British Columbia provincial 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 →

British Columbia provincial highways

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.