Utah State Route 257

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=257
section=131
maint=UDOT


length_mi=69.246
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 257 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7160810708817967 ]
established=1955
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|21 in Milford
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|6|US|50 in Hinckley
previous_type=SR
previous_route=256
next_type=SR
next_route=258

State Route 257 is a highway in central Utah that runs from the junction of SR-21 in Milford to US-6/US-50 sixty-nine miles (111 kilometers) to the north in Hinckley. There are no junctions with any other state highways along SR-257.

Route description

From its southern terminus in Beaver County, SR-257 generally north until Black Rock, where it makes a turn to the northwest. It stays north-northwest until the northern terminus of the route, located in Millard County. Most of the route is paralleled by the Union Pacific Railroad.cite web
publisher=Stober, Daniel
title=Utah Highway Pages - 241 to 260
url=http://members.aol.com/utahhwys/241-260.htm
accessdate=1 April
accessmonth=
accessyear=2008]

History

The northernmost piece of SR-257 became a state highway in 1933 as part of State Route 140, a short connection from SR-27 (now US-6) near Hinckley south to Deseret and east via Oasis to SR-26 (now US-50) at Harding. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(140) From Road 26 westerly via Oasis to Deseret thence to Road 27 at Hinckley.] The remainder was not created until 1955, when the state legislature added the road between SR-21 in Milford and SR-140 at Deseret to the state highway system as SR-257. [cite UTSR law|year=1955|quote=Route 257. From Deseret on Route 140 southwesterly via Black Rock to Route 21 at Milford.] A short loop through downtown Hinckley, heading west from SR-140 on 2500 South and north on Main Street to SR-27, was added as State Route 240 in 1966 but dropped from the state highway system in 1969.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=200609201004081 Route 240] |2=1.28 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] With the deletion of SR-140 in 1969, SR-257 assumed its current extent, replacing the north-south piece of SR-140.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=200609181646581 Route 140] |2=1.27 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

{|class=wikitable!County!Locationcite web
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation
title=State Highway Map
url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:2117854713443240831::::V,T:,346
accessdate=1 April
accessmonth=
accessyear=2008]

!Mile!Junction!Notes
-Jctint
state=UT
county=Beaver
cspan=1
location=Milford
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|SR|21|name1=Center Street
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
county=Millard
location=Hinckley
mile=69.246
road=jct|state=UT|US|6|US|50 – Ely, Salina, Provo
notes=Northern terminus

References