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. The first portion of the freeway opened 7 July 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.