Misplaced Pages

#367632

55-638: 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 ; between Port Moody and Port Coquitlam it followed

110-685: A block east, staying parallel to Douglas Street. Highway 1 passes the Royal BC Museum and intersects Belleville Street, a short connector that carries a section of Highway 17 from the Black Ball Ferries terminal (which is used by the MV ; Coho to Port Angeles, Washington ) and passes the British Columbia Parliament Buildings . The highway travels through Downtown Victoria and passes several city landmarks, including

165-645: A bridge over the Harrison River . Around 1929, portions of the highway which followed Nicomen Slough were relocated. 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 . The route followed the already existing powerlines in Pitt Meadows, went through Haney , continued in

220-725: A divided highway with limited access at signalized intersections. In southern Nanaimo , it has a short concurrency with Highway 19 , which continues east to the Duke Point ferry terminal and northwest along the Strait of Georgia . Highway 1 travels through central Nanaimo on Nicol Street and Stewart Avenue to the Departure Bay ferry terminal , where the Vancouver Island section ends. BC Ferries operates an automobile ferry service from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay that carries Highway 1 to

275-626: A high rate of collisions. The section also has occasional closures, relying on the limited-capacity Mill Bay Ferry or the longer Pacific Marine Circle Route as alternate connections between Greater Victoria and other Vancouver Island communities. Highway 1 passes the Malahat SkyWalk , an observation built by the Malahat First Nation , and through farmland surrounding Mill Bay . The highway travels around central Duncan and through North Cowichan and Ladysmith as it continues north as

330-566: A junction with Highway 9 at Agassiz. 18 km (11 mi) northeast of the Highway 9 junction, it leaves Kent. Another 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast, Highway 7 finally reaches its eastern terminus at a junction with Highway 1 at Haig , just across the Fraser River from the main part of Hope. Lougheed Highway as it exists today is the direct successor to the Dewdney Trunk Road , which

385-409: A nearby statue of runner Terry Fox to commemorate his cross-country marathon that was planned to end at the monument. The highway travels north on Douglas Street and forms the boundary between the residential James Bay neighbourhood to the west and Beacon Hill Park to the east. At the northwest edge of the park, Blanshard Street, which later carries Highway 17 , splits off from the highway to run

440-602: A new freeway in the Lower Mainland that opened in the 1960s and 1970s and was numbered Highway 401 . The western terminus of Highway 1 and the 7,821-kilometre (4,860 mi) main route of the Trans-Canada Highway is at Dallas Road on the southern coast of Victoria , which faces the Strait of Juan de Fuca . The terminus is marked by the Mile Zero Monument , a wooden sign at the foot of Beacon Hill Park , with

495-532: A new, high-level Second Narrows Bridge began two months later and was planned to be incorporated into the Trans-Canada Highway upon completion. On June 17, 1958, several spans of the unfinished bridge collapsed during work on the main arch; 18 workers died and one diver also died during a later search at the site. The Second Narrows Bridge was dedicated to the accident's victims and opened to traffic on August 25, 1960; it cost $ 23 million to construct and

550-460: A railroad underpass near Lytton were also damaged in the same event. As a result of the floods, which also damaged other highways in the Fraser Valley, road connections from Metro Vancouver to the rest of Canada were cut off. The Interior section of Highway 1 is considered sub-standard when compared to other highways with similar traffic volume in the U.S. or other parts of Canada. The majority of

605-569: A six-lane cross section was completed. From October 2004 to about November 2005 the section from 285 Street to Mclean Street in Silverdale was widened to four lanes. In 2011, widening of the highway to four lanes from Wren street to Nelson street was completed. 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

SECTION 10

#1732829759368

660-501: A six-year-old girl who cut the blue ribbon. About 6.4 km (4 mi) of the road had been opened before Gaglardi officially opened the bypass. Work on the bypass started on December 12, 1956, with two men clearing bushes. Around the time of opening of the Chilliwack Bypass, a bypass of Abbotsford was also being constructed. That section of freeway was officially opened by Phil Gaglardi on April 19, 1962. On May 1, 1964,

715-779: Is 1,047 kilometres (651 mi) long and connects Vancouver Island , the Greater Vancouver region in the Lower Mainland , and the Interior . It is the westernmost portion of the main TCH to be numbered "Highway 1", which continues through Western Canada and extends to the Manitoba – Ontario boundary. The section of Highway 1 in the Lower Mainland is the second-busiest freeway in Canada, after Ontario Highway 401 in Toronto. The highway's western terminus

770-532: Is in the provincial capital of Victoria , where it serves as a city street and freeway in the suburbs. Highway 1 travels north to Nanaimo and reaches the Lower Mainland at Horseshoe Bay via a BC Ferries route across the Strait of Georgia . The highway bypasses Vancouver on a freeway that travels through Burnaby , northern Surrey , and Abbotsford while following the Fraser River inland. The freeway ends in Hope , where Highway 1 turns north and later east to follow

825-665: Is pronounced / 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. Highway 7's total length under the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation (MOT) is 118 km (73 mi). Highway 7 is signed as far west as Granville Street on Broadway in Vancouver, all

880-687: The Fairmont Empress Hotel , the Bay Centre , Chinatown , and Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre . It follows Douglas Street, a six-lane urban thoroughfare with bus lanes during peak periods , and continues north into the suburban municipality of Saanich . Near the Uptown shopping centre , Highway 1 turns west and becomes a limited-access road that travels alongside the Galloping Goose Regional Trail through residential areas and along

935-536: The Finlayson Arm to bypass the section was among 19 options studied in 2007, but were discarded in favor of other solutions that would cost less. In 2019, the provincial government studied the construction of a permanent detour for the Goldstream–Malahat section of Highway 1 and identified several potential routes, but instead decided to move forward with safety improvements to the existing highway. The section

990-599: The Goldstream River into Goldstream Provincial Park , where it meets several trailheads . The Island Highway continues along the west side of the Saanich Inlet and enters the Cowichan Valley Regional District near Malahat . It descends from Malahat Summit, at 352 metres (1,155 ft) above sea level , on a highway with passing lanes and a median barrier added in the late 2010s in response to

1045-454: The Highway of Heroes . On September 4, 2020, a new interchange with 216 Street was opened. On November 10, 2022, it was announced that major construction of a new overpass at Glover Road (which will be built first), a revised interchange with Highway 10/232 St. and widening to three lanes between 216 Street and Highway 13/264 St. had started. This work is part of a plan to eventually widen

1100-498: The Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. A typical vessel assigned to the route can carry 1,460 to 1,571 passengers and 310 to 322 vehicles. The Vancouver Island section of Highway 1 was designated in the initial numbering scheme announced by the provincial government in March 1940, along with Highway 1A. It originally connected Victoria to Kelsey Bay , a small coastal community north of Campbell River . The Vancouver Island section

1155-696: The Massey Tunnel 's system, the system directed three lanes towards Vancouver in the morning from 6 AM until 8:30 AM, and likewise from 3:30 PM until 6:00 PM towards Maple Ridge . The original bridges were replaced with a cable-stayed bridge and a free-flowing interchange to replace the Mary-Hill Bypass–Lougheed intersection. On October 4, 2009, four lanes of the new bridge opened to general traffic, soon expanding to three lanes for westbound traffic and four for eastbound traffic. The new span has been engineered to allow for different lane allocations in

SECTION 20

#1732829759368

1210-785: The Old Yale Road in the Fraser Valley , the Cariboo Road , and the Big Bend Highway . The provincial government designated Highway 1 in 1941 on a portion of the Island Highway between Victoria and Kelsey Bay as well as the Vancouver–Banff highway. It was incorporated into the national Trans-Canada Highway program, which was established in 1949 and completed in 1962. Other sections of the highway were realigned in later years, including

1265-545: The Pattullo Bridge , Kingsway , and Fraser Highway as the Trans-Canada Highway. These roads were a part of the Highway 1 from its designation in 1940 until the redesignation of the B.C.'s 400 series highways in 1972/73. By 1932 a new cutoff across northern parts of the drained Sumas Lake was mostly built. The cutoff bypassed the Yale Road which avoided the historical lake by running on its southern flank and along

1320-585: The 2000s and 2010s multiple interchanges were upgraded and rebuilt along the highway. The Gateway program saw the rebuilding of several interchanges from Willingdon Avenue to 176 Street . Through Abbotsford the Mount Lehman/Fraser Highway, Clearbrook Road, and McCallum Road interchanges were rebuilt. On June 9, 2011, Highway 1 between 152 Street in Surrey and Highway 11 in Abbotsford was designated as

1375-584: The 2000s, 25 kilometres of road in the Kicking Horse Pass near Golden have been rebuilt in phases to modern standards, with four lanes and the removal of sharp corners. The final phase is due for completion in 2024. During major floods in November 2021 , sections of Highway 1 between Hope and Spences Bridge were washed away into the Thompson River. Other sections of the highway on Vancouver Island and

1430-518: The BC MOT's "Go Green" project to promote the use of HOV vehicles, and cost $ 62 million. The highway shortens to two lanes per direction after leaving Langley (Metro Vancouver), and enters Abbotsford (Fraser Valley). The Upper Levels Highway opened between Horseshoe Bay and Taylor Way in West Vancouver on September 14, 1957, replacing a section of Marine Drive that had carried Highway 1. Construction on

1485-575: The Fraser and Thompson rivers into the Interior and through Kamloops . The highway continues east across the Columbia Mountains , serving three national parks : Mount Revelstoke , Glacier , and Yoho . Highway 1 enters Alberta at Kicking Horse Pass near Banff National Park . Highway 1 was preceded by several overland trails and wagon roads established in the mid-to-late 19th century, including

1540-540: The MOT's jurisdiction 300 m (980 ft) after the interchange. TransLink again has jurisdiction of Highway 7 from the point east of Ottawa Street to the point east of United Boulevard. Highway 7 falls under the MOT's jurisdiction again after Ottawa Street, crossing over the Pitt River Bridge into Pitt Meadows . 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of the Pitt River bridge, it crosses into Maple Ridge at Maple Meadows Way, and

1595-561: The Mt. Woodside section was improved significantly. Work on the Agassiz-Haig Highway was also sought over. Around 1958, the highway was widened to four lanes from Boundary Road to North Road, entirely in Burnaby . 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

1650-519: The base of Vedder Mountain . The highway was initially partly gravel, but it was fully paved within a few years of its opening. From 1960 to 1964, the province opened several expressway and freeway segments as a part of a continuous express route between Bridal Falls and Taylor Way in West Vancouver . On August 1, 1960, the Chilliwack Bypass was officially opened by Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi , MLA for Chillwack William Kenneth Kiernan and

1705-514: The entire projected road and it wouldn't be until 1946 that the effort to build the road recommenced. The missing link in the road from what is now Lakeside Drive to Blue Mountain St. and Brunette Avenue was completed by June 1948. On August 14, 1950, the present truss bridge that carries eastbound traffic over the Coquitlam River was officially opened by Roderick Charles MacDonald . In September 1954,

British Columbia Highway 7 - Misplaced Pages Continue

1760-682: The four-lane portions of the Kicking Horse Canyon, the 13 km-long passing lanes near Blind Bay, and many smaller four-lane divided fragments typically 2–4 km in length, are the results of this effort. As of 2020, about 25 percent of the highway between Alberta and Kamloops has been upgraded to a divided four-lane cross-section. Several new projects have been funded and are expected to the constructed by 2023, including: [REDACTED] Media related to British Columbia Highway 1 at Wikimedia Commons Cape Horn Interchange Pitt River Bridge Three road bridges have existed before

1815-589: The highway from Albion to Mission. In 1991 and 1992, the section between Highway 11 and Grant Street was widened to four lanes for $ 4,571,000. In 1992 and 1993, the highway was widened to four lanes from the western boundary of Langley I.R. 5 to Whonnock for $ 12.7 million In 1999, portions of Highway 7 and a former alignment were devolved to the municipalities of Burnaby , Coquitlam , Port Coquitlam, and Maple Ridge. Around 2001, work to widen Lougheed highway from Brunette Avenue to Schoolhouse Street in Coquitlam to

1870-565: The highway then crosses into Mission another 20 km (12 mi) east. 9 km (5.6 mi) of Highway 7's entry into Mission, it meets a junction with Highway 11 . 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the Highway 11 junction, Highway 7 leaves Mission over the Hatzic Pump Bridge . 27 km (17 mi) east of the Highway's eastern exit from Mission, Highway 7 enters the Municipality of Kent . 14 km (8.7 mi) east, it reaches

1925-461: The highway to Whatcom Road in Abbotsford. Several sections of Highway 1 between Revelstoke and the Alberta border are under the jurisdiction of Parks Canada . The first section of the highway to be twinned was the 12-kilometre stretch in 1984–1985 through Malakwa starting 8 kilometres east of Sicamous until Oxbow Road. This remained the only four-lane stretch east of Kamloops until the 2000s. Since

1980-462: The highway, trapping nearly 100 vehicles between the two slides. The next day, Canadian military personnel used helicopters to safely transport over 300 people to Agassiz. From west to east: Cape Horn Interchange British Columbia Highway 1 Highway 1 is a provincial highway in British Columbia , Canada, that carries the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). The highway

2035-518: The intersection with Barnet Highway . This portion was replaced by the Sharpe Street Extension which completed and opened on September 5, 1975. In 1981 work to widen the North Road to Cape Horn Interchange section was completed. Work on widening of the section of highway from Haney to Albion was being done during the early to mid-eighties. Through the 1990s, efforts were made to widen

2090-496: The modern bridges' construction The first bridge was completed in 1915 and opened either on 1st or 3rd of March. It cost $ 800,000 (equivalent to $ 20,078,688.52 in 2022) Before its construction, traffic utilized a government subsidized ferry which had started its operation on 27 September 1902. The second span, a highway bridge was opened on 21 October, 1957 by Premier W. A. C. Bennett and cost $ 1,050,000 (equivalent $ 10,861,824.32 in 2022 dollars). The third (northern) span

2145-510: The north side of Portage Inlet . The highway becomes a full freeway with four-to-six lanes as it enters the town of View Royal and travels around the north side of Mill Hill Regional Park . It then intersects Highway 14 in Langford and reverts to a limited-access road with a median divider. Highway 1 (part of the Island Highway) then travels around Bear Mountain and turns north to follow

2200-536: The route is a dangerous, undivided two-lane highway with sharp corners, prone to frequent closures and accidents. To address this, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has undertaken an effort to twin the highway to four-lane 100 km/h standards between Kamloops and Alberta, with a targeted completion date of 2050. Several stretches of four-lane divided highway, including the Monte Creek to Pritchard section;

2255-515: The section of Freeway between what is now north of the 1st Avenue interchange to the Cape Horn Interchange opened. This was followed on June 12 by the opening of the Port Mann bridge, and the official opening of the freeway-expressway system from Bridal Falls to Taylor Way. A 90-year-old man and 11-year-old girl assisted Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Phil Gaglardi in opening the bridge. At

British Columbia Highway 7 - Misplaced Pages Continue

2310-444: The section of Lougheed through the flats south of Maillardville and around Cape Horn was opened in a two-lane configuration. Previously, the highway followed streets that now make up both Brunette and Cape Horn Avenues. 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. Around that time via

2365-443: 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 in 1956, and then east to 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 . The name of the highway, unlike that of Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed ,

2420-463: The time of the bridge's opening, various speed limits were in effect. The section from Bridal Falls to the Port Mann Bridge had a 70 mph (110 km/h) limit. Through Burnaby, 65 mph (105 km/h) was the limit. Speeds dropped on approach to Cassiar Street with a 50 mph (80 km/h) limit west of Boundary Road, with a drop to 30 mph (48 km/h) for Cassiar Street. Over

2475-518: The vicinity of the already existing River Road, 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. Around the time of the construction of today's Lougheed through Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge , construction of what was then called the "Central Arterial Highway" started through Burnaby. The provincial government however, failed to complete

2530-564: The way east through Burnaby into Coquitlam, which is under the jurisdiction of the 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 2.3 km (1.4 mi). 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

2585-646: The years, various interchanges have been built and rebuilt. On July 31, 1969, the interchange with Lickman Road in Chilliwack opened. The Prest Road overpass followed in the early 1970s. In January 1992 the Cassiar Tunnel opened. The project replaced a surface street section of Cassiar Street which was used by traffic to get from the Burnaby Freeway to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge . Through

2640-416: Was built in the 1978 at cost of $ 2.8 million dollars (equivalent to $ 11,554,716.98 in 2022) and was opened on 1 August by Highways Minister Alex Fraser . It was located to the north of the 1957 bridge. The mid-swing span of the south span sometimes did not seat properly in the closed position, becoming stuck and causing very long traffic line-ups (especially before the north span was built), but this problem

2695-435: Was completed around 1900. In fact, portions of the Trunk Road were incorporated into the Lougheed Highway. A subsidized ferry service across the Pitt River was instigated on September 27, 1902, and was replaced in March 1915 by the first Pitt River Bridge . In the mid-1920s, the section from Harrison Mills to Agassiz over Woodside Mountain was built, being completed by the end of the 1926/27 fiscal year. This also included

2750-425: Was completed successfully. 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. On November 14, 2021, the province experienced extreme rainfall events that led to debris flows and flooding. As a result, two mudslides occurred late that evening near Seabird Island on the Agassiz - Haig section of

2805-446: Was completed. The Agassiz-Haig section of the highway was finally opened in September 1972 after many years of construction and want. By early 1973 the segment from the Pitt River Bridge to Haney had also been widened to a four-lane standard. 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

SECTION 50

#1732829759368

2860-430: Was fixed many years ago. The control house also operated the lane control system after the system became operational. Each of the two spans had two lanes. In 1997 a counterflow system was installed, being completed on the 10th of October. During the morning and evening commute times, the system would reverse a lane on one of the two bridges so that three lanes of traffic were operational in a single direction. In vogue with

2915-413: Was severely damaged by several floods in November 2021 , which closed the road for several days and required $ 15 million in repairs the following year. Sections of Highway 1 from Grandview Highway in Vancouver to 216 Street in Langley vary from being 3 to 4 lanes in each direction, with one of these lanes being a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane . These HOV lanes were constructed in 1998 as part of

2970-415: Was the second-longest bridge in Canada at the time of its completion. The Upper Levels Highway was extended 9.3 kilometres (5.76 mi) east to the Second Narrows Bridge on March 4, 1961; the limited-access highway across North Vancouver cost $ 50 million to construct. Prior to the opening of the freeway (and prior to the 1980s and 1990s, expressway) segments of the present Trans-Canada, traffic used

3025-429: Was truncated to downtown Nanaimo in 1953, with the section north of Nanaimo being re-numbered to Highway 19 . When BC Ferries took over the ferry route between Departure Bay in Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver in 1961, Highway 1 was extended to the Departure Bay ferry dock. The Malahat Highway was completed in 1911 as a gravel road with a single lane and was later upgraded to two paved lanes. A bridge across

#367632