Utah State Route 162

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State Route 162
Utah State Route 162
Route information
Maintained by UDOT
Length31.852 mi [1]  (51.261 km)
Existed2004 [2] –present
Major junctions
West endUS 191.svg US 191 near Bluff
Major intersectionsUtah 262.svg SR-262 in Montezuma Creek
East endColorado 41.svg SH 41 at Colorado state line
Location
Country United States
State Utah
Counties San Juan
Highway system
  • Utah State Highway System
Utah 161.svg SR-161 US 163.svg US 163

State Route 162 (SR-162) is a state highway located in San Juan County, Utah, United States. It begins at US-191 east of Bluff. It then follows the former alignment of SR-163 to Montezuma Creek. There, it intersects UT-262 at its southern terminus. Afterwards, it follows SR-262's former alignment past Aneth to the Colorado state line. Colorado State Highway 41 takes over in the Centennial State, ending at a junction with US-160 6 miles east of the Four Corners Monument.

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Route description

SR-162 at mile 16 Utah State Route 162 mile 16.jpg
SR-162 at mile 16

The road begins at U.S. Route 191 in Bluff in a desert area. Paralleling the San Juan River along Mission Road, the road winds eastward along the north border of the Navajo Nation. Travelling through the city of Montezuma Creek, the road intersects State Route 262. The route then travels through the city of Aneth along the Trail of the Ancients, entering the Navajo Nation. SH 162 meets its east end at the Colorado state line, where State Highway 41 continues into the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation. [3]

History

SR-162 approaching the Colorado border Utah State Route 162 at Colorado border.jpg
SR-162 approaching the Colorado border

The State Road Commission created SR-262 in 1958, running from SR-47 (now US-191) north of Bluff east and south for 20.0 miles (32.2 km) to a point in the Aneth Oil Field about a mile (1.5 km) beyond the bridge over Montezuma Creek, near the curve to the south-southwest. In 1961, the route was extended to just beyond its present end in the settlement of Montezuma Creek, where the road to Aneth (now SR-162) turns east, and in 1965 it was extended further to the Colorado state line, connecting to SH 41 across the border. [4] A road from Montezuma Creek west to US-191 at Bluff was added to the state highway system in 1986 as SR-163. [5] At the time, Utah was considering making the road part of an extension of US-163 into Colorado, [6] but plans fell through, leaving an overlap with US-191 and Route 163 near Bluff that became US-163 to the west and SR-163 to the east. To fix this issue, SR-163 was renumbered SR-162 in 2004, and the part of SR-262 east of Montezuma Creek also became SR-162. [4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in San Juan County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Bluff 0.0000.000US 191.svg US 191 Western terminus
Montezuma Creek 14.54323.405Utah 262.svg SR-262
31.85251.261Colorado 41.svg SH 41 Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also


Related Research Articles

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State Route 262 (SR-262) is a 22.605-mile-long (36.379 km) state highway completely within San Juan County in southeastern Utah. SR-262 connects U.S. Route 191 (US-191) north of Bluff to SR-162 in Montezuma Creek.

Utah State Route 34

State Route 34 (SR-34) is a short east-west state highway in the city of St. George in southwestern Utah that connects Bluff Street (SR-18) on the west to River Road on the east while providing a connection to I-15. The route runs two miles through central St. George as St. George Boulevard. SR-34 was a portion of US-91 when it passed through the city, and serves as the northern corridor of the St. George Business Loop for I-15; Bluff St. (SR-18) from Interstate 15's Exit 6 to St. George Blvd. serves as the southern half.

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Colorado State Highway 41

State Highway 41 is a state highway on the Ute Mountain Ute lands in southwest Colorado, United States. It runs through the valley of the San Juan River, heading northwest from U.S. Route 160 northeast of the Four Corners Monument. SH 41 ends at the Utah state line, where the road continues as Utah State Route 162 (SR-162) to Bluff. The road is part of the Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway.

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References

  1. "Route 162" (PDF). Highway Reference. Utah Department of Transportation. May 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  2. "State Route 162 highway resolutions" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. Microsoft; Nokia (2010-06-18). "SH 262" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
  4. 1 2 Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 262". (2.26 MB), updated December 2007, accessed May 2008
  5. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 163". (14.8 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
  6. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 666". (6.00 MB), updated December 2007, accessed May 2008, pp. 23-24

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