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Department of Highways
==Department of Highways and Public Works
MINISTRIES
(1978 add 'communications' to title)
Transportation and Highways
Lougheed Highway
Lougheed Highway, as it exists today is the direct successor to the Dewdney Trunk Road, which was completed around 1900.[7] Portions of the Lougheed in fact, were a part of Dewdney Trunk Road. [7] A subsidized ferry service across the Pitt River was instigated on September 27, 1902,[8] and was replaced in March 1915 by the first Pitt River Bridge.[9] In the mid 1920s, the section from Harrison Mills to Agassiz over Woodside Mountain was built, being completed by the end of the 1926/27 fiscal year.[10] This also included a bridge over the Harrison River.[11] Around 1929 portions of the highway which followed Nicomen Slough were relocated. [12]
From 1928 to 1931, contractors and the Public Works Department built in sections what is now the present alignment of Lougheed Highway from the Pitt River Bridge through to Mission. [13][14][15] The route followed the already existing powerlines in Pitt Meadows, went through Haney and then followed the Fraser River to Mission. Ideas for the 240 St. to 285 St. section can be traced back to as early as 1919. [16] Around the time of the construction of today's Lougheed through Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, construction of what was then called the "Central Arterial Highway"[17] started through Burnaby.[18] The provincial government however, failed to complete the entire projected road [19] and it wouldn't be until 1946 that the effort to build the road recommenced. [20][21] The missing link in the road from what is now Lakeside Drive to North Road was completed by June 1948.[22]
On August 14, 1950, the present truss bridge that carries eastbound traffic over the Coquitlam River was officially opened by Roderick Charles MacDonald.[23]
In September 1954, the section of Lougheed through the flats south of Maillardville and around Cape Horn was opened in a two-lane configuration.[24][25] Previously, the highway followed streets that now make up both Brunette and Cape Horn Avenues. [26][27]
Around 1958, the highway was widened to four lanes from Boundary Road to North Road, entirely in Burnaby. [28] [29]
In 1957 several bridges including the first Pitt River Bridge and the bridge at Harrison Mills were replaced. W. A. C. Bennett opened the new Pitt River and Harrison River Bridges on October 21. [30]. Around that time via the Mt. Woodside section was improved significantly. [30] Work on the Agassiz-Haig Highway was also sought over.[31]
In the 1970s, several sections of the highway were widened from Coquitlam to Maple Ridge. In 1971 or early 1972, work to widen the highway to four lanes from Cape Horn to Pitt River Road was completed.[32] The Agassiz-Haig section of the highway was finally opened in September 1972 after many years of construction and want.[33] By early 1973 the segment from the Pitt River Bridge to Haney had also been widened to a four-lane standard.[34]
From about 1953 and up until 1975, Highway 7 followed Westwood Street from today's Orchid Street intersection, over the now-gone Scott Creek bridge and along Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam border to the intersection with Barnet Highway [35]. This portion was replaced by the Sharpe Street Extension which completed and opened on the 5 September 1975. [36]
In 1981 work to widen the North Road to Cape Horn Interchange section was completed. [37] Work on widening of the section of highway from Haney to Albion was being done during the early to mid-eighties.[38]
Through the 1990s, efforts were made to widen the highway from Albion to Mission. In 1991 and 1992, the section between Highway 11 and Grant Street was widened to four lanes for $4,571,000[39] In 1992 and 1993, the highway was widened to four lanes from the western boundary of Langley I.R. 5 to Whonnock for $12.7 million[40]
In 1999, portions of Highway 7 and a former alignment were devolved to the municipalities of Burnaby [a] Coquitlam [b], Port Coquitlam[c] and Maple Ridge[d]. [41][42][43]
Around 2001, work to widen Lougheed highway from Brunette Avenue to Schoolhouse Street in Coquitlam to a six-lane cross section was completed [44]
From October 2004 to about November 2005 the section from 285 Street to Mclean Street in Silverdale was widened to four lanes. [45][46]
In 2011, widening of the highway to four lanes from Wren street to Nelson street was completed. [47]
From May 2018 to July 2020, work was underway to widen the portion of highway between Nelson Street and the Silverdale area in Mission. The project was completed successfully. [48]
As of 2022, only one section remains to be widened to four lanes from Vancouver to Mission. This section, from 266 St. to 287 St. is, as of December 2022, under construction.[49] [50]
Fishing Authority
- Lower Fraser Fishing Authority/Stó꞉lō Justice Service - Established in 1992, the LFFA/SJA consisted of Fishing Enforcement Officers. They were managed by a management committee under the Stó꞉lō Tribal Council of the time. Their name was changed on multiple occasions, including in 1993 to the Stó꞉lō Justice Service. There also existed several unofficial names. One officer, James Adams, is presumed to have drowned after being caught by the Fraser River's strong currents. His body was never recovered. It is unclear as to if LFFA officers were Peace Officers, although James Adams is listed under the B.C. Law Enforcement Memorial's Honour Roll.[51] The agency was disbanded in 1999 when Officers' Contracts were not renewed.
Histories
Lougheed Highway
Lower Mainland section History
North Shore
In September 1957, the first section of what is now the Upper Levels Highway was opened in West Vancouver from Horseshoe Bay to Taylor Way. Part of this initial section from 26th Street to Taylor Way had opened about three weeks before September 11 of that year. [52]
On August 25, 1960. What is now known as the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing was officially opened to traffic by the then Premier W.A.C. Bennett.[53][e] When it first opened, traffic going north could not continue towards Taylor Way along the Upper Levels Highway, as the section towards Taylor Way had yet to be opened. Instead, the road appeared to end at what is now Lillooet Road and Fern Street. [55]
The section of today's Upper Levels Highway from near Fern Street in the District of North Vancouver to Taylor Way in West Vancouver was opened on March 4, 1961 by Premier W.A.C. Bennett[56]
From
Vancouver to Chilliwack
Prior to the opening of the freeway (and prior to the 1980s and 1990s, expressway) segments of the present Trans-Canada, traffic used the Pattullo Bridge, Kingsway, and Fraser Highway as the Trans-Canada Highway. These roads were a part of the Highway 1 from its designation in 1940[57] until the redesignation of the B.C.'s 400 series highways in 1972/73.[58][59][60]
By 1932 a new cutoff across northern parts of the drained Sumas Lake was mostly built.[61][62] The cutoff bypassed the Yale Road which avoided the historic lake by running on its southern flank and along the base of Vedder Mountain. The highway was initially partly gravel,[63] but it would be fully paved within a few years of its opening.[64]
From 1960 to 1964, the province opened several expressway and freeway segments as a part of a continuous express route between Bridal Falls On August 1, 1960, the Chilliwack bypass was officially opened by Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi, MLA for Chillwack William Kenneth Kiernan and a six-year-old girl who cut the blue ribbon.[65] About four miles of the road had been opened before Gaglardi officially opened the bypass.[66] Work on the bypass started on December 12, 1956 with two men clearing bushes.[67]
Around the time of opening of the Chilliwack Bypass, a bypass of Abbotsford was also being constructed.[68]. That section of freeway would be officially opened by Phil Gaglardi on April 19, 1962[69][70]
On May 1, 1964, the section of Freeway between what is now North of the 1st Avenue interchange to the Cape Horn Interchange opened.[71][72] This was followed on June 12 by the opening of the Port Mann bridge, and the official opening of the freeway-expressway system from Bridal Falls to Vancouver. Various interchanges were added over the years. On July 31, 1969, the interchange with Lickman Road in Chilliwack opened.[73] The Prest Road overpass followed in the early seventies.[74].
Through the 2000s and 2010s multiple interchanges were upgraded and rebuilt along the highway. The Gateway program saw the rebuilding of several interchanges from Willingdon Avenue to 176 Street. Through Abbotsford the Mt. Lehman/Fraser Highway, Clearbrook Road, and McCallum Road were rebuilt.[75][76][77] On September 4, 2020 the new 216 Street interchange was opened. [78] By
=Chillwack to Hope
The section of Highway 1 from Hope to Chilliwack first started as the Old Yale Road in the 1870s, although it was usually damaged by floods. It wouldn't be until 1891 that the road was considered by the Lands Department to be permanent.[79]
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Lougheed Highway paving was finished a week ago
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