Utah State Route 7

State Route 7 (SR-7), also known as Southern Parkway, is a state highway in southern Washington County in the extreme southwestern portion of the US state of Utah. It connects the southern periphery of St George with Hurricane, while providing access to the St. George Regional Airport.[3]

State Route 7
Southern Parkway
Map of Utah State Route 7
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-106
Maintained by UDOT
Length18.299 mi[1] (29.449 km)
Existed2009[2]–present
Major junctions
West end I-15 in St George
East endSand Hollow Road near Sand Hollow State Park
Location
CountiesWashington
Highway system
  • State highways in Utah
← US-6→ SR-8

Route description
East on Utah State Route 7 from its western terminus, January 2014.

State Route 7 starts at its intersection with I-15 in southwest St. George. From here it travels southeast for about 3 miles (4.8 km) to immediately north of the Utah-Arizona border, then turning east and paralleling the border. Past interchanges at Desert Color Parkway and River Road, the road turns east-northeast and continues for 15 miles (24 km) until reaching its temporary terminus at Sand Hollow Road (immediately southwest of Sand Hollow State Park), passing Airport Parkway (which accesses the St. George Regional Airport) and Long Valley Road.[4]

The route as it exists today, as well as the planned connection from the current eastern terminus to SR-9, is included in the National Highway System.[5]

History

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.[2]

The first portion of the freeway opened July 7, 2009, a link between Exit 2 at I-15 south of Bloomington (a suburb within the city of St. George) to River Road in south east St. George spanning 4 miles (6.4 km). It is the southern portion of a two-phase beltway around the St. George metro area.[6] The second portion was completed in November 2010, extending further east to the new St. George Regional 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.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Washington County.

Locationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
St. George0.0000.000 I-15 – Las Vegas, Salt Lake CityWestern terminus; roadway continues west as Sun River Parkway; I-15 exit 2
0.4440.7151Desert Color ParkwayFormerly Astragalus Drive
3.2515.2323River RoadImmediately north of Utah-Arizona border
5.9119.5136Desert Canyons ParkwayRoad is 2 lanes from this point eastward as of 2018
7.08211.3977Airport Parkway – St. George Regional Airport
Washington10.38516.71310Warner Valley RoadConnection to Washington Fields Road
14.72023.69015Long Valley RoadConnection to Washington Dam Road
​18.29929.449Sand Hollow Road – Sand Hollow State Park, HurricaneAt-grade intersection; temporary eastern terminus; immediately southwest of Sand Hollow State Park
Hurricane3000 South
SR-9Future eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Unopened

See also

References
  1. "Highway Reference: State Route 7" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. April 5, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017 – via Highway Referencing.
  2. "State Route 7 highway resolutions" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. September 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  3. "UDOT to Open First Segment of State's Newest Highway". Utah Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  4. "Southern Parkway Project map". Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  5. "Utah National Highway System". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. "Public Works Capital projects". City of St. George Department of Public Works. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  7. "Traffic and transportation information exchange - Southern Parkway". City of St. George. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
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