Utah State Route 29

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=29
section=108
maint=UDOT
length_mi=21.732
length_round=3
length_ref= [http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7055503071314229 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-29] ]
established=1915 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-29
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Emery-Sanpete county line
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|57 at Orangeville
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|10 north of Castle Dale
previous_type=SR
previous_route=28
next_type=SR
next_route=30

State Route 29 (abbreviated as U-29 or SR-29) is a state highway in Emery County in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs for mi to km|21.732 from the Sanpete-Emery County line near Joe's Valley Reservoir to SR-10 three miles north of Castle Dale.

Route description

SR-29 begins at the Emery County line, in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, paralleling the San Rafael River. Near the county line is also Joe's Valley State Park and Joe's Valley Reservoir, where the road diverts around the reservoir to the north, then resumes an east south-easterly course about 18 miles into Orangeville. Just off SR-29, about 10 miles west north-west of Orangeville, is the Wilberg Mine, location of a fire that took 27 lives in 1984. Just west of Orangeville SR-29 intersects with SR-57. After Orangeville it continues about four miles to where it terminates at the junction with State Route 10, four miles east of Orangeville, and three miles north of Castle Dale.

History

The road from SR-11 (US-89) in Ephraim to SR-10 at Castle Dale Junction was added to the state highway system in 1915.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=200609131059281 Route 29] |2=5.04 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] The state legislature numbered it SR-29 in 1927, along with a branch from Orangeville Junction south to SR-10. [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=29. From Ephraim easterly via Orangeville Junction to Castle Dale and from Orangeville Junction southerly via Orangeville to a connection with the Price-Salina Highway.] The branch was split off as SR-57 in 1931. [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(57) From Orangeville junction on route 29, southerly via Orangeville to a junction with route 10.] Due to the creation of Joe's Valley Reservoir, a new alignment was defined in 1965, adding about 4 miles (6.5 km) to the length; the legislature removed the portion west of the reservoir (Ephraim Canyon Road) from the state highway system in 1969.

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Emery
cspan=3
location=Joe's Valley
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.000
road=Orangeville Road
notes=Western terminusJctint
state=UT
location=Orangeville
lspan=1
mile=14.727-14.823
road=jct|state=UT|SR|57|name1=Main Street
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Cache Creek
lspan=1
mile=21.673-21.732
road=jct|state=UT|SR|10|city1=Castle Dale|city2=Price
notes=Eastern terminus

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