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The Liard Highway, numbered Highway 77 in British Columbia and Highway 7 in the Northwest Territories, is a highway in Canada, which forms the sole paved road connection between B.C. and the Northwest Territories.
The highway officially opened to traffic in 1984, and was assigned the number 77 two years later. Highway 77 begins at a point on the Alaska Highway 28 km (17 mi) northwest of Fort Nelson, and it travels 138 km (86 mi) northeast along an expanse of flat land to the border of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, where it continues under the Highway 7 designation for 254 km through the Northwest Territories, ending at a junction with Highway 1 south of Fort Simpson.
Total traffic volume on 10 August 2005 was 282 vehicles.
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