Utah State Route 271

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=271
section=133
maint=UDOT


length_mi=5.647
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 271 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7147329015794841 ]
established=1978
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|274 in Parowan
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|I|15 near Paragonah
previous_type=SR
previous_route=270
next_type=SR
next_route=273

State Route 271 (SR-271) is a state highway within Iron County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Utah that connects Parowan and SR-274 to Paragonah and I-15. The route spans convert|5.65|mi|km|2 south–north and roughly parallels I-15. State Route 271 was formed in 1978.

Route description

The highway begins at an intersection at SR-274 in the center of Parowan and heads northeast on a two-lane undivided highway. Prior to exiting Parowan, the highway intersects with several local roads and borders the southern side of the Parowan Airport. The road now exits the community and turns north before entering Paragonah and bisecting the town in half. The route intersects six local roads in Paragonah before exiting that town and terminating at a diamond interchange on I-15 at exit 82.cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=UT-271&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.885543,83.320312&ie=UTF8&ll=37.882441,-112.780666&spn=0.06395,0.162735&z=13 ]

History

The road from Parowan northeast through Paragonah and southwest through Summit was added to the state highway system in 1910,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=71617130746099280 Route 1] |2=35.4 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] and in the 1920s it became part of SR-1 and US-91.Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] In 1968, with the construction of I-15 in the area imminent, SR-1 was moved to the proposed bypass, and the old route of SR-1 became State Route 38 (I-15 near Summit to Center Street in Parowan), SR-143 (Center Street to near 500 North in Parowan, and then continuing to I-15), and State Route 76 (near 500 North in Parowan to I-15 near Paragonah). However, the state legislature did not concur with the latter, and the old road through Paragonah was maintained only until I-15 was completed.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=200609181100201 Route 76] |2=3.89 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] Construction of I-15 was finished by 1975, and included a second Parowan interchange that had not been in the 1968 plans. SR-143 was rerouted to turn south on SR-38 (old SR-1) in Parowan and west on 200 South to the new interchange, and the remainder of SR-38 was removed from the state highway system. (The 1968 extension of SR-143 was redesignated SR-274.)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=200609140944151 Route 38] |2=8.82 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] The road from Parowan through Paragonah to I-15 was restored to the state highway system in 1978 as SR-271.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=200609201400111 Route 271] |2=3.03 MB, updated December 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

{|class=wikitable!County!Locationcite 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=23 April
accessmonth=
accessyear=2008]

!Mile!Junction!Notes
-Jctint
state=UT
county=Iron
cspan=2
location=Parowan
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|SR|274|name1=Main Street
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
location=Paragonah
mile=5.647
road=jct|state=UT|I|15|city1=St. George|city2=Beaver
notes=Northern terminus

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