View source for British Columbia Highway 7

{{short description|Highway in British Columbia}}
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 | province          = BC
 | map_notes         = Highway 7 highlighted in red
 | type              = Hwy
 | route             = 7
 | alternate_name    = Lougheed Highway<br/>[[Broadway (Vancouver)|Broadway]]<br/>Haney Bypass
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 | length_km         = 150
 | length_round      = 
 | length_ref        = <ref name="km_inv">{{cite report |title=Landmark Kilometre Inventory |url=http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_201607.pdf |pages=192–200 |website=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |publisher=Cypher Consulting |date=July 2016 |access-date=March 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311044605/http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_201607.pdf |archive-date=March 11, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |title=Highway 7 (Vancouver-Coquitlam) |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2672458,-122.9944338,12.29z |access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref>
 | length_notes      = 
 | established       = 1941
 | direction_a       = West
 | terminus_a        = {{jct|state=BC|Hwy|99|name1=[[Granville Street]]}} in [[Vancouver]]
 | junction          = {{jct|state=BC|TCH|1}} in [[Coquitlam]]<br/>{{jct|state=BC|Hwy|7B}} in [[Port Coquitlam]]<br>[[Golden Ears Way]] in [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]]<br/>{{jct|state=BC|Hwy|11}} in [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]]<br>{{jct|state=BC|Hwy|9}} in [[Kent, British Columbia|Kent]]
 | direction_b       = East
 | terminus_b        = {{jct|state=BC|TCH|1}} near [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]]
 | cities            = [[Vancouver]], [[Burnaby]], [[Coquitlam]], [[Port Coquitlam]], [[Pitt Meadows]], [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]]
 | districts         = [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]], [[Kent, British Columbia|Kent]], [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]]
 | previous_type     = Hwy
 | previous_route    = 6
 | next_type         = Hwy
 | next_route        = 7B
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'''Highway 7''', known for most of its length as the '''Lougheed Highway''' and '''Broadway''', is an alternative route to [[British Columbia Highway 1|Highway 1]] through the [[Lower Mainland]] region of [[British Columbia]]. Whereas the [[Limited-access road|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, British Columbia|Harrison Hot Springs]]; between [[Port Moody]] and [[Port Coquitlam]] it followed the then existing Dewdney Trunk Road. In 1953, Highway 7 between Vancouver and [[Coquitlam]] was moved to its current alignment. Its eastern end was moved south from Harrison Hot Springs to [[Agassiz, British Columbia|Agassiz]] in 1956, and then east to [[Ruby Creek, British Columbia|Ruby Creek]] in 1968. In September 1972, the eastern end of Highway 7 was extended to include a junction with Highway 1 just north of [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]].<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0376284 |title=Minister of Highways - Report for the Fiscal Year 1972/73 |last=British Columbia Department of Highways |date=July 31, 1973 |website=open.library.ubc.ca |page=56 |publisher=Queen's Printer of British Columbia |access-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref>

The name of the highway, unlike that of [[Alberta]] Premier [[Peter Lougheed]], is pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|oʊ|h|iː|d}}. 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.

==Route details==
[[File:Lougheed Hwy near Brentwood Stn.JPG|thumb|left|The Lougheed Highway just east of [[Brentwood Town Centre Station|Brentwood Town Centre]] [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] station in [[Burnaby]]]]
[[File:Highway 7 near Harrison Mills.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Highway 7 near Harrison Mills]]
[[File:Lougheed Highway near Coquitlam 2018.jpg|thumb|Lougheed Highway near Coquitlam in 2018]]
Highway 7's total length under the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation (MOT) is {{convert|118|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Highway 7 is signed as far west as Granville Street on Broadway in Vancouver, all the way east through Burnaby into Coquitlam, which is under the jurisdiction of the [[Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority|South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority]] (TransLink). The section under the MOT's jurisdiction begins at the westbound exit with Highway 1 near Schoolhouse Street, with a total length of {{convert|2.3|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The highway then turns immediately northeast, meets with Highway 1 at the [[Cape Horn Interchange]], and has an exit with United Boulevard. The highway leaves the MOT's jurisdiction {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}} after the interchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/metro/Coquitlam+council+asks+better+signage+after+drivers+cross+Port/7932483/story.html |title=Coquitlam council asks for better signage after drivers cross Port Mann Bridge by mistake |publisher=Vancouver Sun}}</ref> TransLink again has jurisdiction of Highway 7 from the point east of Ottawa Street to the point east of United Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-reports-and-reference/numbered-routes#7 |title=Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia |publisher=B.C. Ministry of Transportation | access-date = May 19, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180714193430/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-reports-and-reference/numbered-routes#7 | archive-date = July 14, 2018 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

Highway 7 falls under the MOT's jurisdiction again after Ottawa Street, crossing over the [[Pitt River Bridge]] into [[Pitt Meadows]]. {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of the Pitt River bridge, it crosses into [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]] at Maple Meadows Way, and the highway then crosses into [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]] another {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} east. {{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}} of Highway 7's entry into Mission, it meets a junction with [[British Columbia Highway 11|Highway 11]]. {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of the Highway 11 junction, Highway 7 leaves Mission over the [[Hatzic Pump Bridge]].

{{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of the Highway's eastern exit from Mission, Highway 7 enters the Municipality of [[Kent, British Columbia|Kent]]. {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} east, it reaches a junction with [[British Columbia Highway 9|Highway 9]] at Agassiz. {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of the Highway 9 junction, it leaves Kent. Another {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast, Highway 7 finally reaches its eastern terminus at a junction with Highway 1 at [[Haig, British Columbia|Haig]], just across the Fraser River from the main part of Hope.

==History==
Lougheed Highway as it exists today is the direct successor to the [[Dewdney Trunk Road]], which was completed around 1900.<ref name="davis">{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Chuck |title=Where Rails Meet Rivers |date=2000 |publisher=Harbour Publishing |location=Madeira Park |isbn=978-1550172218 |page=44}}</ref> In fact, portions of the Trunk Road were incorporated into the Lougheed Highway.<ref name="davis"/>
A subsidized ferry service across the [[Pitt River]] was instigated on September 27, 1902,<ref>{{cite news |title=Interesting Items |date=September 29, 1902 |work=The Province |id={{ProQuest|2368000604}} }}</ref> and was replaced in March 1915 by the first [[Pitt River Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Daily Province |title=New Bridge Completed |date=March 5, 1915 |id={{ProQuest|2368083947}} }}</ref>  In the mid-1920s, the section from [[Harrison Mills, British Columbia|Harrison Mills]] to [[Agassiz]] over Woodside Mountain was built, being completed by the end of the 1926/27 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0300556 |title=Minister of Public Works Report for the Fiscal Year 1926/27 |last=British Columbia Ministry of Public Works |date=1928 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |pages=7, 8 |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1959_V01_11_G1_G163 |doi=	10.14288/1.0355425 |access-date= December 4, 2022 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref> This also included a bridge over the [[Harrison River]].<ref name="vancouverdailyprovincesept11926">{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=B.C. Is Rushing Road Projects to Completion |work=The Vancouver Daily Province |date=September 1, 1926 |id={{ProQuest|2368297624}} }}</ref> Around 1929, portions of the highway which followed Nicomen Slough were relocated.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0300612#p27z-3r0f: |title=Report of the Minister of Public Works for the Fiscal Year 1928/29 |last=British Columbia Ministry of Public Works |date=1930 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=J110.L5 S7; 1930_V02_08_S1_S161 |doi=	10.14288/1.0300612 |page=28 (S-16) |access-date=November 19, 2022 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
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From 1928 to 1931, contractors and the Public Works Department built in sections what is now the present alignment of Lougheed Highway from the [[Pitt River Bridge]] through to [[Mission, British Columbia|Mission]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nickols |first1=Sheila |title=Maple Ridge: a History of Settlement |date=1972 |publisher=Canadian Federation Of University Women |location=Maple Ridge |pages=32,81,91,110}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0300534 |title=Report of the Minister of Public Works of The Province of British Columbia Report for the Fiscal Year 1929-1930 |last=British Columbia Department of Public Works |date=1931 |pages=21, 24 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1931_V02_09_T1_T181 |doi=	10.14288/1.0300534 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}</ref><ref name="provincesun1929">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|2368411239}} |last1=Baber |first1=Michael G. |title=Modernizing Our Roads - Taking the Kinks Out of the Fraser Valley Highway |work=The Sunday Province |date=November 24, 1929 }}</ref> The route followed the already existing powerlines in Pitt Meadows,<ref name="bcelectricmap1923">{{cite map|author= B.C. Electric (?)|title=B.C. Electric Rly. Co., Arrangement of Transmission Lines, Vancouver District|year=1923|id={{ProQuest|2368297624}}}}</ref> went through [[Haney, British Columbia|Haney]], continued in the vicinity of the already existing River Road,<ref name="mapleridgemap1930">{{cite map|title= Municipality of Maple Ridge|date= 1930| publisher= Corporation of the District of Maple Ridge|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrcommunityarchives/4518942468/in/album-72157623623451661/}}</ref> and then followed the Fraser River to Mission. Ideas for a highway connecting Haney to Mission the via the path the Lougheed takes today can be traced back at least to 1919.<ref name="foi1919">{{cite web |last1=Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |title=FOI Request - TRA-2020-06361 Response Package |pages=484–490 (515–521) |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/enSearch/detail?id=7AFDBC16F15F42E289E9F7DDB0F80C40&recorduid=TRA-2020-06361& |website=www2.gov.bc.ca |publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>
Around the time of the construction of today's Lougheed through [[Pitt Meadows]] and [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]], construction of what was then called the "Central Arterial Highway"<ref name="walker1999">{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Elizabeth |title=Street Names of Vancouver |date=1999 |publisher=Vancouver Historical Society |location=Vancouver |isbn=9780969237877 |page=71 |url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/pdf/Street_Names_of_Vancouver.pdf}}</ref> started through Burnaby.<ref name="vicdaily2feb1931">{{cite news |title=Work for Men on New Road |work=Victoria Daily Times |page=3 |date=February 2, 1931 |id={{ProQuest|2257564308}} }}</ref> The provincial government however, failed to complete the entire projected road<ref>{{cite news |title=Vancouver's Gateway |work=The Vancouver Daily Province |date=November 8, 1945 |ref=Vangateway |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|2368955949}} }}</ref> and it wouldn't be until 1946 that the effort to build the road recommenced.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lougheed Road Bids Due Soon |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=August 23, 1946 |ref=Lougheedbids |location=Victoria |page=1|id={{ProQuest|2240049899}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Road Link to Fraser Bridge - Lougheed Highway to be Carried Across Burnaby to Pattullo Span |page=1 |work=The Vancouver Daily Province |date=September 5, 1946|id={{ProQuest|2368811228}} }}</ref> The missing link in the road from what is now Lakeside Drive to Blue Mountain St. and Brunette Avenue was completed by June 1948.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Hurt in Burnaby Auto Crash |page=6 |work=The Vancouver Daily Province |location=Burnaby |quote=Lougheed Highway paving was finished a week ago |date=June 23, 1948 |id={{ProQuest|2368915992}} }}</ref>

On August 14, 1950, the present truss bridge that carries eastbound traffic over the Coquitlam River was officially opened by [[Roderick Charles MacDonald]].<ref name="vsun1950">{{cite news |page=13 |title=Lougheed Road Link Hinted - Work May Start This Year, Cabinet Minister Suggests |work=Vancouver Sun |date=August 15, 1950 |id={{ProQuest|2240144960}} }}</ref> The bridge is referred to as the Coquitlam River Bridge and the construction of a potential replacement for the aging span is an ongoing discussion in municipal, provincial, and federal politics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003.017.1 - Aerial Photograph of Port Coquitlam {{!}} Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society |url=https://pocoheritage.pastperfectonline.com/photo/BBC7CC3D-0EE8-4EFD-8520-376333002130 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=pocoheritage.pastperfectonline.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jeremyshepherd |date=2023-11-20 |title=Coquitlam River Bridge replacement offers chance for Lougheed Highway overhaul: PoCo transportation plan |url=https://tricitiesdispatch.com/poco-transportation-plan-20-years/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Tri-Cities Dispatch |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Jeremy |date=2024-07-08 |title=Province won’t pay for Coquitlam River Bridge, PoCo council mulls slow streets |url=https://tricitiesdispatch.com/poco-province-coq-river-bridge/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Tri-Cities Dispatch |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paton |first=Ben |date=2025-04-18 |title=Port Coquitlam Priorities |url=https://www.conservative.ca/port-coquitlam-priorities/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Conservative Party of Canada |language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 1954, the section of Lougheed through the flats south of [[Maillardville]] and around Cape Horn was opened in a two-lane configuration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coquitlam Protests Road Move |page=26 |work=Vancouver Sun |date=September 17, 1954 |id={{ProQuest|2369148606}} |ref=1954}}</ref><ref name="newlougheed">{{cite news |title=New Lougheed Paving Starts |work=Vancouver Sun |date=August 18, 1954 |id={{ProQuest|2240335197}} }}</ref> Previously, the highway followed streets that now make up both Brunette and Cape Horn Avenues.<ref>{{cite map |author=H.M. Gousha Company, Shell Corporation |title=Shell Map of British Columbia and Western Canada |year=1953 |series=Shell Maps |publisher=Shell Corporation |cartography=H.M. Gousha |section=Vancouver Inset}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |author=Department of Mines and Resources |title=New Westminster (West) |year=1949 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/qmma.20839/1 |scale=1:50000 |series=National Topographic Series |publisher=Department of National Defence - Army Survey Establishment |cartography=Department of Mines and Resources - Bureau of Survey and Mapping |sections= |inset= |edition= |location=Ottawa |language=English, French |isbn= |id= |access-date =November 13, 2022}}</ref>

In 1957 several bridges including the first [[Pitt River Bridge]] and the bridge at Harrison Mills were replaced. [[W. A. C. Bennett]] opened the new Pitt River and Harrison River Bridges on October 21.<ref name="ramsden">{{cite news |last=Ramsden |first=Eric |date=October 23, 1957 |title=Two bridges open way to a new drive |page=8 |work=The Province |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114131026/two-bridges-open-way-to-a-new-drive/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref> Around that time via the Mt. Woodside section was improved significantly.<ref name="ramsden"/> Work on the Agassiz-Haig Highway was also sought over.<ref name="vsun25jan1957">{{cite news |title=Vancouver-Haig Highway - Missing Link in Highway Sought |page=25 |work=Vancouver Sun |date=January 25, 1957 |id={{ProQuest|2240275113}} }}</ref>
Around 1958, the highway was widened to four lanes from Boundary Road to North Road, entirely in [[Burnaby]].<ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0355425?o=0 |title=Minister of Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1957/58 |last=British Columbia Department of Highways |date=1959 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1959_V01_11_G1_G163 |doi=	10.14288/1.0355425 |access-date= November 21, 2022 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0356108?o=0 |title=Minister of Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1958/59 |last=British Columbia Department of Highways |date=1960 |pages=24 (G24), 32 (G32), 94 (G94) |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1960_V01_11_G1_G116 |doi=	10.14288/1.0356108 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref>

In the 1970s, several sections of the highway were widened from Coquitlam to Maple Ridge. In 1971 or early 1972, work to widen the highway to four lanes from Cape Horn to Pitt River Road was completed.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0375933?o=0 |title=Minister of Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1971/72 |last=British Columbia Department of Highways |date=1972 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1973_V01_12_C1_C204 |page=107 |doi=	10.14288/1.0375933 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref> The Agassiz-Haig section of the highway was finally opened in September 1972 after many years of construction and want.<ref name="vsun9August1972">{{cite news |last1=Lew |first1=Thomas |title=Promised Ready for Traffic by Labour Day - Haig-Agassiz Road Hailed as Problem Solver |page=39 |work=Vancouver Sun |date=August 9, 1972|id={{ProQuest|2241079525}} }}</ref><ref name="vsun18sept1972">{{cite news |page=29 |last1=Lew |first1=Thomas |title=Land Takeover Battle - Mixed Reception Given Agassiz-Haig Highway |work=Vancouver Sun |publisher=Vancouver Sun |date=September 18, 1972|id={{ProQuest|2241575711}} }}</ref> By early 1973 the segment from the [[Pitt River Bridge]] to [[Haney, British Columbia|Haney]] had also been widened to a four-lane standard.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0376284 |title=Minister of Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1972/73 |last=British Columbia Department of Highways |date=1973 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1974_V01_12_C1_C218 |doi=	10.14288/1.0376284 |page=56 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref>

From about 1953 and up until 1975, Highway 7 followed Westwood Street from today's Orchid Street intersection, over the now-gone Scott Creek bridge and along [[Coquitlam]]/[[Port Coquitlam]] border to the intersection with [[Barnet Highway]].<ref name="exd">{{cite book |last=City of Coquitlam |author-link= |date=1990 |title=Coquitlam 100 Years - Reflections on the Past |url=https://issuu.com/cityofcoquitlam/docs/coquitlam_100_years-reflections_of_ |location=Coquitlam |publisher=District of Coquitlam (City of) |page=391 |isbn=0-9694592-0-3}}</ref> This portion was replaced by the Sharpe Street Extension which completed and opened on September 5, 1975.<ref>{{cite news |page=44 |title=$3.5 million Route is Opened |work=The Province |agency=The Province |date=September 6, 1975 |id={{ProQuest|2380258982}} |ref=sharpe}}</ref>

In 1981 work to widen the North Road to [[Cape Horn Interchange]] section was completed.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0372778 |title=Minister of Transportation and Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1980/81 |last=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways |date=1981 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |id=	J110.L5 S7; 1982_V02_12_001_507 |doi=	10.14288/1.0372778 |pages=165, 355, 358 |access-date= September 17, 2022 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref> Work on widening of the section of highway from [[Haney, British Columbia|Haney]] to [[Albion, British Columbia|Albion]] was being done during the early to mid-eighties.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0706-1897 |title=Minister of Transportation and Highways Report for the Fiscal Year 1984/85 |last=Province of British Columbia |date=1985 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |access-date=December 4, 2022 |page=58 |location=Victoria |language=EN}}
</ref>

Through the 1990s, efforts were made to widen the highway from Albion to Mission. In 1991 and 1992, the section between [[British Columbia Highway 11|Highway 11]] and Grant Street was widened to four lanes for $4,571,000.<ref>{{cite book |title=B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways Report 1991/92 |date=1993 |publisher=Province of British Columbia |issn=0706-1897 |page=23 |url=https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0706-1897}}</ref>
In 1992 and 1993, the highway was widened to four lanes from the western boundary of [[Kwantlen First Nation|Langley I.R. 5]] to [[Whonnock]] for $12.7 million<ref>{{cite book |title=B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways Report 1992/93 |date=1994 |publisher=Province of British Columbia |issn=0706-1897 |page=22 |url=https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0706-1897}}</ref>

In 1999, portions of Highway 7 and a former alignment were devolved to the municipalities of [[Burnaby]],{{efn|All portions.<ref name="translink3"/>}} [[Coquitlam]],{{efn|All segments with the exception of the portion from Coleman Avenue to Colony Farm Road.<ref name="translink3"/>}} Port Coquitlam,{{efn|All portions except from east of Ottawa Street to the [[Pitt Meadows]] border.<ref name="translink2"/>}} and Maple Ridge.{{efn|The Lougheed highway bypassed by the Haney Bypass (i.e. the original highway section from 222 St. to Kanaka Way)<ref name="translink2"/>}}<ref name="translink3">{{cite act |url=https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/about-translink/governance-and-board/bylaws/01_1998_mrn_roads.pdf |title=Greater Vancouver Regional Transportation Authority Major Road Network Bylaw No. 1/Schedule A |date=March 20, 1998 |article=| 1-1998 "Schedule A" |type=Bylaw}}</ref><ref name="translink2">{{cite act |url=https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/about-translink/governance-and-board/bylaws/02_1999_mrn_amendment.pdf |title=Greater Vancouver Regional Transportation Authority Major Road Network Bylaw No. 2/Schedule A |date=1999 |article=| 2-1998 "Schedule A" |type=Bylaw}}</ref><ref name="buzzer1">{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Tina |title=TransLink 101: Managing major roads and bridges in Metro Vancouver |url=https://buzzer.translink.ca/2013/02/translink-101-managing-major-roads-and-bridges-in-metro-vancouver/ |website=buzzer.translink.ca |date=February 27, 2013 |publisher=Translink |access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref>

Around 2001, work to widen Lougheed highway from Brunette Avenue to Schoolhouse Street in [[Coquitlam]] to a six-lane cross section was completed.<ref name="Coq1">{{cite web |last1=City of Coquitlam |title=City Projects |url=http://city.coquitlam.bc.ca/Projects/Project3.htm |website=city.coquitlam.bc.ca |publisher=City of Coquitlam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827144850/http://city.coquitlam.bc.ca/Projects/Project3.htm |archive-date=August 27, 2001 }}</ref> From October 2004 to about November 2005 the section from 285 Street to Mclean Street in [[Silverdale, British Columbia|Silverdale]] was widened to four lanes.<ref name="thgovbc2006">{{cite web |last1=Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |title=South Coast Region Highways Projects |url=http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/highwayprojects/south_coast.htm |website=th.gov.bc.ca |publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106054316/http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/highwayprojects/south_coast.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lougheed Highway widening project done a year early |agency=Mission City Record |publisher=Mission City Record |date=November 17, 2005|id={{ProQuest|373124293}} }}</ref> In 2011, widening of the highway to four lanes from Wren street to Nelson street was completed.<ref name="thgovbc2011">{{cite web |last1=Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |title=South Coast Region Highway Projects |url=http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/highwayprojects/south_coast.htm |website=th.gov.bc.ca |publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704001618/http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/highwayprojects/south_coast.htm |access-date=November 19, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2011 }}</ref>

From May 2018 to July 2020, work was underway to widen the portion of highway between Nelson Street and the Silverdale area in Mission. The project was completed successfully.<ref name="mapleridgenews1">{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Lougheed Improvement Project Completed |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/lougheed-improvement-project-completed/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |work=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |date=July 24, 2020}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, only one section remains to be widened to four lanes from Vancouver to Mission. This section, from 266 St. to 287 St. is, as of December 2022, under construction.<ref name="motiwidening266287">{{cite web |last1=Government of British Columbia |title=Highway 7 Widening - 266th St. to 287th St.|archive-date=December 4, 2022 |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/highway-7-widening |website=www2.gov.bc.ca |publisher=Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204195842/https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/highway-7-widening |access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Government of British Columbia |title=Construction set to begin on Highway 7 four-lane upgrade |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022TRAN0118-001718 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |agency=BC Gov't News |publisher=Government of British Columbia |date=November 16, 2022}}</ref>

===2021 floods===
On November 14, 2021, [[2021 British Columbia and Washington floods|the province experienced extreme rainfall events]] that led to debris flows and flooding.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nelms |first=Ben |date=November 15, 2021 |title=BC Rain and Floods |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-flood-watch-road-closures-1.6249154|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref> As a result, two mudslides occurred late that evening near Seabird Island on the [[Agassiz, British Columbia|Agassiz]]-[[Haig, British Columbia|Haig]] section of the highway, trapping nearly 100 vehicles between the two slides.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Little |first=Simon |date=November 14, 2021 |title=B.C. highways 1, 3, 7 and Coquihalla closed near Hope due to slides and flooding |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8373205/highway-1-coquihalla-closed-slides/|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref> The next day, Canadian military personnel used helicopters to safely transport over 300 people to Agassiz.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mangione |first=Kendra |date=November 15, 2021 |title=B.C. highways: Vehicles trapped by mud, lanes washed into river, Hwy. 1 closed in Fraser Valley |work=CTV News |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-highways-vehicles-trapped-by-mud-lanes-washed-into-river-hwy-1-closed-in-fraser-valley/|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref>

==Major intersections==
From west to east:
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{{BCint
|division=Metro Vancouver
|dspan=36
|location=Vancouver
|lspan=9
|km=0.00
|road=[[Broadway (Vancouver)|Broadway]]<hr/>{{Jctname|province=BC|Hwy|99|name1=[[Granville Street]]|location1=[[Downtown Vancouver|City&nbsp;Centre]]|city2=Whistler|location3=[[Vancouver International Airport|Airport&nbsp;(YVR)]]|location4=[[Canada–United States border|USA&nbsp;Border]]|extra=airport}}
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[South Granville station]] (under construction); Highway&nbsp;7 western terminus; Broadway continues west
}}
{{BCint
|km=0.85
|road=[[Oak Street (Vancouver)|Oak Street]]
|notes=Near {{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Oak–VGH station]] (under construction); alternate route to {{jct|province=BC|Hwy|99|dir1=south|noshield=yes}}
}}
{{BCint
|km=1.70
|road=[[Cambie Street]]&nbsp;– [[Downtown Vancouver|City Centre]]
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|canada|size=16}}{{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Broadway–City Hall station]] (Millennium Line connection under construction)
}}
{{BCint
|km=2.70
|road=[[Main Street (Vancouver)|Main Street]]&nbsp;– [[Downtown Vancouver|City Centre]]
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Mount Pleasant station (SkyTrain)|Mount Pleasant station]] (under construction)
}}
{{BCint
|km=2.80
|road=[[Kingsway (Vancouver)|Kingsway]]
|notes=Former {{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|1A|Hwy|99A|noshield1=yes|noshield2=yes}}
}}
{{BCint
|km=4.40
|road=[[Clark Drive]]
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|km=5.00
|road=[[Commercial Drive, Vancouver|Commercial Drive]]
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|expo|size=16}}{{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Commercial–Broadway station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=6.90
|road=Renfrew Street
|notes=Near {{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Renfrew station]]
}}
{{BCint
|type=trans
|km=7.60
|road=Rupert Street
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Rupert station]]; eastern terminus of [[Broadway (Vancouver)|Broadway]]; Highway&nbsp;7 becomes '''Lougheed Highway'''
}}
{{BCint
|location_special=[[Vancouver]]–[[Burnaby]] boundary
|km=8.50
|road=Boundary Road
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|location=Burnaby
|lspan=8
|km=10.00
|road=Willingdon Avenue
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Brentwood Town Centre station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=11.60
|road=Holdom Avenue
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Holdom station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=12.70
|type=incomplete
|road=Kensington Avenue
|notes=Grade separated; eastbound exit and entrance
}}
{{BCint
|km=12.90
|road=Sperling Avenue
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Sperling–Burnaby Lake station]]; access to Winston Street and Kensington Avenue
}}
{{BCint
|km=15.00
|road=Lake City Way
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Lake City Way station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=16.40
|road=Production Way, Brighton Avenue
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|expo|size=16}}{{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Production Way–University station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=16.90
|road=Gaglardi Way&nbsp;– [[Simon Fraser University]]
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|km=18.00
|road=Government Street, Austin Avenue
|notes={{rail-interchange|vancouver|expo|size=16}}{{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Lougheed Town Centre station]]
}}
{{BCint
|location_special=[[Burnaby]]–[[Coquitlam]] boundary
|km=18.50
|road=North Road&nbsp;– [[New Westminster]], [[Pattullo Bridge]]
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|location=Coquitlam
|lspan=3
|km=20.20
|km2=20.30
|road=Blue Mountain Street, Brunette Avenue&nbsp;– [[New Westminster]], [[Pattullo Bridge]]
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|type=incomplete
|km=22.00
|km2=24.80
|road={{Jct|province=BC|TCH|1|city1=Vancouver|location2=[[Port Mann Bridge]]|city3=Surrey|city4=Hope}}<br />{{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|7B|dir1=east|name1=Mary Hill Bypass|city1=Maple Ridge}}<br/>United Boulevard
|notes=[[Cape Horn Interchange]]<br/>No access from Highway&nbsp;7 east to Highway&nbsp;1 west; Highway&nbsp;7 turns north
}}
{{BCint
|km=29.60
|road=[[Barnet Highway]]&nbsp;/ Pinetree Way
|notes=Highway&nbsp;7 branches east; former {{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|7A|dir1=west|noshield1=yes}}; near {{rail-interchange|vancouver|millennium|size=16}}{{rint|vancouver|wce|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Coquitlam Central station]]
}}
{{BCint
|location_special=[[Coquitlam]]–[[Port Coquitlam]] boundary
|km=30.20
|road=Westwood Street
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|location=Port Coquitlam
|lspan=5
|km=31.40
|road=Shaughnessy Street
|notes=Access to {{rint|vancouver|wce|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Port Coquitlam station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=33.10
|road=Coast Meridian Road
|notes=Partially grade separated
}}
{{Jctint
|km=33.80
|mspan=2
|road=Ottawa Street
|notes=
}}
{{Jctplace
|km=none
|place=East end of [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]] jurisdiction<ref>{{cite map |title=Major Road Network |url=http://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/plans_and_projects/roads_bridges/mrn_overview_map.pdf |publisher=TransLink|access-date=March 2, 2017 |date=May 20, 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{BCint
|km=34.80
|road={{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|7B|name1=Mary Hill Bypass|dir1=west|TCH|1|to2=yes|city1=Vancouver}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{Jctbridge
|location_special=[[Port Coquitlam]]–[[Pitt Meadows]] boundary
|km=35.14
|km2=35.66
|bridge=[[Pitt River Bridge]] crosses the [[Pitt River]]
}}
{{BCint
|location=Pitt Meadows
|lspan=3
|km=36.28
|road=[[Dewdney Trunk Road|Old Dewdney Trunk Road]], Kennedy Road
|notes=
}}
{{BCint
|km=38.84
|road=Harris Road
|notes=Access to {{rint|vancouver|wce|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Pitt Meadows station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=40.56
|road={{Jctname|province=BC|Hwy|916|name1=[[Golden Ears Way]]|to2=yes|TCH|1|noshield1=yes|location1=[[Golden Ears Bridge]]|location2=[[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley]]|city3=Surrey}}
|notes=Partially grade separated
}}
{{BCint
|location=Maple Ridge
|lspan=4
|km=40.99
|road=[[Dewdney Trunk Road]], Maple Meadows Way
|notes=Entrance from [[Golden Ears Way]] north; access to {{rint|vancouver|wce|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Maple Meadows station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=45.22
|road=222 Street, Haney Bypass&nbsp;/ Lougheed Highway
|notes=Highway&nbsp;7 follows Haney Bypass
}}
{{BCint
|km=45.67
|road=223 Street, Callaghan Avenue (to 224 Street)
|notes=Near {{rint|vancouver|wce|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Port Haney station]]
}}
{{BCint
|km=47.78
|road=Lougheed Highway&nbsp;/ Kanaka Way
|notes=Highway&nbsp;7 returns to Lougheed Hwy
}}
{{BCint
|division=Fraser Valley
|dspan=10
|location=Mission
|lspan=5
|km=69.46
|road={{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|11|TCH|1|dir1=south|to2=yes|city1=Abbotsford|road|Cedar Valley Connector}}
|notes=Highway&nbsp;11 northern terminus
}}
{{Jctplace
|km=70.51
|place=West end of [[one-way traffic|one-way road]] pair
}}
{{BCint
|km=71.21
|road=Horne Street
|notes=Eastbound access to Horne Street Connector; near {{rint|vancouver|wce|size=16}}&nbsp;[[Mission City station]]
}}
{{BCint
|type=incomplete
|km=71.34
|road={{Jctname|province=BC|Hwy|915:0671|to2=yes|Hwy|11|dir2=south|name1=Glasgow Avenue|road|Murray Street|city1=Abbotsford}}
|notes=Connects to Horne Street Connector; no direct eastbound access
}}
{{Jctplace
|km=72.64
|place=East end of one-way road pair
}}
{{Jctplace
|state=BC
|location=Kent
|lspan=4
|km=103.90
|place=''Harrison River Bridge'' crosses the [[Harrison River]]
}}
{{BCint
|type=concur
|km=118.42
|road={{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|9|dir1=north|name1=Hot Springs Road|city1=Harrison Hot Springs|road|Else Road}}
|notes=Highway&nbsp;7 turns right; west end of Highway&nbsp;9 concurrency
}}
{{BCint
|type=concur
|km=120.01
|road={{Jct|province=BC|Hwy|9|dir1=south|name1=Evergreen Drive|city1=Agassiz|city2=Chilliwack}}
|notes=East end of Highway&nbsp;9 concurrency
}}
{{BCint
|type=incomplete
|km=121.61
|road={{Jctname|province=BC|Hwy|915:2752|to2=yes|Hwy|9|dir2=south|name1=Agassiz Bypass|city1=Chilliwack|city2=Vancouver}}
|notes=Agassiz Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{BCint
|location=Hope
|km=150.44
|road={{Jct|province=BC|TCH|1|Hwy|3|Hwy|5|to2=yes|city1=Hope|city2=Cache Creek|city3=Princeton|city4=Merritt}}
|notes=[[Haig, British Columbia|Haig]] Interchange<br />Highway&nbsp;7 eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete,trans}}

==References==
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==Footnotes==
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{{BCHighways}}
{{Streets in Vancouver}}

[[Category:Roads in Burnaby]]
[[Category:British Columbia provincial highways|007]]
[[Category:Transport in Coquitlam]]
[[Category:Highways in Greater Vancouver|007]]