The Mary Hill Bypass gained its numbered designation in 1996, when it was widened from two to four lanes north of Broadway.

After passing a railway underpass and one final intersection, the Mary Hill Bypass ends at Highway 7, which continues east to Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, and Mission.

As part of the Ministry of Transportation's Metro Vancouver Gateway Program,[6] improvements to existing roads around the north side of the Fraser River between the Queensborough Bridge in New Westminster and the Golden Ears Bridge in Maple Ridge.

This project was known as the North Fraser Perimeter Road, including the upgrading of intersections and possible interchanges along the Mary Hill Bypass[7] and construction of the new, cable-stayed Pitt River Bridge.

[8] While the new Pitt River Bridge was constructed, the remainder of the North Fraser Perimeter Road was cancelled.