Utah State Route 52

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=52
section=111
maint=UDOT


length_mi=4.477
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=7000631543227858 SR-52] |2=84.5 KB, updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008]
established=1931
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|114 in Orem
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|189 in Orem
previous_type=SR
previous_route=51
next_type=SR
next_route=53

State Route 52 (SR-52) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting I-15 with US-189 along Orem's 800 North.

The road became a state highway in 1923, and was numbered as a spur of SR-7 in 1927 before being assigned its own number (52). The west end was at US-89 until 1959, when it was extended to I-15; a further extension took it to SR-114 in 1964.

Route description

SR-52 begins at SR-114 in western Orem, across from the former Geneva Steel Plant, which was on the shore of Utah Lake. For its entire length, SR-52 gradually ascends through the Utah Valley along 800 North, ending at US-189 where the valley gives way to the Wasatch Range and that highway enters Provo Canyon.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ] A mid-1980s flyover takes traffic directly from SR-52 onto US-189 north in the canyon. [Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2007]

SR-52 is in the National Highway System as a connection between I-15 and US-189. [Federal Highway Administration, [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/ut/provo_ut.pdf National Highway System: Provo--Orem UT] , January 2004, accessed July 2008] A project to widen about half the length of the road through Orem from four to six lanes is planned to be completed in late 2008. [Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/orem800north/schedule.aspx 800 North Area Schedule] , accessed July 2008]

History

The road from SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) in Orem east to SR-7 (now US-189) at the mouth of Provo Canyon became a state highway in 1923 .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=200609140954101 Route 52] |2=0.99 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] It was numbered as a spur of SR-7 in 1927, [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=7. From Heber southwesterly via Olmstead to Provo and from Olmstead to Orem, Utah County.] but in 1931 it was split off as State Route 52. [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(52) From Olmstead on route 7 to Orem on route 1.] In order to serve the planned Interstate 15, SR-52 was extended west to that road in 1959, and in 1964 the extension was continued to SR-114 (simultaneously with a similar extension of SR-265).

Major intersections

The entire route is in Orem, Utah County.

References