Utah State Route 226

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=226
section=128
maint=UDOT


length_mi=3.003
length_round=3
length_ref=Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:2814615533739116:::1:T,V:814, Highway Reference Information] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7197702752891338 SR-226] |2=18.2 KB, updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008]
established=1941
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Snowbasin
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|167 near Huntsville
previous_type=SR
previous_route=225
next_type=SR
next_route=227

State Route 226 (SR-226) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the Snowbasin ski resort with SR-167.

Route description

SR-226 begins at the entrance to Snowbasin, which is located on the east slope of the Wasatch Range near Mount Ogden in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It heads south and ascends slightly to the former main entrance (now overflow parking), where it curves east and follows the north slope of the ridge that separates the Ogden and Weber River watersheds, slowly descending to the end at SR-167 (New Trappers Loop Road). The road is two lanes with wide shoulders.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ]

History

The state legislature created SR-226 in 1941, two years after Snowbasin opened. The initial route descended the mountain to the northeast with a number of hairpin curves, ending at SR-39 southwest of Huntsville in the Ogden Valley. A second route - State Route 227 - was to split from SR-226 and follow Wheeler Creek northwest to SR-39 near the Pineview Dam, creating a shortcut between the Wasatch Front and Snowbasin, [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 226. From route 39 near Huntsville southwesterly to Mt. Ogden. Route 227. From route 39 near the Pine View Dam southeasterly to route 226.] but this was never built and was removed from the state highway system in 1953. [cite UTSR law|year=1953] In order to provide better access to the resort for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the state built a new access road from SR-167 (itself recent construction) west to Snowbasin, transferring the old road (except where incorporated into the new road, between the old and new main entrances) to Weber County in 2001.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609200950091 Route 226] |2=1.90 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

The entire route is in unincorporated Weber County.

References