BC Road Trip Time Machine: Travel Highway 7 from Burnaby to Maple Ridge in 1966
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2019
- British Columbia history nerds rejoice!
We’ve got a new Road Trip Time Machine video for you. In this episode, our flux capacitor (aka photolog) will take us back to 1966 for a cruise along BC Highway 7 between Burnaby and Maple Ridge.
This route begins in the City of Vancouver as Broadway, changing its name to Highway 7 after crossing over Boundary Road in Burnaby. From there, it travels east through Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Mission and Agassiz to a junction with Highway 1 north of Hope.
To say that things have changed along this route is an understatement. In fact, so much has changed, we considered highlighting the things that haven’t changed - just to keep it short. But then we realized we’d be beating you to one of your favourite things about these videos - spotting those iconic roadside spots along the way!
So, here goes, in no particular order (and outside of the original alignment):
• Much of Highway 7 is four lanes throughout
• All bridges along the route have been improved and/or replaced
• Interchanges (Cape Horn, Agassiz)
• Left turn lanes throughout
• Signalized intersections throughout
• Shoulders widened and cleared throughout
• Signage improvements throughout
• Millennium SkyTrain extension from Willingdon to North Road and at Highway 7 and 7A in Coquitlam
• Devolvement of the road in Burnaby and Coquitlam (our highway responsibility now begins at a point just west of the Pitt River Bridge to 222nd
Jurisdictional Boundaries for Roads Change Over Time
As the ministry responsible for numbered highways across the province, we maintain jurisdictional control over key transportation corridors running through major urban centres; however, as cities grow and change, it often makes good sense to pass control of some routes back to the municipality it runs through. That way they can maintain control of their important thoroughfare and we can do the job we know best- provincial highways. While there are certain sections of Highway 7 still under our control (approximately 118 km), the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the rest of the route now lies with others (TransLink, the City of Burnaby, the City of Coquitlam, etc.) Get more information here: www.tranbc.ca/tag/bc-road-tri...
About Photologs
These videos are digital versions of 16 mm ‘photo-logs’ collected by rigging a camera onto a car and taking still images every 80 feet or so. Those stills were then run together as a single film to create a visual record of road condition information from across the province. This allowed our engineers to study a stretch of road without having to travel there. Pretty cool stuff. Today, we use a specialized van called an automatic road analyzer, with computers, lasers, GPS and high definition cameras to collect information about our highways and roads.
Did You Know?
When we digitized this film, we slowed it down to approximately 25 percent of its original speed. That’s because our engineers had specialized machines to play these videos back at high speed, so they could view long stretches of highway quickly.
Some of you asked us to slow these videos down even more to see all the awesome things. We totally get that, but we have found that the quality and playback of the videos suffers too much below 25 percent; however, you can change the play back speed on CZcams by clicking on the gear icon in the lower right hand of the video screen, selecting speed and choosing a slower speed.
Are you patiently waiting to see footage of a particular BC highway that we haven’t shared yet? Let us know in the comments below.
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It's a route I'm familiar with going back to within a few years of when this was filmed, and it's remarkable to see all of the trees and greenery along the way. So much of it feels like a country drive. Fifty-three years later there are certain buildings & structures captured in the film which are still standing and so many more that are long gone.
Amazing so little traffic compared to now. I vaguely remember a drive in near Boundary that my parents took me to in the 80s.
Nice to see the old Lougheed Drive-In again!
1:45 Colony farm to the right, 1:50 Essendale on the left, 2:41 Pitt bridge, 3:06 Harrison rd Pittmeadows, 3:34 Laity st. Haney, 3:47 224th Haney.
Even in the 80's there was so much farmland and trees between Burnaby and New Westminster. So sad to see it all going.
So amazing!!!
Just heard about this film on CBC, Robyn Burns (All Points West) was interviewing the young woman who is responsible for this old film!
I will find her name... lol
That's me!
So cool to see, thanks!
Wow this is fantastic! The BC Hydro substation is still here today and even the rest of lougheed hwy looks vaguely familiar even from those days. The left turn on to Springer Ave is also the same. I wish the video were slowed down a bit, a ten minute video would have been perfect.
So many more trees. Looks like.
Fantastic ! Thank you.
I was able to recognize almost all the way from Burnaby to Maple Ridge, even though I was only born the year this was filmed.
Pitt Meadows starts at 2:49
Thank you for uploading this!!!
2:18 Coquitlam River Bridge in Port Coquitlam is same as 5th Street Bridge in Courtenay.
Is there any way to see this at a much slower speed?
too bad it wasnt a bit slower but still pretty cool!
You can slow these down by clicking on the gear button in the bottom right and choosing a slower speed. This film has already been slowed down to 25 percent of its original speed - if you can believe it!