Utah State Route 22

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=22
section=108
maint=UDOT
length_mi=6.852
length_round=3
length_ref= [http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7201727686898529 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-22] ]
established=1914 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-22
direction_a=South
terminus_a=John's Valley Road in Antimony
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|62 at Otter Creek Junction
previous_type=SR
previous_route=21
next_type=SR
next_route=23

State Route 22 (SR-22) is a state highway in southern Utah, running for 6.852 miles in Garfield and Piute Counties from Antimony to Otter Creek Reservoir.

Route description

SR-22 begins in Antimony as a continuation of John's Valley Road and heads generally north through a canyon to Otter Creek Reservoir and Otter Creek State Park, where it ends at an intersection with SR-62.

History

The road from Widtsoe north to Antimony became a state highway in 1914, and in 1915 it was extended west to SR-11 (US-89) in Junction. A forest road from Widtsoe south to SR-12 at Tropic Junction was added to the system in 1923,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=200609131005031 Route 22] |2=4.19 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] and in 1927 the legislature designated the entire route from Junction to Tropic Junction as SR-22. [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=22. From Junction via Antimony and Widtsoe to Tropic Junction Garfield county.] To improve route continuity on a shortcut between California and Colorado that included the portion of SR-22 between US-89 and SR-62 at Otter Creek Junction, that part was transferred to SR-62 in 1967. (With the completion of I-70 through the San Rafael Swell in 1970, this is no longer a popular route.) The legislature removed John's Valley Road from the state highway system in 1969, turning SR-22 into a short spur from SR-62 to the bridge over Antimony Creek just south of Antimony.

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Garfield
cspan=1
location=Antimony
type=
mile=0.000
road=John's Valley Road
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
county=Piute
cspan=1
location=Otter Creek Junction
type=
mile=6.852
road=jct|state=UT|SR|62|city1=Junction|city2=Koosharem
notes=Northern terminus

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