Utah State Route 167

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=167
alternate_name=Trappers Loop Road
section=122
maint=UDOT
length_mi=11.092
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web
url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=15549310541762690
title=Route 0167P
accessdate=2008-09-22
date=2008-05-01
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation
format=PDF]
established=1985, realigned in 1987cite web
url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609190940181
title=Highway Resolutions Route 167
accessdate=2008-09-22
date=2007-11
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation
format=PDF]
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Jct|state=UT|I|84 in Mountain Green
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=UT|SR|39 near Huntsville
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|226 near Huntsville
previous_type=SR
previous_route=165
next_type=SR
next_route=168

State Route 167 (SR-167) is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of Utah that connects Weber Canyon at I-84 in Mountain Green with the Ogden Valley near Huntsville over a span of 11 miles.

Nearly the entire route comprises Trappers Loop Road.

Route description

The route begins at the interchange with I-84 just west of Mountain Green in Morgan County, and travels west for about 1.5 miles, roughly parallel to I-84. At this point, the route makes a turn to the north, becoming Trappers Loop Road, which begins to climb into the mountains separating Weber Canyon and Ogden Valley (the top of Ogden Canyon).

After climbing for 5.5 miles and peaking at 6000 feet in elevation, the route crosses into Weber County and passes SR-226, the primary access road for Snowbasin ski resort. From here, the route winds its way back downhill, to the north, making its way towards the Ogden Valley area. Just before the route enters the valley near Huntsville, it exits the Wasatch-Cache National Forest (the entire southern portion of the route lies in the national forest). The route then terminates at the intersection with SR-39, just south of Pineview Reservoir.

History

The old Trappers Loop Road from the former Utah State Route 5 in Mountain Green to State Route 39 in Huntsville was designated State Route 85 in 1935, and decommissioned in 1945. SR-167 was created in 1985 along the same road, from I-84 near Mountain Green to SR-39 south of Huntsville. At the same time, the Utah State Legislature allocated funding for UDOT to reconstruct the route to state highway standards. Based on the preliminary studies prior to construction, it was decided that the new route alignment would be located one-half to one mile west of the old road. In 1987, the route was realigned to this location, where the new road was under construction. The old road would continue to be operated and maintained by UDOT until 1989, when the new road had been completed and UDOT relinquished the road back to Morgan and Weber counties. In 1990, the route was extended from its southern terminus, westward to the eastbound Mountain Green Interchange off-ramp on I-84.

Major intersections

jctint
state=UT
county=Morgan
cspan=1
location=Mountain Green
mile=0.000-0.066
road=jct|state=UT|I|84|dir1=west|city1=Ogden
notes=Southern terminusjctint
state=UT
county=Weber
cspan=2
location=
lspan=2
mile=7.033
road=jct|state=UT|SR|226|city1=Snowbasinjctint
mile=11.092
road=jct|state=UT|SR|39|city1=Ogden|city2=Huntsville
notes=Northern terminus

References