State Route 7 | ||||
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Southern Parkway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-106 | ||||
Maintained by UDOT | ||||
Length: | 7.123 mi[2] (11.463 km) | |||
Existed: | 2009[1] – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | I-15 near St George | |||
East end: | CURRENT: Airport Parkway near St George FUTURE: SR-9 near Hurricane |
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Highway system | ||||
State highways in Utah
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State Route 7 (SR-7), also known as Southern Parkway, is a state highway in the extreme southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Utah, currently linking the southern periphery of St George to southeastern St George.[3] The first portion of the freeway opened 7 July 2009, a link between exit 2 at I-15 south of Bloomington (a suburb of St George) to River Road south of St George spanning 4 miles (6.4 km). It is the southern portion of a two-phase beltway around St. George.[4] The second portion was completed in November 2010, extending further east to the new St. George Municipal Airport. The highway is eventually planned to extend 26 miles (41.8 km) northeast—as a four-lane freeway—to Hurricane, although initially there will be some at-grade intersections. These will be converted to interchanges as traffic volumes warrant.[5]
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State Route 7 starts at its intersection with I-15 in south St. George St. George. From here it travels southeast for about 3 miles (4.8 km) to just north of the Utah-Arizona border, then turning east and paralleling the border. Past interchanges at Astragalus Drive and River Road, the road turns east-northeast and continues for 4 miles (6.4 km) until reaching its temporary terminus at Airport Parkway, the service road for St. George Municipal Airport.[6] Currently, the route travels a total of 7.123 miles (11.463 km).
Since the 1977 Utah state route renumbering, no route in Utah had been designated as State Route 7, until 2009 when the Utah state legislature added the Southern Parkway from Pioneer Road to River Road to the state highway system.[1]
The entire route is in St. George, Washington County.
Mile[2] | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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0.000 | I-15 – Las Vegas, Salt Lake City | At-grade intersection | ||
0.444 | 1 | Astragalus Drive | ||
3.281 | 3 | River Road | ||
5.951 | 6 | Future Road | ||
7.123 | 7 | Airport Parkway – St. George Municipal Airport | Temporary eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |