Talk:U.S. Route 89 in Utah

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[edit] History notes

1918 routing (Spanish Fork to Logan) (reverse)
  • [SR-198], SR-156, SR-147, SR-51, US-89, US-189, Center, US-89, Columbia?, US-89, Main, Center, US-89, 300 West, Pacific, US-89, Frontage, US-89, State
  • South Temple, 300 West, US-89, Main, SR-106, 100 South, 100 East, SR-106, Main
  • via Clearfield: Main, SR-126, SR-26
  • US-89, SR-235, Pleasant View, US-89, Old Hargis Hill, US-89, SR-13, Forest, 600 East, 100 South, SR-90, US-89, 100 South, US-89, ??, 300 East, 400 North, US-89

--NE2 11:30, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Legal definition no longer includes Bountiful

A 2006 law removed "then beginning again at a junction with Route 15 near Orchard Drive northerly through Bountiful to a junction with Route 15 at North Bountiful Interchange" from the definition, stating that US-89 enters I-15 at exit 312 (North Salt Lake). This is not substantiated by UDOT logs or maps that do show the later realignment in downtown SLC, and the code still shows SR-68 and SR-93 ending at US-89. So this appears to have been an error. --NE2 23:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

  • What do you mean when you say not all interstate junctions are major junctions? How do you define a major interstate junction, and why are the I-80 and I-70 ones major enough to be included? I don't see how SR-12 and SR-38 (I presume you mean SR-39 as the former is 18 mi and the latter is 67 mi) are included when I-15 (or I-215, now that I think about it) isn't
  • US-89 exits through #291 to get off I-15 and onto its own separate path

CL — 13:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

It's a sort of "balancing act" between spacing out the junctions and major places and roads. I-80 is included because it gives a junction for SLC; I-15 isn't both because it's parallel (so it doesn't really provide any major junctions) and because Lehi isn't really a major place, especially with its location close to Provo and SLC.
US-89 follows exit 291, so that shouldn't be listed as an exit number. It would be listed if the movement to stay on I-15 was marked as exit 291, and US-89's path had no exit number. --NE2 15:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, but I-70 (near Richfield) and SR-12 (near Panguitch) aren't in major places either, and Lehi is much bigger than the two. Anyway, US-89 crosses I-15 many times without anything to do with a concurrency, Lehi, Salt Lake City, and north of Ogden are just some of the places I can name off the top of my head. CL — 15:42, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
That's where spacing comes in - if we went by only the biggest cities, we'd probably have all the junctions in the northern half of the state. --NE2 16:36, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Railroads followed

The Utah Northern went from Brigham City north to Collinston, where it turned east and southeast to Mendon and then east to Logan.

--NE2 23:32, 25 May 2008 (UTC)