British Columbia Highway 7A
Highway 7A, was known locally and on street signs as the Barnet Highway and Hastings Street, was Highway 7's original 1941 route between the harbour in Vancouver and Port Moody. The highway gained the 7A designation in 1953 and was disestablished in 2006.
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