Utah State Route 64

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=64
section=112
maint=UDOT
length_mi=2.015
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web
url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6985020199205637
title=Highway Reference Information - Route 0064
accessdate=2008-07-23
format=PDF
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation]
established=1975
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|I|15 near Holden
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|50 in Holden
previous_type=SR
previous_route=63
next_type=SR
next_route=65

State Route 64 (SR-64) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah that serves as a connection from US-50 in the town of Holden to I-15, which bypasses the town. The route is a remnant of old US-91, bypassed by I-15.

Route description

The road begins from the ramps connecting exit 174 on I-15 and heads northwest, and then turns northeast on the west-side frontage road, continuing north to serve as the Main Street of Holden. At the northern outskirts of the town, the highway terminates at US-50.cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com ]

History

Holden's Main Street became a state highway in 1910 as part of the main road south-southwesterly from Salt Lake City.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] It was numbered as part of SR-1 and US-91 in the 1920s.Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] In 1969, with the construction of I-15 imminent, State Route 26 (now US-50), which had ended at SR-1 just north of Holden, was extended both north and south from its eastern end to meet I-15 on both sides of the bypass.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=200609131055031 Route 26] |2=4.54 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] The state legislature redesignated the southern half as SR-64 in 1975,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=200609181030561 Route 64] |2=645 KB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] about a year before I-15 was completed in the area. [Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2007]

Major intersections

jctint
state=UT
county=Millard
cspan=2
location=
mile=0.000-0.136
road=jct|state=UT|I|15|city1=Fillmore|city2=Salt Lake City
notes=Southern terminusjctint
state=UT
location=Holden
mile=2.015
road=jct|state=UT|US|50|city1=Delta|city2=Scipio
notes=Northern terminus

References