Utah State Route 42
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State Route 42 | ||||
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| Maintained by UDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.390 mi[1] (11.893 km) | |||
| Existed | 1912 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-42–present | |||
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| West end | Idaho state line near Malta, ID | |||
| East end |  SR-30 Curlew Junction | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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State Route 42 (SR-42) is a 7.390-mile-long (11.893 km)
U.S. Route 30S (US-30S), prior to being bypassed and replaced with what is now signed as Interstate 84
(I-84).
Route description
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State Route 42 begins at the Idaho state line, connecting to Malta, Idaho via a Cassia County road. From its western terminus, SR-42 travels southeast through Kelton Pass,[2] a gap between the Raft River Mountains to the southwest and the Black Pine Mountains to the northeast. The highway eventually reaches the ghost town of Cedar Creek, where it turns to the east-southeast. It continues in this manner until its eastern terminus at SR-30, known as Curlew Junction.[3]
History
The road from
American Association of State Highway Officials approved the relocation of US-30S onto I-84 in 1970, after which the first SR-42 signs were placed on the route that had been so designated since 1927.[9]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Box Elder County. [10]
| Location[10] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SH-81 – Malta, Burley | Utah/Idaho state line; western terminus | |
Curlew Junction | 7.390 | 11.893 | SR-30 – Park Valley, Snowville | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
U.S. Roads portal
References
- ^ a b "State Route 42 Highway reference". Utah Department of Transportation.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kelton Pass
- ^ Google (July 24, 2019). "Overview of SR-42" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Third Biennial Report of the State Road Commission, 1915, p. 65: "In May, 1912, a road to pass west from Snowville through Park Valley, Rosette and Lucin to the Utah-Nevada line was designated as a State Road. At the following session of the State Legislature, an appropriation of $15000 was made to help in the construction of this road. This appropriation was part of the "Midland Trail" building fund, the Midland Trail being a proposed highway entering the State through Grand County on the east, thence through Emery, Carbon, Utah, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and thence west through Box Elder County around the north end of Great Salt Lake."
- ^ a b Utah Department of Transportation, State Route History Archived February 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 2007
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- ^ Utah State Legislature (1927). "Chapter 21: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
42. From Tremonton northwesterly via Snowville to the Utah-Idaho State line near Strevell, Idaho.
- Haws Corneron SR-41 northwesterly via Tremonton and Snowville to the Utah-Idaho state line near Strevell, Idaho.
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 30". (5.31 MB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ "State Highway Map". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
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