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State Route 14 (SR-14) is a state highway in southern Utah, running for 40.995 miles (65.975 km) in Iron and Kane Counties from Cedar City to Long Valley Junction.The highway has been designated the Markagaunt High Plateau Scenic Byway as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program.
Another road was also added to the state highway system in 1914, connecting SR-22 at Widtsoe with Escalante, [10] and it was numbered State Route 23 in 1927. [11] An extension took SR-23 northeast to Boulder in 1941, [ 12 ] and in 1947 SR-54 absorbed SR-23, with the Widtsoe-Escalante road dropped in favor of Henrieville-Escalante. [ 13 ]
U.S. Route 6 (US-6) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway through the central part of the U.S. state of Utah.Although it is only about 40 miles (64 km) longer than US-50, it serves more populated areas and, in fact, follows what had been US-50's routing until it was moved to follow Interstate 70 (I-70) in 1976.
The road from SR-1 (by 1926 US-91, now SR-271) in Paragonah to SR-11 (by 1926 US-89) at Bear Valley Junction was added to the state highway system in 1917. [6] In 1927, the legislature assigned the State Route 20 designation to it, [ 7 ] and in 1953 the west end was moved north to the present junction with I-15 , [ 6 ] removing Little Creek ...
In official documents the state of Utah uses the term "state routes" for numbered, state maintained highways, since the legal definition of a "highway" includes any public road. [1] UDOT signs state routes with a beehive symbol after the state's nickname of the beehive state. There are 3,658.04 miles (5,887.04 km) [Note 1] of state routes in Utah.
Soon after, the highway turns south and southeast again. After continuing in a general southeast direction, the highway turns northeast and north and continues as such until reaching the Wyoming border south of Evanston. [4] The road is the highest paved road in Utah when it crosses Bald Mountain Pass at an altitude of 10,715 ft (3,266 m). [5]
The Utah Department of Transportation reconstructed the I-15 Technology Corridor between Lehi Main Street and SR-92 (Timpanogos Highway) starting in 2018. The Tech Corridor was the last section of I-15 in Utah County to be reconstructed in recent years.
The highway was not part of the original 1926 U.S. Highway system. The highway was created in the 1930s, absorbing former U.S. Route 530 and a portion of U.S. Route 30S . The portion through Provo Canyon (between Provo and Heber City, Utah ) has been designated the Provo Canyon Scenic Byway by the state of Utah.