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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-131 | ||||
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| Length: | 69.246 mi[1] (111.441 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1955 – present | |||
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| South end: |  SR-21 in Milford |
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| North end: |   US-6 / US-50 in Hinckley |
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→State Route 257 is a highway in central Utah that runs from the junction of SR-21 in Milford to US-6/US-50 sixty-nine miles (111 kilometers) to the north in Hinckley. There are no junctions with any other state highways along SR-257.
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Route description [edit]
From its southern terminus in Beaver County, SR-257 generally north until Black Rock, where it makes a turn to the northwest. It stays north-northwest until the northern terminus of the route, located in Millard County. Most of the route is paralleled by the Union Pacific Railroad.[2]
History [edit]
The northernmost piece of SR-257 became a state highway in 1933 as part of State Route 140, a short connection from SR-27 (now US-6) near Hinckley south to Deseret and east via Oasis to SR-26 (now US-50) at Harding.[3] The remainder was not created until 1955, when the state legislature added the road between SR-21 in Milford and SR-140 at Deseret to the state highway system as SR-257.[4] A short loop through downtown Hinckley, heading west from SR-140 on 2500 South and north on Main Street to SR-27, was added as State Route 240 in 1966 but dropped from the state highway system in 1969.[5] With the deletion of SR-140 in 1969, SR-257 assumed its current extent, replacing the north–south piece of SR-140.[6]
Major intersections [edit]
| County | Location[7] | Mile[1] | Junction | Notes | ||||
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| Beaver |
Milford | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR-21 (Center Street) |
Southern terminus | |||
| Millard |
Hinckley | 69.246 | 111.441 | US-6 / US-50 – Ely, Salina, Provo |
Northern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References [edit]
- ^ a b "State Route 257 Highway reference". Utah Department of Transportation.
- ^ "Utah Highway Pages - 241 to 260". Stober, Daniel. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Designation of Secondary State Roads", Chapter 30, Session Laws of Utah, 1933: "(140) From Road 26 westerly via Oasis to Deseret thence to Road 27 at Hinckley."
- ^ "State Roads", Chapter 44, Session Laws of Utah, 1955: "Route 257. From Deseret on Route 140 southwesterly via Black Rock to Route 21 at Milford."
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 240 PDF (1.28 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 140 PDF (1.27 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ "State Highway Map". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
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