Utah State Route 30
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| State Route 30 |
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| Bear Lake Scenic Byway Valley View Highway Defined by Utah Code §72-4-108, maintained by UDOT |
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| Length: | 135.620 mi[1] (218.259 km) 223 miles (359 km) with implied connections[2] |
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| Formed: | 1966[3] | ||||||||
| West end: |  SR 233 near Montello, NV |
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| Major junctions: |
.svg/20px-I-84_(big).svg.png){kind=small} I-84 near Snowville.svg/20px-I-15_(big).svg.png){kind=small} I-15 near Tremonton  US-89 / US-91 in Logan US-89 in Garden City |
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| East end: |  WYO 89 near Bear Lake |
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State Route 30 (SR-30) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It is the only highway signed as a Utah state route (with the beehive shaped route marker) to traverse the entire width the state. Legislatively the highway exists as 3 separate segments. The three sections are easily connectable via Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 89. With these implied connections, highway is drivable as a continuous route from Nevada to Wyoming. The western segment is a historic corridor paralleling both the First Transcontinental Railroad and the California Trail. A portion of the eastern segment has been designated the Bear Lake Scenic byway as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program.[4]
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[edit] Route description
| Major cities |
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| Snowville |
| Tremonton |
| Logan |
| Garden City |
| Laketown |
[edit] West segment
SR-30 starts at the Nevada state line connecting with SR 233 and loosely follows the original route of the First Transcontinental Railroad and the California Trail around the north shore of the Great Salt Lake. The only towns along this section are Rosette and Park Valley. The highway connects with I-84 near Snowville. I-84 and I-15 connect the western segment with the central segment.
[edit] Central segment
The central section begins near Tremonton just north of the separation of I-84 from I-15. It travels due east through a gap in the Wellsville Mountains created by the Bear River. The highway crests a hill and has a view of Cache Valley which gives the highway its nickname, the Valley View Highway. The central section joins US-89 in downtown Logan. US-89 connects the central segment with the eastern segment.
[edit] Eastern segment
The eastern section branches of from US-89 at Garden City and follows the south shore of Bear Lake to Laketown. The highway then cuts across to the Wyoming state line where it continues as WY 89.
[edit] History
The history of the western portion originates with the California Trail, which SR-30 parallels. This same corridor was used for the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869. This portion of the railroad was relocated with the construction of the Lucin Cutoff.
An unrelated highway was commissioned State Route 30 in 1935.[3] This highway has since been renumbered SR-117.
The modern SR-30 was cobbled together in 1966 from several routes. These routes were scheduled to be renumbered for a variety of reasons, including number duplication and the elimination of US-30S in Utah. The number 30 came from the the western terminus, Nevada State Route 30, since renumbered SR 233. For a brief time the route carried the number 30 on both sides of the state line.[5] SR-30 was posted in 1966, but the legislative changes were not made formal until the 1977 Utah state route renumbering.[3]
Most of the western segment was originally SR-70, which number was also in use as I-70. The last few miles of the western segment were formerly US-30S. The central segment absorbed pieces of SR-69 and SR-102. The eastern segment absorbed part of SR-16 and all of the former SR-51. SR-51 would be later reused for an unrelated route.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location[6] | Mile[1] | Junction | Notes |
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| Nevada state line | ||||
| Box Elder | 0.00 | SR 233 – Montello, Oasis |
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| 8.733 | Grouse Creek - Lucin | |||
| 24.771 | Watercress | former Rail siding on the First Transcontinental Railroad | ||
| 56.346 | Jct - California Trail | |||
| 64.655 | Kelton | former Rail siding on the First Transcontinental Railroad | ||
| 74.693 |  SR-42 west - Malta |
Curlew Junction/former U.S. Route 30S | ||
| 90.347 | I-84 – Snowville |
Park Valley Interchange | ||
| 90.615 | Route Ends | |||
| 90.616 | Route Resumes | |||
| 90.698 | I-15 – Tremonton, Malad |
Riverside/Logan Interchange | ||
| Riverside | 91.901 |  SR-13 – Riverside |
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| 93.150 |  SR-81 – Fielding |
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| 94.847 | Union Pacific Railroad | |||
| 94.953 |  SR-38 – Deweyville |
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| 97.748 | Cutler Dam | |||
| Cache | 102.347 |  SR-23 – Petersboro, Mendon |
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| 102.575 | Union Pacific Railroad | |||
| Logan | 108.661 |  SR-252 1000 West |
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| 109.163 | Union Pacific Railroad | |||
| 109.930 | US-89 / US-91 – Brigham City, Smithfield, Bear Lake |
Route Ends | ||
| Rich | Garden City | 109.931 | US-89 Paris |
Route Resumes - Begin Bear Lake Scenic Byway |
| 113.864 | Ideal Beach | |||
| 117.947 | Rendezvous Beach | |||
| Laketown | 119.711 | Main Street | End Bear Lake Scenic Byway | |
| 131.686 |  SR-16 – Randolph |
Sage Creek Junction | ||
| 135.620 |  WYO 89 to US 30 – Kemmerer |
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| Wyoming state line | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Route Description 0030P. Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ Dan Stober. Utah Highways Routes 21-40. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ a b c Highway Resolutions - Route 30. Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Utah Scenic Byways - Bear Lake. Utah Office of Tourism. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ SM Highway System Cross Reference (pdf). Nevada Department of Transportation.
- ^ Benchmark Maps. Utah Road and Recreation Atlas [map], 1:170000. (2002) ISBN 0-929591-74-7. Page 34-38.
