Utah State Route 65

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=65
section=112
maint=UDOT


length_mi=28.315
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 65 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6984115697204359 ]
established=1931
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|I|80 near Summit Park
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|66 in East Canyon State Park
jct|state=UT|SR|86 in Henefer
jct|state=UT|I|84 in Henefer
direction_b=North
terminus_b=End State Maintenance sign in Henefer
previous_type=SR
previous_route=64
next_type=SR
next_route=66

State Route 65 is a highway in northern Utah connecting I-80 near the Mountain Dell Dam to I-84 in Henefer.

Route description

From its southern terminus east of Salt Lake City and west of Park City, the highway goes north, crossing the Mountain Dell Golf Course. It partially circumnavigates the Little Dell Reservoir before it makes another turn for the north. Right before the Morgan County line the route turns northwest. When it reaches East Canyon State Park, SR-65 heads north-northwest, continuing this general direction until its northern terminus in Henefer.

History

State Route 65 was added to the state highway system in 1931, following the historic Mormon Trail as closely as practicable from SR-5 (US-30S, now I-84) in Henefer over Big Mountain Pass and through Emigration Canyon to Salt Lake City (later meeting SR-186 there). [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(65) From Salt Lake City easterly via Emigration canyon and along old Mormon trail as near as practicable to Henefer.] A branch to Pinecrest, State Route 172, was created in 1935 [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 172. From route 65 in Emigration Canyon to Pinecrest.] and existed until 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=200609190944441 Route 172] |2=838 KB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] The portion of SR-65 east of Mountain Dell was removed from the route in 1945 in favor of a connection with SR-4 (US-40, now I-80) in Parley's Canyon. (The connecting SR-66 was truncated at the same time, and has since been reconnected.) [cite UTSR law|year=1945|quote=Route 65. From Salt Lake City on route 186 easterly via Emigration Canyon and Little Mountain to route 4 in Parley's Canyon. Route 66. From Morgan on route 5 via Porterville to Hardscrabble.] Two years later, this law was essentially repealed, as SR-65 was moved back to the full Henefer-Salt Lake City route; the connection to SR-4 became a new State Route 239. Roads within This Is The Place Monument near the west end were also added to the route for the state to maintain. [cite UTSR law|year=1947|chapter=48|quote=Route 65. From Salt Lake City on route 186 easterly via Emigration Canyon along the route designated as the Brigham Young Memorial Highway to Henefer on route 5, and including roads at This Is The Place Monument." "Route 239. From route 65 in Parley's Canyon southerly to route 4.] The state legislature removed the western portion in 1969, rerouting SR-65 to its current alignment between I-80 in Parley's Canyon and I-84 in Henefer and replacing SR-239. However, at the same time, SR-3 (which had replaced SR-5) was moved to I-84, and the old route through Henefer became an extension of SR-65 - in both directions. The western connection to I-84 was renumbered State Route 86 in 1975.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=200609181031481 Route 65] |2=4.78 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

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!Mile!Junction!Notes
-Jctint
state=UT
county=Salt Lake
cspan=1
location=Summit Park
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|I|80|city1=Salt Lake City|city2=Park City
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
county=Morgan
cspan=1
location_special=East Canyon State Park
lspan=1
type=
mile=19.427
road=jct|state=UT|SR|66|dir1=north|city1=MorganJctint
state=UT
county=Summit
cspan=3
location=Henefer
lspan=3
type=
mile=27.417
road=jct|state=UT|SR|86|name1=Main Street|dir1=northJctint
state=UT
mile=28.240
road=jct|state=UT|I|84|I|80|to2=yes|city1=Ogden, EvanstonJctint
state=UT
mile=28.315
road="End State Maintenance" sign
notes=

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