Utah State Route 152

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=152
section=121
maint=UDOT


length_mi=3.044
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 152 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=15533614996735548 ]
established=1933
direction_a=West
terminus_a=
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|I|215 in Cottonwood Heights
previous_type=SR
previous_route=151
next_type=SR
next_route=153

State Route 152 (SR-152) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah connecting SR-71 in Murray to I-215 in Cottonwood Heights, both suburbs of Salt Lake City. The route, which is convert|3.04|mi|km|2, is laid on the entire length of the Van Winkle Expressway and a portion of Highland Drive.

The route was initially created in 1933, then following Highland Drive from 2700 South southeast to 6200 South, turning east on that street to Knudsens Corner, then entering Big Cottonwood Canyon. A series of truncations and realignments brought the route south to I-215 (south of 6200 South) and north to SR-71.

Route description

SR-152 begins at the intersection of Van Winkle Expressway and 900 East (SR-71 turns west from 900 East onto Van Winkle Expressway, which defaults onto 700 East). From there, it heads southeast as a four-lane divided highway with limited at-grade access. Past an intersection of former SR-181, the route dips south-southeast to intersect with 5600 South. The route once again veers to the southeast before a junction with both Vine Street and Highland Drive, where the Van Winkle Expressway terminates and SR-152 continues south on Highland Drive, a six-lane undivided highway. The route terminates seven-tenths of a mile later at an interchange with I-215.cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com ]

History

The state legislature defined State Route 152 in 1933 on a route that began at 2700 South, followed Highland Drive and 6200 South to Knudsen's Corner, and then entered Big Cottonwood Canyon via Big Cottonwood Canyon Road to end at the Wasatch-Cache National Forest boundary. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(152) From Twenty-seventh South street southeasterly along Highland Drive to the forest boundary line in Big Cottonwood canyon.] In 1941, it was extended east in the forest to Brighton, [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 152. From Twenty-seventh South Street in Salt Lake City southeasterly via Highland Drive and Big Cottonwood Canyon to Brighton.] and in 1945 the connection from Highland Drive to the canyon was moved south to Fort Union Boulevard. [cite UTSR law|year=1945|quote=Route 152. From Twenty-seventh South Street in Salt Lake City southeasterly via Highland Drive to Seventieth South Street, thence easterly via Big Cottonwood Canyon to Brighton.] A short truncation at the north end was made in 1957, making the new terminus the intersection of Highland Drive and 1300 East (SR-181). In order to provide access to the new Wasatch Mountain State Park, SR-152 was extended east from Brighton in 1963, following an existing county road over Guardsman Pass to end at SR-224. By 1968, the Van Winkle Expressway (then known as the Cottonwood Diagonal) had been completed, and SR-181 was being reconstructed, making the Highland Drive portion of SR-152 redundant. The State Road Commission truncated SR-152 to the south end of the expressway near 6200 South, in exchange for an extension of SR-195 to Holladay, and the next year the legislature designated the expressway as part of SR-152, giving it a new northern terminus at 900 East (SR-71). Finally, in 1987, a piece in the middle of SR-152, from I-215 south and east to Wasatch Boulevard (SR-210), was removed from the state highway system and replaced by proposed 6200 South and Wasatch Boulevard between I-215 and Big Cottonwood Canyon Road. To avoid an overlap of SR-152 on I-215, the new roadway became an extension of SR-210, and former SR-152 from Wasatch Boulevard to SR-224 became a new SR-190.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=200609190915031 Route 152] |2=4.55 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] (The next year, the extension of SR-210 was instead redesignated as part of SR-190.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=200609191036091 Route 190] |2=7.57 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] )

Major intersections

The entire route is in Salt Lake County.

References