U.S. Route 189

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=189

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length_mi=322
length_round=0
length_ref=
yrcom=1939
direction_a=South
from=Jct|state=UT|I|15 in Provo, UT
junction=Jct|state=UT|US|89 in Provo, UT
Jct|state=UT|US|40 in Heber City, UT
Jct|state=UT|I|80 near Park City, UT
Jct|state=UT|I|84 in Echo, UT
Jct|state=WY|I|80 near Evanston, WY
direction_b=North
to=Jct|state=WY|US|26|US|89|US|191 at Jackson Hole, WY
spur_of=89

U.S. Route 189 is a spur of U.S. Route 89. It currently runs for 322 miles (518 km) from Provo, Utah at Interstate 15 to Jackson, Wyoming.

Route description

Utah

US-189 begins in Provo where it is known as University Avenue, referring to Brigham Young University. The highway then winds up Provo Canyon passing by Deer Creek Reservoir and paralleling the route of the Heber Creeper. The portion in Provo Canyon is designated the Provo Canyon Scenic Byway by the state legislaturecite web
url = http://www.utah.com/byways/provo_canyon.htm
title = Provo Canyon Scenic Byway
accessdate = 2007-10-13
publisher = Utah Office of Tourism] . The highway exits Provo Canyon near Heber City, Utah. The Provo Canyon segment of US-189 was upgraded to 4 lanes in 2007.

At Heber City US-189 meets U.S. Route 40. The Utah Department of Transportation has placed an end sign at the junction of US-40 in Heber City, however the highway continues into Wyoming. The implied (but unsigned) connection to the Wyoming state line is via US-40 to I-80.cite web
url = http://www.geocities.com/usend8089/End189/end189.htm
title = US-189 endpoint photos
author = MapGuy (Dale Sanderson)
accessdate = 2007-10-12]

Prior to the construction of the Jordanelle Reservoir the route was signed past the junction at Heber City. The highway continued north concurrent with the former alignment of US-40 that is now under water. US-40 and 189 separated at a junction also now under the lake. US-189 emerged from the lake shore along the route now signed State Route 32. SR-32 and former US-189 join I-80 in Wanship. Prior to the completion of Interstate 80 in eastern Utah US-189 formed the main streets of Coalville and other communities now bypassed by I-80.cite web
url = http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/181-200.htm
title = Utah Highways
author = Dan Stober
accessdate 2007-10-13]

The Utah section of US-189, with the exception of the disputed concurrency with US-40 and Interstate 80, is defined at Utah Code Annotated § 72-14-124(4).cite web
url = http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE72/htm/72_04026.htm
title = Utah Revised Code
accessdate 2007-10-13
publisher = State of Utah]

Wyoming

US 189 enters Wyoming co-routed with I-80. The routes separate east of Evanston where US 189 proceeds north towards Jackson Hole. Just south of Jackson Hole US 189 rejoins the route of its parent U.S. Highway 89

History

In 1938, what is now US 189 was cobbled together from several routes. Previously the portion from Provo to Heber City in Utah was numbered State Route 7. Although signed US-189 starting in 1938 this road retained the SR-7 designation until 1977.cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609121733363|title=Highway Resolution Route 7|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|accessdate=2008-03-27]

The original routing of US-189 between Heber City and Wanship is now signed State Route 32, however at one time US-189 was routed similar to US-40 and I-80 between these cities. Nearly all of the route between Park City and Evanston was once part of former US-30S or one of it's associated routes. As portions of I-80 were complete, US-189 was moved to the freeway alignment.

In 1985 the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began plans to relocate US-40 and US-189 to prepare for the construction of the Jordanelle Reservoir. As late as 1989, UDOT still intended move US-189 to an alignment on the northern shore of the proposed reservoir. On January 18, 1990 the Federal Highway Administration sent a letter to UDOT recommending that US-189 not be moved to this new alignment. The stated reason was this new routing would result in traveling convert|15|mi|km|0 "out-of-direction". AASHTO agreed, and authorized a change of plan for the route of US-189 to run concurrent with US-40. UDOT agreed, and this new road was instead signed as extension of State Route 248. The portion of the former route of US-189 not submerged by the new lake was designated State Route 32 after months of negotiations with county officials.cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609121729253|title=Highway Designation|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|accessdate=2008-03-27]

Major intersections

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