Utah State Route 94

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=94
section=115
maint=UDOT


length_mi=0.958
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6679612975181682|title=Route 161|work= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:3977778294530221:::1:T,V:814 Highway Reference] |publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|accessdate=2008-09-30|date=May 2008|format=PDF]
established=1969
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|I|70|US|6|US|50 in Thompson Springs
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Thompson Springs
previous_type=SR
previous_route=93
next_type=SR
next_route=95

State Route 94 (SR-94), located entirely with in Grand County, is a convert|0.958|mi|km|sing=on long state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The highway serves as a spur route into Thompson Springs. The highway was formed in 1969, at the same time Interstate 70 (I-70) was constructed through the area.

Route description

Located entirely in Grand County's Thompson Springs,cite map |publisher=Utah Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map - Grand County |url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:6286208488074401830::::V,T:,367 |year=2005 |page=3 |accessdate=2008-09-30] SR-94 begins at a diamond interchange with exit 187 of I-70 and heads north as a two–lane undivided highway. The road turns to the northeast after intersecting a local road, passing the Utah Department of Transportation maintenance facility east of the highway. After the maintanance facility the route turns north again and passes a mobile home court and comes to an end at an intersection with Old Highway Cisco. Across Old Highway Cisco is a former railroad depot of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.cite map |publisher=Google Maps |title=SR-94 Overview |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Thompson+Canyon+Rd+%26+Old+Hwy+Cisco&daddr=38.961194,-109.722197&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=38.961845,-109.720073&sspn=0.006841,0.015857&ie=UTF8&ll=38.967551,-109.718957&spn=0.01368,0.031714&z=15 |cartography=Tele Atlas|accessdate=2008-09-30]

For the year 2007, a daily average of 750 cars traveled along SR-94, representing only a slight growth from previous years (in 2006, the average was 745; in 2005, 685).cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=2363711025498494585|format=PDF|title=Traffic on Utah Highways - 2007|date=2008-07-02|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|pages=|accessdate=2008-09-30] Fifty three percent of this traffic was composed of trucks.cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=2363733707060508179|format=PDF|title=Truck Traffic on Utah Highways - 2007|date=2008-07-02|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|pages=|accessdate=2008-09-30] The average traffic measurement is collected at the interchange with I-70.

History

State Route 94 was formed in 1969 as a connector from I-70 to Thompson Springs. When I-70 was constructed through the area, it bypassed the town, creating a need for a connector road. The northern terminus of the route is old US-6/US-50.cite web | title=Utah Highway Pages, 81–100 (94) | publisher=Stober, Dan | url=http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/081-100.htm#rte094 ]

Major intersections

References