Topic summary
Lougheed Highway
Extracted from the Wikipedia article British Columbia Highway 7.
History
Lougheed Highway as it exists today is the direct successor to the Dewdney Trunk Road, which 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 a bridge over the Harrison River. Around 1929, portions of the highway which followed Nicomen Slough were relocated.