Liard Highway
The Liard Highway, designated Highway 77 in British Columbia and Highway 7 in the Northwest Territories, is a highway in Canada which forms the sole road connection between B.C. and the Northwest Territories.
The highway was constructed by the Ministry of Transportation & Highways between 1975 and 1982 and officially opened to traffic in 1984 at a cost of $25 million. It was assigned the number 77 in 1986. It begins at a point on the Alaska Highway northwest of Fort Nelson and runs northeast through expanses of forest to the border of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, beyond which it continues for as a very rough packed dirt and gravel road, designated Highway 7. It terminates at a junction with Highway 1 south of Fort Simpson.
In 2012 Peter's Bros. Construction Ltd. was awarded a contract valued at $8,911,212.00 to pave over the existing sealcoat from the end of the existing pavement at to the Northwest Territories border at. The project was completed August 2012.
As of 2018 the highway is paved to the Northwest Territories border.Major intersections
From south to north:
