British Columbia Highway 7A

Highway 7A, 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.

Highway 7A
Barnet Highway
Hastings Street
St Johns Street
Inlet Drive
Route information
Maintained by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length25.9 km[1] (16.1 mi)
Existed1953–2006
Major junctions
West end Hwy 1A / Hwy 99 / Hwy 99A (Georgia Street) in Vancouver
Major intersections Hwy 1 (TCH) in Vancouver
East end Hwy 7 in Coquitlam
Location
Major citiesVancouver
Burnaby
Port Moody
Coquitlam
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Hwy 7→ Hwy 7B

Route details

The 26 km (16 mi) long Highway 7A largely followed a parallel route alongside the Canadian Pacific Railway. The highway started off in the west at Seymour Street in Downtown Vancouver, and went 8 km (5 mi) along Hastings Street, passing its junction with Highway 1 en route, until it reached Boundary Road, where the highway crossed into Burnaby. Highway 7A continued east along Hastings Street in Burnaby for 5 km (3 mi) before turning northeast via Inlet Drive onto Barnet Highway. Once Hastings Street terminates the road narrows from 6 lanes to four, and the speed limit is upped from 50 to 80 km/h (from 31 to 50 mph). Barnet Highway carried Highway 7A on a winding 9 km (6 mi) long route on the south shore of Burrard Inlet through Burnaby and into Port Moody, where it meets an intersection with St. John's Street. Highway 7A then travelled 5 km (3 mi) east along St. Johns Street to its junctions with Dewdney Trunk Road and Ioco Road, after which it bears the street name Barnet Highway again, before terminating at its junction with Highway 7 in Coquitlam.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Metro Vancouver Regional District.

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Vancouver0.00.0 Howe Street, Seymour Street (Hwy 99 south) – Airport, U.S. border
Georgia Street (Hwy 99 north) – Whistler		Former western terminus; Hwy 7A followed Howe Street and Seymour Street (one-way pair) north; former Hwy 1A / Hwy 99A south
0.50.31Hastings StreetHwy 7A followed Hastings Street
0.60.37Granville StreetGranville Mall (transit only) south of Hastings Street; near  Waterfront station
1.10.68Cambie Street
1.81.1Main Street
3.42.1Clark Drive
3.92.4Commercial Drive
6.74.2 Hwy 1 (TCH) (Cassiar Connector) – Hope, WhistlerHwy 1 passes underneath Hastings Street via the Cassiar Tunnel; Hwy 1 exit 26
Burnaby12.88.0Hastings Street (to Burnaby Mountain Parkway) – Simon Fraser University
Port Moody23.514.6Dewdney Trunk Road
Coquitlam25.916.1 Hwy 7 (Lougheed Highway) / Pinetree Way – Port CoquitlamFormer easter terminus; continues as Hwy 7 east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. Google (September 16, 2021). "British Columbia Highway 7A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 16, 2021.

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