Utah State Route 103
650 North | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by UDOT | ||||
Length | 0.225 mi[1] (362 m) | |||
Existed | April 19, 1965[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | SR-126 in Clearfield | |||
East end | I-15 in Clearfield | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Utah | |||
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State Route 103 (SR-103) is a 0.225-mile-long (362 m) urban minor arterial state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It branches off from SR-126 (Main Street) in downtown Clearfield and extends east to Interstate 15 (I-15), with the roadway continuing to the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park, just outside Hill Air Force Base. The entire route is located in Davis County and was formed in 1965 coinciding with the construction of I-15.
The western terminus, in a stretch of fourteen years from its inception, has gone from SR-1 in 1965, to SR-106 in 1967, to SR-84 in 1969, and SR-126 in 1979. In 1979, the moniker of the roadway for SR-103 was changed from 600 North to 650 North. SR-103 is one of four Utah state highways that connect to Hill Air Force Base, the others being
Route description
State Route 103 (SR-103) begins at an intersection with
SR-103 serves the function of connecting the town of Clearfield and residents along I-15 to Hill Air Force Base. The base, as of 2012[update], was the sixth largest employer in the state of Utah and is the third largest employer which is neither the state government nor a state-funded higher education institution.[5] SR-103 is one of four Utah state highways that connect to Hill Air Force Base, the others being SR-97,[6] SR-168[7] and SR-232,[8] Only SR-168 has a lower average daily traffic count, with roughly 1,000 vehicles-per-day traveling along the highway compared to SR-103's approximately 16,000 vehicles-per-day.[9] This is a decline from previous years (in 2007 the average on SR-103 was 22,525; in 2006, the average was 22,215; in 2005, 21,275). Four percent of this traffic was composed of trucks.[10] The measurement point for the traffic counts is at the eastern terminus of SR-103, the entrance to the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park. The highway is codified as Utah Code §72-4-116, and is designated as a minor arterial,[11] which the Federal Highway Administration defines as linking major arterials at a lower volume than a primary arterial.[12]
History
SR-103 was originally on a road from West Ogden north to the junction with US 89 (then cosigned with US-91 and SR-1) at North Ogden Hot Springs. In 1935 the state of Utah and the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) decommissioned this alignment of SR-103. The SR-103 designation was rewritten in the Utah Code as a highway following Harrison Street in the city of Ogden. Between 1964 and 1965, the state of Utah and the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) decommissioned the alignment of SR-103 on Harrison Street, renumbering the portion of Harrison Street as SR-203. The SR-103 designation was soon rewritten in the Utah Code as an access road to Hill Air Force Base on April 19, 1965.[2]
The new alignment, which the state felt was a major connector to a federal military institution, Hill Air Force Base, from
The route has been mostly unchanged since its formation, except for the moniker of the highway and the western terminus, of which SR-103 progresses. The western terminus, in a stretch of fourteen years from its inception, went from SR-1 in 1965, to SR-106 in 1967 to SR-84 in 1969 and SR-126 in 1979. In 1979, the moniker of the roadway for SR-103 was changed from 600 North to 650 North. In 1998, the legal definition of SR-103 was changed in the state codes.[2]
The alignment of SR-103, outside of the roadway renumbering, has received some technical changes as well. In November 1992, UDOT confirmed that the interchange of I-15 and SR-103 (exit 335) was to be given
The most recent change to SR-103 came in March 2019, when the Utah State Legislature approved a slight truncation of the east end of the route. The segment of 650 North between I-15 and the base gate was removed from the legal definition of SR-103 at that time, bringing the eastern terminus back to the I-15 interchange.[18]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Clearfield, Davis County. [19]
mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.000 | 0.000 | SR-126 (Main Street) | Western terminus, roadway continues west as 650 North | ||
0.080– 0.225 | 0.129– 0.362 | Salt Lake City, Ogden | Eastern terminus; I-15 exit 335; diamond interchange | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- Utah portal
- List of Utah State Routes shorter than one mile
References
- ^ a b "Highway Reference Online - SR 103". maps.udot.utah.gov. Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "State Road Resolutions SR-103.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- OCLC 11930754. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ a b Google (December 17, 2013). "Overview map of UT 103" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ Utah's Largest Employers — Annual Average Employment (PDF) (Report). Utah Department of Workforce Services. 2012.
- ^ "State Road Resolutions SR-97.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "State Road Resolutions SR-168.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "State Road Resolutions SR-232.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics". udot.utah.gov. Utah Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics". udot.utah.gov. Utah Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ Ogden — Layton Urbanized Area Functional Class System (Map). 1 in ≈ 1.2 mi (2.54 cm ≈ 1.93 km). Utah Department of Transportation. March 29, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ Highway Functional Classification Concepts, Criteria and Procedures (PDF). Federal Highway Administration. 2013. pp. 15–16. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
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- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 0E1346". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 3D 719". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 1D 719". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
- OCLC 10171976.
- ^ "State Highway System Amendments, 2019 General Session". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- ^ Davis County (Map). .25 in ≈ 1 mi (.64 cm ≈ 1.93 km). General Highway Map. Utah Department of Transportation. 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
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