Utah State Route 224

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=224
section=128
maint=UDOT


length_mi=11.597
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 224 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7199613141894331 ]
established=1941
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Summit County/Wasatch County border near Midway
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|248 in Park City
jct|state=UT|I|80 near Snyderville
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Bitner Road/Rasmussen Road
previous_type=SR
previous_route=222
next_type=SR
next_route=225

State Route 224 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah and the county of Summit that connects I-80 to Park City and Midway in a span of convert|11.5|mi|km|2. SR-224 is the main road for skiers from Salt Lake City headed for Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort.

Route description

The route begins at a single-point urban interchange with I-80 at exit 145 (which is referred to as Kimball Junction) and heads south on a four-lane undivided highway, passing through commercial development. An access road intersects the road that connects SR-224 to the Utah Olympic Park. As the highway approaches Snyderville, the commercial buildings turn into residential homes and the road briefly turns southwest before turning southeast and then south again. Residential development disappears when the highway turns southeast and hills appear on either side of the road. Homes appear yet again on either side of the road with a country club on the eastern side of the road and a golf course on the west. The route intersects with SR-248 and enters Park City as Park Avenue. The route turns off of Park Avenue and onto Deer Valley Drive. The road turns southeast and bypasses the center of town. A roundabout appears and the road turns onto Marsac Avenue, a two-lane road. As the route exits Park City and heads into rural Summit County, a runaway truck ramp appears on the east side of the road, serving northbound traffic. As the highway enters more forested land, it turns southwest and continues in a general southerly direction through Ontario Canyon before terminating at the Wasatch County line.cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com ]

History

The road from Park City north to SR-4 (US-530, now I-80) at Kimball Junction was part of the first state road connecting Salt Lake City and Echo, added to the system in 1910.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=200609121733213 Route 6] |2=17.4 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] 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=200609181302481 Route 97] |2=3.30 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] It was numbered SR-6 and US-40 in the 1920s,Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] and in 1927 the short spur connecting Park City Junction to southern Park City was included in the definition of SR-6, [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=6. From Kimball's Junction, Summit County, via Park City Junction, Kamas Junction, Heber Fruitland, Duchesne, Roosevelt and Vernal to the Utah-Colorado State line near Caisson, Colorado, also from Park City Junction to Peterson's corner, Park City.] only to be split off in 1945 as State Route 97. [cite UTSR law|year=1945|quote=Route 97. From Park City Junction on route 6 southeasterly to south city limits of Park City.]

The initial designation of SR-224 was made in 1941 as a short spur from SR-113 in Midway to Schneitter's Hot Pots, now the Homestead Resort. [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 224. From route 113 in Midway northwesterly to Schneitter's Hot Pots.] In 1963, the state legislature extended the route northwest from the resort to the border of the new Wasatch Mountain State Park, [cite UTSR law|year=1963|quote=Route 224. From the State Park boundary via Schneitter's Hot Pots southeasterly to route 113 in Midway.] and that same year the State Road Commission extended it farther in order to better serve the park. The new definition of SR-224 continued through the park, past a junction with SR-152 (now SR-190), itself extended to meet SR-224, and into Park City; there it replaced the entirety of SR-97 to end at SR-248. In 1969, SR-248 north of Park City Junction became SR-224, giving the latter route its present northern terminus at Kimball's Junction.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=200609200948191 Route 224] |2=9.87 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

In 1990, the state and Wasatch County executed a trade, wherein SR-32 around the south side of the Jordanelle Reservoir was restored to the state highway system (it had carried US-189 until the reservoir forced its relocation), and portions of SR-190, SR-220, and SR-224 became county roads. In particular, SR-224 was removed from the state highway system between the Pine Creek Campground (near the state park boundary) and the Wasatch-Summit County line. The unconnected southern portion between SR-113 and the campground, however, remained part of SR-224 until 2004, when it was redesignated as SR-222 to eliminate confusion. This brought SR-224 to its current extent, lying entirely within Summit County; what had been SR-224 until 1963 is now entirely SR-222.

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Summit
cspan=4
location=Midway
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.000
road=Summit County/Wasatch County border
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
location=Park City
lspan=1
type=
mile=6.040
road=jct|state=UT|SR|248|dir1=east|name1=Kearns BoulevardJctint
state=UT
location=Snyderville
lspan=2
type=
mile=11.524
road=jct|state=UT|I|80|city1=Salt Lake City, CheyenneJctint
state=UT
mile=11.597
road=Bitner Road west/Rasmussen Road east
notes=Northern terminus

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