Utah State Route 71

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=71
section=113
maint=UDOT

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length_mi=22.465
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 71 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6729417570239727 ]
established=1931
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|UT|154 in Riverton
junction=jct|state=UT|I|15 in Draper
jct|state=UT|US|89 in Draper
jct|state=UT|UT|152 in Murray
jct|state=UT|I|80 in Salt Lake City
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|UT|186 in Salt Lake City
previous_type=I
previous_route=70
next_type=SR
next_route=72

State Route 71 (SR-71) is a state highway completely within the Salt Lake City metropolitan area in the northern portion of the U.S. state Utah that runs from SR-154 in the southwest side of the city to SR-186 in Downtown. The route spans convert|22.47|mi|km|2 as it runs along portions of 12600 South, 12300 South, 900 East, and 700 East.

Route description

The highway begins at the intersection of SR-154 (Bangerter Highway) and 12600 South in Riverton and heads east on the latter, a four-lane undivided highway. As the route continues east through suburban Riverton and intersects 1300 West, it gains a center median and turns northeast. The route passes a park and a golf course and crosses over the Jordan River. The road straightens to the east and, moving north three blocks on the Salt Lake County grid position, turns into 12300 South. The highway enters Draper and intersects with I-15 at exit 291, a single-point urban interchange. In between this interchange and Factory Outlet Drive, a concurrency spanning convert|0.097|mi|km|3 with US-89 occurs. The road continues east through Draper before turning north onto 700 East, a two-lane road. Past Kimballs Lane, the road veers to the west slightly, straightening to its original northerly direction past 11400 South. The route enters Sandy and gains one lane in each direction. A bridge crosses over Dimple Dell Park north of 10600 South. Intersecting with 7800 South, the highway enters Midvale and turns northeast. The road continues in this manner for two blocks, turning into 900 East. A bridge south of Winchester Boulevard crosses over I-215. The route passes Wheeler Farm and enters Murray. The road passes a golf course and intersects at the northern terminus of SR-152 (Van Winkle Expressway). SR-71 turns northwest onto Van Winkle, which in effect turns north and is renamed 700 East, which has four lanes in each direction. The highway continues in the same northerly direction and enters South Salt Lake, intersecting with I-80 at exit 125, a diamond interchange. The road enters Salt Lake City and continues north before entering the eastern fringe of downtown and terminating at SR-186 (400 South).cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=UT-71&sll=40.760082,-111.91251&sspn=0.003836,0.010171&ie=UTF8&ll=40.663973,-111.866226&spn=0.491683,1.30188&z=10 ]

History

The state legislature created State Route 71 in 1931, running south from SR-4 (US-40, now 2100 South) along 900 East and through Draper, Corner Canyon, and Alpine to SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) in American Fork. [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(71) From junction with route 4 at Ninth East in Salt Lake, southerly to Draper south easterly via corner canyon and Alpine to junction with route 1 American Fork.] The portion across the Traverse Mountains between SR-111 (12300 South) in Draper and Alpine was never built, and was removed from the state highway system in 1935; at the same time, the southern piece from Alpine to American Fork was renumbered SR-74. [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 71. From junction with route 4 at Ninth East Street in Salt Lake City, southerly to Draper." "Route 74. From American Fork to Alpine.] In 1957, most of SR-71 was moved west two blocks to 700 East, the south end was truncated to 7700 South north of Sandy (replaced by an extension of SR-111), and the north end was extended to SR-181 (South Temple Street). [cite UTSR law|year=1957|quote=Route 71. From Salt Lake City on route 181 southerly via Seventh East Street to 7700 South Street.] This change was partially reverted in 1959, when the south end was extended back to Draper over what had just become SR-111. [cite UTSR law|year=1959|quote=Route 71. From route 111 near Draper, northerly via Seventh and Ninth East Streets to route 181 at Seventh East and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City.] In 1969, the north end was cut back four blocks to SR-186 (400 South), and the south end was extended west along what had been SR-111 (created in 1931 [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(111) From Draper westerly to Riverton.] ) to SR-68 in Riverton. A short extension west from the south end to the new SR-154 was made in 2001, pending reconstruction by the state.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=200609181041231 Route 71] |2=5.31 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Salt Lake County.

References