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The route of the railroad features a 1.59-mile (2.56 km) tunnel that bypasses most of the serpentine bends in the Colorado River between Moab and the potash plant. [4] While in the Colorado River canyon, the highway passes by dinosaur footprints, Indian petroglyphs and jeep trails leading to Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State ...
Crossing of the Fathers is a historical river crossing of the Colorado River, in Kane and San Juan Counties, Utah.The crossing, at an elevation of approximately 3,180 feet (970 m), was a series of sand bars at a great bend in the river located a mile west of Padres Butte, which is now at the tip of Padre Point on the south shore of Lake Powell. [1]
Ogden River Scenic Byway: SR-39, Ogden at the mouth of Ogden Canyon to west of Woodruff; loops around Pineview Reservoir via SR-158 and former SR-166: Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway: SR-279, potash mine to US-191: Provo Canyon Scenic Byway: US-189 and SR-113, Provo to Heber City Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway
It begins in Kane County, Utah, just south of the watershed to the Great Basin and flows 125 miles (201 km) south to the Colorado River. [ 1 ] The stream headwaters arise at 37°29′31″N 112°22′50″W / 37.49194°N 112.38056°W / 37.49194; -112.38056 [ 2 ] at an elevation of approximately 8600 feet along the base of the Sunset ...
The trail follows a 180-mile (290 km) route starting near Escalante, Utah, and ending in Bluff, Utah, and is named for the place where the San Juan Mission of Mormon pioneers constructed a descent to the Colorado River. The natural crevice on the 1,000-foot (300 m) cliff above the Colorado was enlarged by the party to lower the wagons down to ...
Though the Colorado River runs for over 400 miles (640 km) in Utah, there are only three sites with bridges to cross it. One is the Dewey Bridge site where SR-128 traverses the waterway; the other two are an unnamed bridge that carries US-191 (built in 1911, replaced in 1955 and again in 2010) and the Hite Crossing Bridge (built in 1966) used ...
Utah, Wasatch Provo River: US-189: Heber Valley Historic Railroad (ex-D&RGW) Red Canyon: Daggett Green River: Red Canyon: Garfield fork of the Sevier River: SR-12: Red Butte Canyon: Salt Lake Red Butte Creek: Red Butte Canyon Road Rock Canyon: Utah Rock Canyon Trail Ruby Canyon: Grand Colorado River: UP Green River Subdivision (ex-D&RGW) Salina ...
State Route 95 or Bicentennial Highway is a state highway located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Utah.The highway is an access road for tourism in the Lake Powell and Cedar Mesa areas, notably bisecting Bears Ears National Monument and providing the only access to Natural Bridges National Monument.