Utah State Route 121

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=121
section=113
maint=UDOT
length_mi=40.293
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 121 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=15504721351671192 | format=pdf | accessdate=2008-07-15]
established=1931
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191 in Roosevelt
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191 in Vernal
previous_type=SR
previous_route=120
next_type=SR
next_route=122

State Route 121 (SR-121) is a state highway that is an alternative to US-40 and US-191. It serves the communities of Vernal, Lapoint, Neola, Cedarview, and Roosevelt. From Vernal to Neola, it is signed as a east-west route. Then, from Neola to State Street in Roosevelt, it is signed as a north-south route.Fact|date=June 2008 The route is once-more signed east-west from Roosevelt to US-40/US-191.

Route description

Starting in Roosevelt at the intersection with US-40/US-191 (200 East), the route travels west for approximately one half mile, before turning northwest, then turning north through Cedarview to Neola. In Neola, the route makes a right turn onto 9000 North and begins travelling east. It generally follows this easterly direction across the Duchesne County/Uintah County county line, through Lapoint, before entering Vernal. In Vernal, the route makes a right turn, and travels south for less than one mile before terminating at the intersection with Main Street US-40/US-191 (Main Street).

History

The state legislature added the entire length of SR-121 to the state highway system in 1931 (though it was known as SR-122 until 1933). [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(122) From Vernal westerly via LaPoint to Neola, to Roosevelt.] [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(121) From Vernal westerly via LaPoint to Neola, thence southerly to Roosevelt.] The route was truncated in 1953 to run only from Roosevelt to the bridge over the Whiterocks and Ouray Valley CanalFact|date=June 2008 east of Lapoint. [cite UTSR law|year=1953|quote=Route 121. From Roosevelt on route 6 northerly to Neola, thence easterly via Lapoint to and across Gerber Ditch Bridge.] A short piece at the east end was redesignated State Route 245, from Vernal west to the bridge over the Highline Canal west of Maeser, but the more rugged section between the bridges was removed from the state highway system. [cite UTSR law|year=1953|quote=Route 245. From Vernal on route 6 westerly via Maeser to and across High Line Canal bridge.] This split was undone in 1969, when SR-121 again became a continuous route from Roosevelt to Vernal.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/download.php/tid=1348/StateRouteHistory.pdf State Route History] , accessed July 2007]

Major intersections

jctint
state=UT
county=Duchesne
cspan=1
location=Roosevelt
lspan=1
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191|name2=200 East
notes=Southern terminusjctint
state=UT
county=Uintah
cspan=1
location=Vernal
lspan=1
mile=40.293
road=jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191|name2=Main Street
notes=Northern terminus

References