British Columbia Highway 7
Highway 7 | ||||
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| Lougheed Highway Broadway Haney Bypass | ||||
 Sections in red denotes Highway 7 | ||||
 Lougheed Highway near Coquitlam (2018) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 150 km[1][2] (93 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1941–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Hwy 99 (Granville Street) in Vancouver | |||
 Hwy 1 (TCH) in Coquitlam Hwy 7B in Port CoquitlamGolden Ears Way in Maple Ridge  Hwy 11 in Mission Hwy 9 in Kent | ||||
| East end | Hwy 1 (TCH) near Hope | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | British Columbia | |||
| Regional districts | Mission, Kent, Hope | |||
| Major cities | Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge | |||
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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 September 1972, Highway 7 has travelled to a junction with Highway 1 just north of Hope.[3]
The name of the highway, unlike that of Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, is pronounced /ˈloʊhiːd/. The highway is named after Nelson Seymour Lougheed, MLA for the Dewdney District and the BC Minister of Public Works (1928–1929), who ran a logging company in the area.
Route details
Highway 7's total length under the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation (MOT) is 118 km (73 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.[4] TransLink again has jurisdiction of Highway 7 from the point east of Ottawa Street to the point east of United Boulevard.[5]
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.
Accidents
On November 14th, 2021, the province experienced extreme rainfall events that led to debris flows and flooding.[6] As a result, two mudslides occurred late that evening near Seabird Island on the Agassiz-Haig section of the highway, trapping nearly 100 vehicles between the two slides.[7] The next day, Canadian military personnel used helicopters to safely transport over 200 people to Agassiz.[8]
Major intersections
From west to east:
| Regional District | Location | km[1][2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Metro Vancouver | Vancouver | 0.00 | 0.00 | Broadway Granville Street (Hwy 99) – City Centre, Whistler, Airport (YVR), USA Border |  South Granville station (under construction); Hwy 7 western terminus; Broadway continues west |
| 0.85 | 0.53 | Oak Street | Near Oak–VGH station (under construction); alternate route to Hwy 99 south | ||
| 1.70 | 1.06 | Cambie Street – City Centre |  Broadway–City Hall station (Millennium Line connection under construction) | ||
| 2.70 | 1.68 | Main Street – City Centre | Mount Pleasant station (under construction) | ||
| 2.80 | 1.74 | Kingsway | Former Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A | ||
| 4.40 | 2.73 | Clark Drive | |||
| 5.00 | 3.11 | Commercial Drive |  Commercial–Broadway station | ||
| 6.90 | 4.29 | Renfrew Street | Near Renfrew station | ||
| 7.60 | 4.72 | Rupert Street | Rupert station; eastern terminus of Broadway; Hwy 7 becomes Lougheed Highway | ||
| Vancouver–Burnaby boundary | 8.50 | 5.28 | Boundary Road | ||
| Burnaby | 10.00 | 6.21 | Willingdon Avenue | Brentwood Town Centre station | |
| 11.60 | 7.21 | Holdom Avenue | Holdom station | ||
| 12.70 | 7.89 | Kensington Avenue | Grade separated; eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 12.90 | 8.02 | Sperling Avenue | Sperling–Burnaby Lake station; access to Winston Avenue and Kensington Avenue | ||
| 15.00 | 9.32 | Lake City Way | Lake City Way station | ||
| 16.40 | 10.19 | Production Way, Brighton Avenue | Production Way–University station | ||
| 16.90 | 10.50 | Gaglardi Way – Simon Fraser University | |||
| 18.00 | 11.18 | Government Street, Austin Avenue | Lougheed Town Centre station | ||
| Burnaby–Coquitlam boundary | 18.50 | 11.50 | North Road – New Westminster, Pattullo Bridge | ||
| Coquitlam | 20.20– 20.30 | 12.55– 12.61 | Blue Mountain Street, Brunette Avenue – New Westminster, Pattullo Bridge | ||
| 22.00– 24.80 | 13.67– 15.41 | Hwy 1 (TCH) – Vancouver, Port Mann Bridge, Surrey, Hope Hwy 7B east (Mary Hill Bypass) – Maple Ridge United Boulevard | Cape Horn Interchange No access from Hwy 7 east to Hwy 1 west; Hwy 7 turns north | ||
| 29.60 | 18.39 | Barnet Highway / Pinetree Way | Hwy 7 branches east; former Hwy 7A west; near  Coquitlam Central station | ||
| Coquitlam–Port Coquitlam boundary | 30.20 | 18.77 | Westwood Street | ||
| Port Coquitlam | 31.40 | 19.51 | Shaughnessy Street | Access to Port Coquitlam station | |
| 33.10 | 20.57 | Coast Meridian Road | Partially grade separated | ||
| 33.80 | 21.00 | Ottawa Street | |||
| East end of TransLink jurisdiction[9] | |||||
| 34.80 | 21.62 | Hwy 7B west (Mary Hill Bypass) to Hwy 1 (TCH) – Vancouver | Interchange | ||
| Port Coquitlam–Pitt Meadows boundary | 35.14– 35.66 | 21.83– 22.16 | 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 | Access to Pitt Meadows station | ||
| 40.56 | 25.20 | Golden Ears Way (Hwy 916) to Hwy 1 (TCH) – 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; access to Maple Meadows station | |
| 45.22 | 28.10 | 222 Street, Haney Bypass / Lougheed Highway | Hwy 7 follows Haney Bypass | ||
| 45.67 | 28.38 | 223 Street, Callaghan Avenue (to 224 Street) | Near Port Haney station | ||
| 47.78 | 29.69 | Lougheed Highway / Kanaka Way | Hwy 7 returns to Lougheed Hwy | ||
| Fraser Valley | Mission | 69.46 | 43.16 | Hwy 11 south to Hwy 1 (TCH) / Cedar Valley Connector – Abbotsford | Hwy 11 northern terminus |
| 70.51 | 43.81 | West end of one-way road pair | |||
| 71.21 | 44.25 | Horne Street | Eastbound access to Horne Street Connector; near Mission City station | ||
| 71.34 | 44.33 | Glasgow Avenue (Hwy 915:0671) to Hwy 11 south / Murray Street – Abbotsford | Connects to Horne Street Connector; no direct eastbound access | ||
| 72.64 | 45.14 | East end of one-way road pair | |||
| Kent | 103.90 | 64.56 | Harrison River Bridge crosses the Harrison River | ||
| 118.42 | 73.58 | Hwy 9 north (Hot Springs Road) / Else Road – Harrison Hot Springs | Hwy 7 turns right; west end of Hwy 9 concurrency | ||
| 120.01 | 74.57 | Hwy 9 south (Evergreen Drive) – Agassiz, Chilliwack | East end of Hwy 9 concurrency | ||
| 121.61 | 75.56 | Agassiz Bypass (Hwy 915:2752) to Hwy 9 south – Chilliwack, Vancouver | Agassiz Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Hope | 150.44 | 93.48 |   Hwy 1 (TCH) to Hwy 3 / Hwy 5 – Hope, Cache Creek, Princeton, Merritt | Haig Interchange Hwy 7 eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Landmark Kilometre Inventory (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (Report). Cypher Consulting. July 2016. pp. 192–200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b Google (March 11, 2017). "Highway 7 (Vancouver-Coquitlam)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ British Columbia Department of Highways (31 July 1973). "Minister of Highways - Report for the Fiscal Year 1972/73". open.library.ubc.ca. Queen's Printer of British Columbia. p. 56. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Coquitlam council asks for better signage after drivers cross Port Mann Bridge by mistake". Vancouver Sun.
- ^ "Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia". B.C. Ministry of Transportation. Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Nelms, Ben (15 November 2021). "BC Rain and Floods". CBC. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Little, Simon (14 November 2021). "B.C. highways 1, 3, 7 and Coquihalla closed near Hope due to slides and flooding". Global News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Mangione, Kendra (15 November 2021). "B.C. highways: Vehicles trapped by mud, lanes washed into river, Hwy. 1 closed in Fraser Valley". CTV News. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Major Road Network (PDF) (Map). TransLink. May 20, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.