Utah State Route 31

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=31
alternate_name=Huntington Canyon Scenic Byway
section=109
maint=UDOT
length_mi=47.746
length_round=3
length_ref= [http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7035421593281725 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-31] ]
established=1915 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-31
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|US|89 at Fairview
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|264 near Fairview
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|10 in Huntington
previous_type=SR
previous_route=30
next_type=SR
next_route=32

State Route 31 (abbreviated as U-31 or SR-31) is a state highway in Sanpete and Emery Counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs for mi to km|47.746 from US-89 at Fairview to SR-10 in Huntington. The highway has been designated as part of the The Energy Loop, a National Scenic Byway.

Route description

SR-31 begins at an intersection with US-89 at Fairview and runs east northeast for approximately 10 miles, then turns southeast for the remainder of the route, terminating at an intersection with SR-10 at Huntington.

Just off State Route 31, about 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Huntington, is Crandall Canyon, location of the Crandall Canyon coal mine. On Monday, August 6, 2007, at 2:48 A.M., the mine collapsed, trapping and killing six workers inside. A second collapse on August 16, 2007, killed a Mine Safety and Health Administration investigator and two more miners, bringing the total to nine. [cite web
url=http://kennedy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CCM%20Report%20Final%20FOR%20POSTING%20020608.pdf
title=Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster at Crandall Canyon Mine
publisher=United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee]

History

The road from SR-32 (US-89) in Fairview east to the Sanpete-Emery County line, near the present north end of Electric Lake, was added to the state highway system in 1915. It was extended southeast to SR-10 in Huntington in 1918,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=200609131101101 Route 31] |2=2.01 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] and in 1927 the state legislature numbered the Fairview-Huntington highway as SR-31. [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=31. From Fairview southeasterly to Huntington.] A major realignment was made in 1976, when Electric Lake was created and a new route was built to the west. The old route in Sanpete County became a county road, and is now part of SR-264, but the majority of the road in Emery County was beneath the lake and thus abandoned.

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Sanpete
cspan=2
location=Fairview
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|city1=Mount Pleasant|city2=Provo|name1=State Street
notes=Western terminusJctint
state=UT
location=
mile=8.576
road=jct|state=UT|SR|264|name1=Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway|city1=Scofield
notes=Jctint
state=UT
county=Emery
cspan=1
location=Huntington
lspan=1
mile=47.746
road=jct|state=UT|SR|10|city1=Castle Dale|city2=Price|name1=Main Street
notes=Eastern terminus

References