pinetree Way – Coquitlam City Centre	BC 7 branches east; former BC 7A west
	Port Coquitlam	33.10	20.57	Coast Meridian Road	Partially grade separated
		33.80	21.00	Ottawa Street
				East end of TransLink jurisdiction[4]
		34.80	21.62	BC 7B west (Mary Hill Bypass) to BC 1 – Vancouver	Interchange
	↑ / ↓	35.40	22.00	Pitt River Bridge crosses the Pitt River
	Pitt Meadows	36.28	22.54	Old Dewdney Trunk Road, Kennedy Road
		38.84	24.13	Harris Road
		40.56	25.20	Golden Ears Way to BC 1 – Golden Ears Bridge, Langley, Surrey	Partially grade separated
	Maple Ridge	40.99	25.47	Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Meadows Way	Entrance from Golden Ears Way north
		45.22	28.10	222 Street, Haney Bypass Lougheed Highway	BC 7 follows Haney Bypass
		47.78	29.69	Lougheed Highway Kanaka Way	BC 7 returns to Lougheed Hwy
Fraser Valley	Mission	69.46	43.16	BC 11 south to BC 1 / Cedar Valley Connector – Abbotsford
		70.51	43.81	One-way road pair begins
		71.21	44.25	Horne Street	Eastbound access to Horne Street Connector
		71.34	44.33	Murray Street, Glasgow Avenue to BC 11 south (via Horne Street Connector) – Abbotsford	No access from BC 7 east
		72.64	45.14	One-way road pair ends
	Kent	103.90	64.56	Harrison River Bridge crosses the Harrison River
		118.42	73.58	BC 9 north (Hot Springs Road) / Else Road – Harrison Hot Springs	BC 7 turns right; west end of BC 9 concurrency
		120.01	74.57	BC 9 south (Evergreen Drive) – Agassiz, Chilliwack	East end of BC 9 concurrency
		121.61	75.56	Agassiz Bypass to BC 9 south – Chilliwack, Vancouver	Agassiz Interchange Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	Hope	150.44	93.48	BC 1 to BC 3 / BC 5 – Princeton, Cache Creek, Kamloops	Haig Interchange Eastern terminus of BC 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

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