British Columbia Highway 7A

Infobox road
province=BC
type=Hwy
route=7a
previous_type=Hwy
previous_route=7
next_type=Hwy
next_route=7B

Highway 7A, known locally and on street signs as the Barnet Highway, is Highway 7's original 1941 route between the harbour in Vancouver and Port Moody. The highway gained the '7A' designation in 1953.

Route Details

The 26 km (16 mi) long Highway 7A largely follows a parallel route alongside the Canadian Pacific Railway. The highway starts off in the west at Jervis Street in Downtown Vancouver, and goes 8 km (5 mi) along West Pender Street and Hastings Street, passing its junction with Highway 1 en route, until reaching Boundary Road, where the highway crosses into Burnaby. Highway 7A continues 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 carries 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 travels 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.