Utah State Route 26

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=26
alternate_name=Riverdale Road
section=108
maint=UDOT
length_mi=3.724
length_round=3
length_ref= [http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7158327199813294 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-26] ]
established=1969 as SR-50; renumbered 1977
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|126 in Roy
junction=jct|state=UT|I|15 in Riverdale
jct|state=UT|I|84 in Riverdale
jct|state=UT|SR|60 in Riverdale
jct|state=UT|SR|204 in South Ogden
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|89 in Ogden
previous_type=SR
previous_route=25
next_type=SR
next_route=28

State Route 26 (SR-26), is a state highway in northern Utah running for 3.724 miles in Weber County from Roy to Ogden. It serves as a diagonal route through the Ogden suburbs and the primary connector from northbound I-15 to eastbound I-84 and westbound I-84 to southbound I-15. [http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/021-040.htm#rte026 Utah Highways Pages, SR-26] ]

Route description

SR-26 begins at an intersection with SR-126 in Roy and heads northeast through the Ogden suburbs on Riverside Road, intersecting I-15 and I-84 in close proximity in Riverside before continuing to end at an intersection with US-89 in Ogden.

History

The road from Roy to Ogden and north from 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 1969, the state legislature moved SR-1 to the proposed alignment of I-15, and the piece of old SR-1 between SR-84 (now SR-126) in Roy and SR-84 at Hot Springs Junction became State Route 50 (but was still signed as US-91, as well as US-89 north of Ogden).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=200609140952271 Route 50] |2=5.14 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] US-91 was truncated to Brigham City in 1974, resulting in SR-50 being signed south of Ogden;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=200609181116091 Route 91] |2=19.6 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] in the 1977 renumbering, that portion of SR-50 was renumbered to SR-26 (because US-50 existed), while the remainder stayed as only US-89.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]

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Weber
cspan=6
location=Roy
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|SR|126|name1=1900 West
notes=Western terminusJctint
state=UT
location=Riverdale
lspan=3
mile=0.366-0.481
road=jct|state=UT|I|15|dir1=south|city1=Salt Lake City
notes=Westbound SR-26 to southbound I-15
Northbound I-15 to eastbound SR-26Jctint
state=UT
mile=0.926-1.042
road=jct|state=UT|I|84|I|15|to2=yes|dir2=north|city1=Ogden|city2=Brigham City
notes=Jctint
state=UT
mile=1.334
road=jct|state=UT|SR|60|dir1=east|name1=1050 West|city1=South Weber
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=South Ogden
lspan=1
mile=3.042
road=jct|state=UT|SR|204|dir1=north|name1=Wall Avenue
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Ogden
lspan=1
mile=3.724
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|name1=Washington Boulevard
notes=Eastern terminus

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