State Street (Salt Lake County)

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State Street
Length17.3 mi (27.8 km)
Utah State Capitol Building
South endDraper, Utah

State Street is a wide 17.3-mile-long (27.8 km) street in

Utah County, it was the undisputed main road south from Salt Lake City until Interstate 15 (I-15) was built to the west (but closely paralleling it). It retains the U.S. Highway 89 (US 89) designation for all but the northernmost seven blocks (which are part of State Route 186 (SR 186) instead) despite I-15's proximity. Due to its history as a route for long-distance travel, travel within the Wasatch Front region, and travel between the cities along the east side of the Jordan River, it has attracted a wide variety of retail and service businesses along its entire length, creating a nearly continuous commercial axis for the Salt Lake Valley
.

Route description

Other than along a portion of its length in Midvale and southern Murray that is currently (as of 2012) being rebuilt and widened to match the rest, the entire length of State Street south of South Temple has sidewalks on both sides and is a uniform six lanes in width plus either a center turn lane or (occasionally) a low median barrier. There is also local Utah Transit Authority bus service along the entire length of the street.

Draper

Modern State Street starts in Draper near I-15's exit 291 with a connection to Utah State Route 71 (12300 South). It intersects Utah State Route 175 (11400 South) on the border with Sandy.[1]

Sandy

Rio Tinto Stadium
in Sandy

State Street continues north through the

Main Street at 8720 South. North of the historic district, State Street passes through some relatively lightly developed land near the city's border with Midvale, though there are some townhouse developments in progress in the area.[1]

Midvale

Soon after entering Midvale, State Street passes over the

strip malls along a large portion of the route until the border with Murray and starts to curve very slightly to the east.[1]

Murray

The NRHP listed Iris Theater is along State Street in Murray

State Street proceeds through most of Murray at an angle slightly off from its perfect north-south orientation elsewhere, moving 100 address units (660 feet, 200m) east over the span of about 2000 north-to-south address units (2.5 miles, 4 km). Similar to the northern end of Midvale's segment, State Street south of

Little Cottonwood Creek and entering the Murray Downtown Historic District.[1]

Within Murray's downtown area, State Street passes Murray's city hall and the

former State Route 174, also known as Murray-Holladay Road east of State Street and Murray-Taylorsville Road west of State Street) less than two blocks north of the Vine Street intersection.[1]

Beyond that, the surroundings revert to lower density development (including many car dealerships) before State Street intersects 4500 South (

Murray North light rail station and then the Murray Laundry Tower, a multi-story high concrete cylinder of Art Deco design with a vertically oriented sign reading "Rain Soft Artesian Water Murray Laundry" on top.[1]

Millcreek Township

Millcreek Township's short portion of State Street includes a mixture of small-scale retail and car dealerships similar to the adjacent parts of Murray and South Salt Lake. It enters South Salt Lake at the intersection with 3900 South.[1]

South Salt Lake

Just inside the boundaries of

I-80 at I-80's exit 124. South Salt Lake's city hall is just to the east of State Street in this area, on the south side of I-80.[1] Beyond I-80, State Street crosses the S Line
(formerly known as Sugar House Streetcar) right-of-way and passes through an area with many disused industrial buildings that is planned for redevelopment in connection with the streetcar project.

Salt Lake City

State Street passes to the west of the Salt Lake City and County Building

State Street enters Salt Lake City at 2100 South (

State Route 186 designation instead.[1]

The area northwest of the 400 South intersection is the

Capitol Hill. State Street ends two blocks later at the steps leading to the Utah Capitol Building. State Route 186 continues by turning west on 300 North, then quickly north again to eventually reach US Highway 89 northwest of Capitol Hill.[1]

Addressing

South of Murray, State Street is closely aligned with the north-south axis of the

Salt Lake Meridian). In Murray, however, it gradually diverts eastward before coming into alignment with 100 East (that is, it moves eastward by about 660 feet, which is Salt Lake City's block width). North of Murray, Main Street
runs along the north-south axis of the addressing system instead. This does not cause much confusion for people looking for businesses along State Street since most businesses have addresses of the form "#### South State Street" (rather than something involving the name of a side street) due to State Street's recognizability; however, there are exceptions to this, mostly in downtown Murray, and residential addressing adheres strictly to the north-south axis, so it is not always easy to determine what side of State Street an address in Murray of the form "x East y Street" is on when x is between 0 and 100.

As with all north-south streets in Salt Lake County, odd-numbered addresses that are south of South Temple are on the east side of State Street, while north of South Temple, odd-numbered addresses are on the west side.

History

State Street north of Vine Street in Murray was used as part of the route for wagons carrying

Streetcars
also extended south along the street as far as Murray in the early 20th century.

When the

US-91 through the Salt Lake Valley.[2] In the 1930s, US-89 was extended, using State Street. US 91 was truncated in 1974,[3]
however, State Street remains signed as US 89 today.

State Street originally continued south of its current terminus along the route now used by I-15: it continued straight south along the

Utah Southern Railroad right-of-way, which is now owned by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and proposed for use in phase two of the UTA's TRAX Blue Line, around Point of the Mountain. Beyond Point of the Mountain, it connected directly to Utah County's State Street
. From the time that I-15 was built until around the year 2000, State Street's vehicle lanes connected directly to I-15 at the point at which I-15 came into alignment with the Salt Lake Meridian, but this north-south-only connection was eliminated as I-15 was rebuilt in favor of an omnidirectional exit at SR-71 just to the south because of increasing development on all sides.

In 1983,

Red Butte Creek's watershed
near 1300 South.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Salt Lake County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Draper0.00.0
 US 89 south / SR-71 (12300 South)		Southern terminus; roadway continues south as Minuteman Drive. US-89 becomes concurrent northbound
Sandy1.32.1
 SR-175 west (11400 South)		Eastern terminus of SR-175
4.36.9 SR-209 (9000 South)
Midvale6.610.6 SR-48 (7200 South)Eastern terminus of SR-48
Murray7.311.7 I-215 (Belt Route)Interchange
9.014.5
 SR-173 west (5300 South)		Eastern terminus of SR-173
10.316.6 SR-266 (4500 South)
South Salt Lake12.019.3 SR-171 (3300 South)
13.321.4



 I-15 north / I-80 west to SR-201 west – West Valley City, Reno
Spaghetti Bowl

I-15 north / I-80 west ramp also provides access to 2100 South (SR-201), 1300 South and 900 South

 I-80 east – Park City, Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
13.822.2
 SR-201 west (2100 South)		Eastern terminus of SR-201
15.925.6
 SR-269 east (600 South)		One-way pair
16.125.9
 SR-269 west (500 South)
16.226.1

 US 89 north / SR-186 east (400 South)		US-89 turns west, State Street becomes concurrent with SR-186
17.327.8
 SR-186 west (300 North)		Northern terminus; SR-186 continues west along 300 North
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

See also

  • Main Street (Greater Salt Lake City), Salt Lake City's most important commercial street, which runs parallel to State Street just one block west
  • Redwood Road
    (part of State Route 68), the closest equivalent to State Street on the west side of the Jordan River
  • Utah State Route 106, which in most places follows the oldest road leading north from Salt Lake City
  • Suzaku Boulevard
    , the concept of a great street leading to the seat of government from the south, as applied in historic Japanese city planning

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Google (January 18, 2014). "State Street (Salt Lake County)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
    .
  3. ^ "Highway Resolution route 91". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

External references

Media related to State Street (Salt Lake County) at Wikimedia Commons

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