British Columbia Highway 7
Highway 7, known for most of its length as the Lougheed Highway, 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 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.
Unlike former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed's name (pronounced "LAW-heed"), the Lougheed in Lougheed Highway is pronounced "LOW-heed". The highway is named after Nelson Seymour Lougheed, MLA for the Dewdney District and the B.C. Minister of Public Works (1928-29) who ran a logging company in the area.
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