Utah State Route 42

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=42
section=110
maint=UDOT


length_mi=7.390
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 42 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7009511026240879 ]
established=1912 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-42
direction_a=West
terminus_b=jct|state=ID|ID|81 Idaho state boder near Strevell, Idaho
direction_b=East
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|30 Curlew Junction
previous_type=US
previous_route=40
next_type=SR
next_route=43

State Route 42 is a highway completely within Box Elder County that connects SR-30 to SH-81 at the Idaho border in a span of seven miles.

Route description

From its western terminus at the Idaho border, the highway runs southeast until Cedar Creek, where it turns east-southeast. It continues in this matter until its eastern terminus at SR-30, known as Curlew Junction.

History

The road from SR-17 (now SR-82) in Tremonton northwest to Snowville became a state highway in 1912 as part of the Midland Trail (which continued to Nevada via present SR-30 [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=SZUAAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Third Biennial Report of the State Road Commission] , 1915, p. 65: "In May, 1912, a road to pass west from Snowville through Park Valley, Rosette and Lucin to the Utah-Nevada line was designated as a State Road. At the following session of the State Legislature, an appropriation of $15000 was made to help in the construction of this road. This appropriation was part of the "Midland Trail" building fund, the Midland Trail being a proposed highway entering the State through Grand County on the east, thence through Emery, Carbon, Utah, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and thence west through Box Elder County around the north end of Great Salt Lake."] ). The state highway was extended to Idaho in 1921,Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/download.php/tid=1348/StateRouteHistory.pdf State Route History] , accessed July 2007] became part of U.S. Route 30S in 1926,Bureau of Public Roads, , [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=200609131100101 Route 30] |2=5.31 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

jcttop
length_ref=
location_ref=cite web
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation
title=State Highway Map
url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:2117854713443240831::::V,T:,346
accessdate=22 April
accessmonth=
accessyear=2008] jctint
state=UT
county=Box Elder
cspan=2
location=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=ID|ID|81|city1=Malta|city2=Burley
notes=Utah/Idaho border
Western terminusjctint
state=UT
location=Curlew Junction
mile=7.390
road=jct|state=UT|SR|30|city1=Park Valley|city2=Snowville
notes=Eastern terminus

References