Utah State Route 256

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=256
section=131
maint=UDOT


length_mi=5.595
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 256 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7161815556819313 ]
established=1970
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|US|89 near Salina
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|89 near Axtell
previous_type=SR
previous_route=252
next_type=SR
next_route=257

State Route 256 is a short highway in central Utah that serves Redmond. There are no junctions with any state highways along SR-256 besides the termini.

Route description

From its southern terminus north of Salina, SR-257 heads north from US-89, heading toward Redmond. Afterwards, it returns to US-89 south of Axtell, forming a 180-degree loop around US-89.

History

The road from Salina to Axtell via Redmond was added to the state highway 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=200609121819241 Route 11] |2=5.62 MB, updated January 2008, accessed May 2008] and became part of SR-11 and US-89 in the 1920s.Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] In 1970, after a bypass of Redmond was completed, the State Road Commission redesignated the old road as SR-256. The number was chosen so the state could use existing signs that had been removed in 1969, when the former SR-256 through Aurora (since re-added as SR-260) was deleted by the legislature.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=200609201346521 Route 256] |2=2.37 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=Sevier
location=Salina
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|I|70|to2=yes
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
county=Sanpete
location=Axtell
mile=5.595
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|city1=Provo
notes=Northern terminus

References