Utah State Route 29
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| State Route 29 |
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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-108 | |||||||||
| Length: | 21.732 mi[1] (34.974 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1915 as a state highway;[2] 1927 as SR-29[3] | ||||||||
| West end: | Emery-Sanpete county line | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 SR-57 at Orangeville |
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| East end: |  SR-10 north of Castle Dale |
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State Route 29 (abbreviated as U-29 or SR-29) is a state highway in Emery County in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs for 21.732 miles (35 km) from the Sanpete-Emery County line near Joe's Valley Reservoir to SR-10 three miles north of Castle Dale.
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[edit] Route description
SR-29 begins at the Emery County line, in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, paralleling the San Rafael River. Near the county line is also Joe's Valley State Park and Joe's Valley Reservoir, where the road diverts around the reservoir to the north, then resumes an east south-easterly course about 18 miles into Orangeville. Just off SR-29, about 10 miles west north-west of Orangeville, is the Wilberg Mine, location of a fire that took 27 lives in 1984. Just west of Orangeville SR-29 intersects with SR-57. After Orangeville it continues about four miles to where it terminates at the junction with State Route 10, four miles east of Orangeville, and three miles north of Castle Dale.[1]
[edit] History
Originally, on November 22, 1915, the route that is now SR-29 was designated an unpaved road from Ephraim to the Castle Dale junction, in 1953 it was re-designated Route 11 (which was later moved from US-89 at Kanab to the Arizona state line), and this was approved by the 1963 legislature. In 1969 the Sanpete County portion was eliminated, leaving the road, from Joe's Valley Reservoir easterly via Orangeville Junction to SR-10 north of Castle Dale. [2]
[edit] Major Intersections
| County | Location | Mile | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Emery | Joe's Valley | 0.000[1] | Orangeville Road | Western terminus |
| Orangeville | 14.727-14.823 | SR-57 (Main Street) |
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| Cache Creek | 21.673-21.732 | SR-10 – Castle Dale, Price |
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