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British Columbia provincial highway 7, known as the ''Lougheed Highway'', is an alternative route to Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland . Whereas the four-lane Highway 1 follows the southern bank of the Fraser River, Highway 7, which is two lanes, follows the northern bank. Highway 7 was first commissioned in 1941 , and originally went from Vancouver to Harrison Hot Springs , following the Dewdney Trunk Road between Port Moody and Port Coquitlam . In 1953 , Highway 7 was moved to its modern alignment between Vancouver and Coquitlam . Highway 7's eastern end was moved south from Harrison Hot Springs to Agassiz in 1956 , and then moved east to Ruby Creek in 1968 . Highway 7 has gone all the way to a junction with Highway 1 just past Hope since 1973 . ROUTE DETAILS Highway 7's total length is 149 km. Beginning at Granville Street in Vancouver, Highway 7 travels east along Broadway for 9 km to Boundary Road, crossing into Burnaby . 10 km east of Boundary Road, Highway 7 crosses into Coquitlam , reaching its junction with Highway 1 at the Cape Horn Interchange another 5 km southeast. The highway then turns immediately northeast, and goes for 6 km before it reaches a junction with Highway 7A and turns southeast, crossing into Port Coquitlam at Westwood Street just ½ km later. Just 5 km east of entering Port Coquitlam, Highway 7 crosses over the Pitt River bridge into Pitt Meadows . 6 km southeast of the Pitt River bridge, Highway 7 crosses into Maple Ridge at Maple Meadows Way, and the highway then crosses into Mission another 20 km east. 9 km of Highway 7's entry into Mission, it meets a junction with Highway 11 . 8 km east of the Highway 11 junction, Highway 7 leaves Mission over the Hatzic Pump bridge. 27 km east of the Highway's eastern exit from Mission, Highway 7 enters the Municipality of Kent . 14 km east, Highway 7 reaches a junction with Highway 9 at Agassiz. 18 km northeast of the Highway 9 junction, Highway 7 leaves Kent. Another 12 km northeast, Highway 7 finally reaches its eastern terminus at a junction with Highway 1 at Haig , just across the Fraser River from Hope. |
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