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In 2012, Peter's Bros. Construction Ltd. was awarded a contract valued at $ 8,911,212.00 to pave (level course and overlay) over the existing sealcoat from the end of the existing pavement at 83 km (52 mi) in British Columbia to the border with the Northwest Territories, at 137 km
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The highway was built between 1975 and 1982 and was officially opened to traffic in June 1984. The section in British Columbia was built under contracts with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways at a cost of $ 26 million (equivalent to $ 67.4 million in 2021). The section through the
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to the border of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Beyond the border, it continues for 254 km (158 mi) as a very rough packed dirt and gravel road designated as Highway 7. It terminates at a junction with Territorial
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section was built by the federal government at a cost of $ 55 million (equivalent to $ 142.58 million in 2021). British Columbia assigned the number 77 to its portion of the route in 1984.
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in Canada that is the only direct road link between British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Passing through sparsely-populated areas of
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As of 2018, Highway 77 has been fully paved up to the border with the Northwest Territories.
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British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways (24 September 1984).
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and runs 138 km (86 mi) northeast through expanses of the
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Highway between BC and the Northwest Territories in Canada
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Google Maps: Highway 7 route in the Northwest Territories
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Index

Northwest Territories Highway 7


Highway 97
Fort Nelson
BC
Highway 1
Fort Simpson
NT
Canada
British Columbia provincial highways
Northwest Territories highways
Highway 62

Highway 91
Highway 6

Highway 8

British Columbia
Northwest Territories
highway
boreal forest
Fort Liard
Nahanni Butte
Alaska Highway
Fort Nelson
Canadian Boreal Forest
Highway 1
Fort Simpson

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