Utah State Route 88

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=88
section=114
maint=UDOT


length_mi=16.996
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=6688111374190651 SR-88] |2=85.8 KB, updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008]
established=1935
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Ouray
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191 near Fort Duchesne
previous_type=SR
previous_route=87
next_type=US
next_route=89

State Route 88 (SR-88) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting Ouray to US-40/US-191.

Route description

SR-88 begins at the south end of the Green River bridge near Ouray, within the Uintah Basin. It heads northwards, gradually climbing through the valley of that river, passing east of Pelican Lake, and onto a more rugged plateau just beyond the intersection with 4500 South (which carried SR-88 until 1969). The route's north end is at US-40/US-191 on this plateau.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ]

History

The state legislature defined State Route 88 in 1935, connecting Ouray to SR-6 (US-40) at Fort Duchesne. [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 88. From Ft. Duchesne southerly to Ouray.] State Route 209 was created in 1941, heading north from SR-88 near Leota to US-40 east of Fort Duchesne. [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 209. From a point on route 88 approximately three miles northwesterly from Leota in Uintah County, thence northerly to intersection with route 6.] IN 1969, SR-88 was realigned to follow SR-209, with the old alignment to Fort Duchesne becoming a county road.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/download.php/tid=1348/StateRouteHistory.pdf State Route History] , accessed July 2007]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Uintah County.

References