{{Short description|Provincial highway in Saskatchewan, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox road |province=SK |type=Hwy |route=397 |map= |image= |photo_notes= |photo_width=250 |length_km=12.3 |length_round=1 |length_ref=<ref name="length">{{google maps|title=Highway 397 in Saskatchewan|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/51.9913025,-106.0755006/51.8913186,-106.0514434/@51.943136,-106.133498,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en|access-date=February 7, 2018}}</ref> |established= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|province=SK|Mun|665|Mun|763}} at Allan |junction= |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|province=SK|YH|16}} near Elstow |rural_municipalities=Blucher |previous_type=Hwy |previous_route=394 |next_type=Mun |next_route=600 }}
'''Highway 397''' is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 763 / Highway 665 at Allan to Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) near Elstow. It is about {{convert|12|km}} long.<ref name="length"/>
==Route description==
Hwy 397 begins in the town of Allan at the intersection between Hwy 763 (First Avenue) and Hwy 665 (Princess Street), heading west along First Avenue through downtown, concurrent (overlapped) with Hwy 763 westbound, as well as running parallel to Canadian National Railway's Watrous subdivision. Curving northward as it leaves Allan, the highway crosses a spur railway line before going through a long, gradual switchback as it travels past Nutrien's Allan Potash Mine, where Hwy 763 splits off and heads west towards Bradwell. Hwy 397 continues due northward through rural farmland for several travel along the western outskirts of Elstow, where it crosses Canadian Pacific Railway's Sutherland subdivision and comes to an end at an intersection with the Yellowhead Highway (Hwy 16), with the road continuing north as McConnel Road. The entire length of Hwy 397 is a paved, two-lane highway, lying entirely within the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343.<ref name=SaskRegionalParks> {{Cite Web|url=https://saskregionalparks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2021_2023-Road-Map-LR.pdf|title=2021-2023 Saskatchewan Official Road Map|author=Government of Saskatchewan|access-date=April 2, 2026}} </ref>
== Major intersections == The entire route is in RM of Blucher No. 343. From south to north:<ref>{{cite map|author = MapArt|author-link = MapArt|year = 2007 |title = Saskatchewan Road Atlas |scale = 1:540,000 |location = Oshawa, ON |publisher = Peter Heiler Ltd |page = 33 |isbn = 1-55368-020-0 |edition = 2007 }}</ref> {{SKinttop|nosub1=yes|length_ref=<ref name="length"/>}} {{SKint |location=Allan |type=concur |km=0.0 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|665|Mun|763|dir1=south|dir2=east|name1=Princess Street|name2=First Avenue|city1=Zelma}} |notes=Hwy 397 southern terminus; south end of Hwy 763 concurrency }} {{SKint |location=none |type=concur |km=5.2 |road={{jct|province=SK|Mun|763|dir1=west|city1=Bradwell}} |notes=North end of Hwy 763 concurrency }} {{SKint |location=Elstow |lspan=2 |km=12.1 |road={{Jct|province=SK|road|Railway Avenue|city1=Elstow}} |notes= }} {{SKint |km=12.3 |road={{jct|province=SK|YH|16|city1=Saskatoon|city2=Yorkton}} |notes=Hwy 397 northern terminus }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
== See also == * Transportation in Saskatchewan * Roads in Saskatchewan
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Saskatchewan Provincial Highways}} {{Authority control}}
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