Utah State Route 10
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| State Route 10 |
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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-106, maintained by UDOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 68.816 mi[1] (110.749 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1910[2] | ||||||||
| South end: | .svg/20px-I-70_(big).svg.png){kind=small} I-70 at Fremont Junction |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR-31 in Huntington  US-6 / US-191 in Price |
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| North end: |    US 6 Bus. / SR-55 in Price |
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| Counties: | Sevier County Emery County Carbon County |
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| Major cities: | Emery Ferron Castle Dale Huntington Price |
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State Route 10 (SR-10) is a State Highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The highway follows a long valley in Eastern Utah between the Wasatch Plateau on the west and the San Rafael Swell on the east.
The highway serves the primary and most active coal producing region in Utah, accounting for about 2% of the coal supply of the United States[3] Several of the routes that spur from SR-10 to cross the Wasatch Plateau have been honored for their role in energy production. SR-31 has been named the "Energy loop" as part of the National Scenic Byways program. Just off SR-10, along SR-29 is the location of the Wilberg Mine fire of 1984. According to a roadside memorial fire is the worst coal mine tragedy in Utah's history.[4] More recently the highway was mentioned in world wide news as part of coverage of the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse of 2007.
Though the highway is not generally used for long haul traffic, the increase in coal extraction along the SR-10 corridor has caused the Utah Department of Transportation to push for funding for improvements calling it one of the most dangerous freight corridors in Utah[5] The northern portion of the highway is loosely paralleled by the Utah Railway that helps service the numerous coal mines along the highway corridor.
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[edit] Route description
The highway begins at a junction with I-70 as a continuation of SR-72. The highway follows Castle Valley,[6] a valley defined by the Wasatch Plateau and the San Rafael Swell. The road proceeds in a north east direction passing along several small coal mining communities. The highway also forms the boundary of Huntington Lake State Park. The road terminates in Price at SR-55 which is an old routing of US-6/50 in downtown Price.[1]
[edit] History
The highway was first incorporated in the state highway network in 1910 from Price to the Sevier County line near Salina. The highway was extended to Salina in 1912.[2] The extension to Salina used an abandoned road bed for a stub of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad called the Castle Valley Railway. This railroad was also built to access the coal deposits in the area.[7]
The portion from Salina to Freemont Junction was transferred to State Route 4 in 1963. State Route 4 was a legislative designation for the proposed route of I-70.[2]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location[8] | Mile[1] | Junction | Notes |
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| Sevier County | 0.0 |  I-70 / SR-72 – Salina, Green River, Loa |
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| Emery County | 34.7 |  SR-57 – Orangeville |
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| 41.2 |  SR-29 – Orangeville, Joe's Valley Reservoir |
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| Huntington | 47.6 | SR-31 Cleveland Reservoir, Huntington Reservoir |
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| 49.4 |  SR-155 – Elmo, Cleveland, Huntington State Park |
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| 56.6 | SR-155 – Elmo, Cleveland |
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| Carbon County | 60.9 |  SR-122 – Hiawatha |
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| Price | 67.9 | US-6 / US-191 – Salt Lake City, Wellington |
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| 68.5 | Union Pacific Railroad (D&RG Main Line) | |||
| 68.8 | SR-55 / US 6 Bus. 100 North |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Highway Reference Information - Route 0010 (pdf). Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ a b c Highway Resolutions - Route 10 (pdf). Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ What is your state's role in coal?. American Coal Foundation.
- ^ Wilberg Mine Memorial. Utah State Division of Archives and History (2006-10). Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ Daniel B. Kuhn (2006-01-19). PAVED SHOULDERS & PASSING LANES ON UTAH’S TWO-LANE PRIMARY FREIGHT ROUTES (pdf). Utah Department of Transportation.
- ^ Not the same as Castle Valley near Moab.
- ^ Carr, Stephen L.; Edwards, Robert W. [1989]. "Castle Valley Railway", Utah Ghost Rails (in English). Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Epics, 169-170. ISBN 0-914740-34-2.
- ^ Benchmark Maps. Utah Road and Recreation Atlas [map], 1:250000. (2002) ISBN 0-929591-74-7. Page 60,68.
