Utah State Route 92

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=92
alternate_name=Alpine Loop Scenic Byway
section=115
maint=UDOT
length_mi=27.272
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6683627173185789|format=PDF|title=Highway Descriptions - State Route 92|accessdate=2008-06-24|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation]
established=1935 as SR-80; renumbered in 1977
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Thanksgiving Way in Lehi, Utah
junction=jct|state=UT|I|15 in Lehi, Utah
jct|state=UT|SR|74 in Highland, Utah
jct|state=UT|SR|146 in Cedar Hills, Utah
jct|state=UT|SR|144
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|189 in Provo Canyon
previous_type=US
previous_route=91
next_type=SR
next_route=93

State Route 92, or the Alpine Loop Scenic Byway, is a scenic state highway in Utah County, Utah that runs from I-15 near Highland to US-189 in Provo Canyon. The route is approximately 27 miles long and is the only road with access to Sundance Ski Resort.

Route description

The route runs east from Highland and up American Fork Canyon, where it enters the Uinta National Forest. Shortly after, it passes Timpanogos Cave National Monument, a famous group of caves buried in the side of the canyon. The route continues up the canyon and bends to the south where it passes the east side of Mount Timpanogos. After passing Sundance Ski Resort, the road links up with US-189 in Provo Canyon. [ [http://www.utah.com/byways/alpine_loop.htm Alpine Loop Scenic Byway] ]

History

The state legislature created State Route 80 in 1935, connecting SR-1 (US-91, now I-15/US-89) near Point of the Mountain with SR-74 south of Alpine. [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 80. From a point on route 1 near Point of the Mountain east to junction with route 74 near Alpine.] An extension in 1941 took SR-92 east to the Uinta National Forest boundary in American Fork Canyon, replacing a short piece of SR-146 (created in 1933 [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(146) From route 1 at Pleasant Grove via mouth of American Fork canyon connect No. 71 below Alpine.] ) from SR-74 to the mouth of the canyon. [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 80. From a point on route 1 near Point of the Mountain east to the forest boundary in American Fork Canyon.] At the other end of the highway, State Route 168 was built in 1933 as a forest roadUtah 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=200609190941301 Route 168] |2=714 KB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] and numbered in 1935, connecting SR-7 (US-189) with Aspen Grove. [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 168. From a point on route 7 in Provo Canyon northerly via Alpine scenic highway to Aspen.] SR-80 was extended through the forest to SR-7, absorbing SR-168, in 1953. Because the number 80 was needed for I-80, SR-80 was renumbered SR-92 in the 1977 renumbering.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=200609181107101 Route 80] |2=20.1 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

=Major intersectionscite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6683627173185789|format=PDF|title=Highway Descriptions - State Route 92|accessdate=2008-06-24|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation] =

Jctint
state=UT
county=Utah
cspan=6
location=Lehi
lspan=2
mile=0.000
road=Thanksgiving Way
notes=Western terminusJctint
mile=0.069-0.207
road=jct|state=UT|I|15
notes=Jctint
location=Highland
lspan=1
mile=5.728
road=jct|state=UT|SR|74
notes=Jctint
location=Cedar Hills
lspan=1
mile=7.495
road=jct|state=UT|SR|146
notes=Jctint
location=
lspan=2
mile=12.596
road=jct|state=UT|SR|144
notes=Jctint
mile=27.272
road=jct|state=UT|US|189
notes=Eastern Terminus

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