Alberta Highway 7

{{short description|Highway in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2016}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}

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{{Infobox road

|province=AB

|type=Hwy

|route=7

| map= Alberta Highway 7 Map.png

| length_km = 26.2

| length_ref =

| direction_a = West

| direction_b = East

| terminus_a ={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|22}} in Diamond Valley

| junction ={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|2A}} in Okotoks

| terminus_b ={{Jct|province=AB|Hwy|2|Hwy|547}} near Aldersyde

| rural_municipalities = Foothills County

| towns = Diamond Valley, Okotoks

| established =

| previous_type = Hwy

| previous_route = 6

| next_type = Hwy

| next_route = 8

}}

Highway 7 is an east–west highway in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It spans approximately {{cvt|26|km|mi}} from Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) to Highway 2.{{Cite web|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112123232/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2016_PROVINCIAL_HWY_1-216_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2016 |access-date=2016-11-12 |date=March 2016 |title=2016 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart |publisher=Alberta Transportation |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}{{Cite map | publisher=Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation | title=Alberta Official Road Map | edition=2010 | section=M-5}}

Highway 7 begins in the Town of Diamond Valley, which was created on January 1, 2023 with the merger of the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley.{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Stephen |title=2 Alberta towns merge to create Diamond Valley |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/2-alberta-towns-merge-to-create-diamond-valley-1.6214502 |access-date=1 January 2023 |work=CTV News Calgary |agency=CTV News |date=1 January 2023 |language=en}} The highway continues east, passing along the southern boundary of the Town of Okotoks. East of Okotoks, the highway ends at Highway 2 north of the Hamlet of Aldersyde, and is succeeded by Highway 547.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@50.6907717,-114.0369651,10.7z|title=Highway 7 in southern Alberta|accessdate=November 20, 2017}}

Highway 7 originally continued south from Black Diamond to Longview, but the section was renumbered replaced by Highway 22 in the early 1970s.{{cite map | author = Department of Highways | publisher = The Province of Alberta | date = 1960 | title = Alberta Official Road Map | url = http://www.altaroads.ca/full_scans/1960.pdf |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20211019010537/http://www.altaroads.ca/full_scans/1960.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2021}}{{cite map | author = Travel Alberta | publisher = The Province of Alberta | date = 1972 | title = Alberta Official Road Map}}

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