Utah State Route 51

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=51
section=111
maint=UDOT


length_mi=3.339
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 51 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7002407779230442 ]
established=1992
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|147 in Spanish Fork
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|89 in Springville
previous_type=US
previous_route=50
next_type=SR
next_route=52

State Route 51 is a short highway completely within Utah County in northern Utah that connects SR-147 to US-89. The highway runs for three miles and is an old routing of U.S. Route 91.

Route description

The route begins at the intersection of 400 North (SR-147) and Childs Road in Spanish Fork, SR-51 heading northeast as a two-lane undivided highway on the latter. As the road exits Spanish Fork, it heads into a rural portion of Utah County. The continues northeast until 1600 North south of Springville, where the road turns north. The road continues north until terminating at a grade-separated intersection with US-89, one of the oldest grade-separated intersections in Utah.cite web | title=Utah Highway Pages | publisher=Stober, Dan | url=http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/041-060.htm ] cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com ]

History

The road from Spanish Fork to Springville (leaving the latter on 800 North) 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 (US-91).Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] In 1964, when SR-1 was moved to the newly-completed I-15 in the area, the old route between Spanish Fork and Springville became an extension of SR-156 (which had been created in 1962 as a short connection between old and new SR-1 at exit 257).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=200609190925491 Route 156] |2=3.82 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] In 1992, because of safety problems at "Maggie's Bend", where SR-156 turned from 800 North onto Childs Road in eastern Spanish Fork, caused in part by superelevation of the curve, 800 North was given to the city and the state took over Childs Road. This split SR-156 in two (with the original section, serving as a spur since 1964, becoming part of the mainline), and the portion on Childs Road and to Springville became a new State Route 51.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=200609140953081 Route 51] |2=3.72 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008]

The junction with US-89 at the north end of SR-51 is a grade separated interchange constructed in 1959 (as the split of US-89 and US-91),cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=49&struct=3D+603|title=National Bridge Inventory structure 3D 603|accessdate=2008-06-15|publisher=Svirsky, Alexander R. using National Bridge Inventory data from the Federal Highway Administration] making this one of the oldest grade separated interchanges in Utah still in use. Although portions of Interstate 15 were constructed in 1955, the Beck Street interchange (I-15/US-89) is the only original structure from 1955 still in use.cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=49&struct=0C+493|title=National Bridge Inventory structure 0C 493 (search result for query for all bridges on route 15 in Salt Lake County)|accessdate=2008-06-15|publisher=Svirsky, Alexander R. using National Bridge Inventory data from the Federal Highway Administration]

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=22 April
accessmonth=
accessyear=2008]

!Mile!Junction!Notes
-Jctint
state=UT
county=Utah
cspan=2
location=Spanish Fork
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|SR|147|name1=400 North
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
location=Springville
mile=3.339
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|name1=Main Street
notes=Northern terminus
Grade-separated intersection

References