U.S. Route 89A

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U.S. Route 89A

Length:

91.74 mi^[1] (148 km)

Formed:

1960

South end:

US 89 in Bitter Springs, AZ

Major
junctions:

SR 67 in Jacob Lake

SR 389 in Fredonia

North end:

US-89 in Kanab, UT

United States Numbered Highways
Spur of US 89
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

Navajo Bridge along US 89A

U.S. Route 89A is a north-south auxiliary U.S. highway, though its actual direction of travel is more east-west. The state of Arizona has designated this highway the Fredonia-Vermilion Cliffs Scenic Road.^[2] The highway is used to access Grand Canyon National Park and is known for the Navajo Bridge. Until 2008, the Utah portion was known as State Route 11.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Junction list
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

The highway's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 89 south of Page, Arizona. Its northern terminus is in Kanab, Utah, also as US-89. US 89A runs near or through Lee's Ferry, the Navajo Bridge, Vermilion Cliffs, the Kaibab Plateau, and Fredonia, Arizona. The eastern portion of the highway runs through part of the Navajo Nation. From Jacob Lake, State Route 67 leads south to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Then north to the neighboring cities of Fredonia, Arizona and Kanab, Utah. The Utah portion of US 89A is defined by Utah Code Annotated §72-4-114.^[3]

[edit] History

This was part of mainline U.S. 89 until the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. In 1960, U.S. 89 was moved to a new, more northerly route and the old route became U.S. 89A.

Prior to 2008, U.S. 89A was either signed or legislatively defined as State Route 11

The Utah segment of U.S. 89A was first commissioned State Route 11 in 1910. This highway ran from Nephi to the Arizona state line near Kanab. This route is still drivable as the modern US-89A, US-89, and SR-28. With the establishment of the United States highway system in 1926, most of SR-11 was used for the routing of US-89 through southern Utah; the official route designation, however, remained SR-11.^[4] In 1969, as part of a series of changes to state routes, the portion north of Sevier Junction (I-70 and US-89 near Joseph) was transferred to other routes, leaving no part of SR-11 was signed with the number. It is also during this time that that a new alignment for US-89 was constructed to serve the Glen Canyon Dam, with SR-11 being now signed as US-89A south of Kanab and US-89 to the north. As part of the 1977 Utah state route renumbering to conform signage and legislative definitions, SR-11 was truncated to what is now signed US89A.^[4] The route was signed SR-11, with "TO US-89A" at the northern terminus in Kanab and a "TO US-89" at the Arizona state line. In 2008, however, SR-11 was deleted after a bill in the Utah legislature was passed to restore U.S. Route 89A in Utah.^[5]

[edit] Junction list

County	Location^[6]	Mile^[7]^[8]	Junction	Notes
Coconino	Bitter Springs	0.00	US 89 – Page	Milepost 524
	Jacob Lake	55.23	SR 67 - North Rim Grand Canyon National Park	Milepost 579
	Fredonia	85.07	SR 389 – Colorado City	Milepost 609
	Fredonia	88.88	Arizona/Utah State Line	AZ Milepost 613/UT Milepost 0
Kane	Kanab	88.88	Arizona/Utah State Line	AZ Milepost 613/UT Milepost 0
Kane	Kanab	91.74	US-89 – Panguitch, Page, Arizona	Milepost 2.945