British Columbia Highway 7

Highway 7
Lougheed Highway Broadway Haney Bypass
Sections in red denotes Highway 7
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
Major intersections	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Coquitlam Hwy 7B in Port Coquitlam Golden 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
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Hwy 6 → Hwy 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 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.