Utah State Route 124

For the former highways, see Utah State Route 124 (1931-1933) and Utah State Route 124 (1933-1935).

State Route 124
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-118
Maintained by UDOT
Length: 7.956 mi[2] (12.804 km)
Existed: 1935[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: "End State Maintenance" sign near Horse Canyon Mine in Emery County
North end: SR-123 (Whitmore Canyon Road) in East Carbon
Highway system

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← SR-123 SR-125 →

Utah State Route 124 (SR-124) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning 7.9 miles (12.7 km), it connects the cities of Sunnyside and East Carbon in Carbon County with Horse Canyon Mine in Emery County.

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Route description

State Route 124 begins near Horse Canyon Mine along the Book Cliffs in northern Emery County. It starts out traveling west, but soon curves to the north as it crosses the county line into Carbon County. The route continues north along the base of the Book Cliffs, through Columbia Junction just west of Columbia, and finally takes a jog to the west just before ending at its intersection with SR-123 in East Carbon.[3]

History

The road from Sunnyside south to Columbia (along with the road from Sunnyside west to Sunnyside Junction) was designated as SR-124 in 1931,[4] and renumbered to SR-123 in 1933.[5] In 1935, the portion from Sunnyside to Columbia was split off[6] and designated as SR-124,[1] which was extended south to Horse Canyon Mine in 1945.[7] Since then, only minor legal description changes have occurred such as reversing the described direction from southerly to northerly, and replacing "via Columbia" with "through Columbia Junction" after the town of Columbia became part of newly-incorporated East Carbon.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Emery
   0.000 "End State Maintenance" sign Southern terminus
Carbon
 Columbia Junction 5.481 400 North  
Sunnyside 7.956 SR-123 Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b "Designation of State Roads", Chapter 37, Session Laws of Utah, 1935: "Route 124. From junction with route 123 southerly to Columbia."
  2. ^ a b "Utah State Route 124 Reference" (​PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. 1 May 2008. http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=15506705552676058. Retrieved 15 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Utah State Route 124 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbia,+ut&aq=&sll=39.488012,-110.393801&sspn=0.042924,0.076733&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbia,+East+Carbon,+Carbon,+Utah&ll=39.521522,-110.394745&spn=0.085806,0.153465&z=13. 
  4. ^ "Designation of State Roads", Chapter 55, Session Laws of Utah, 1931: "(124) From Sunnyside junction easterly via Sunnyside to Columbia."
  5. ^ "Designation of Secondary State Roads", Chapter 30, Session Laws of Utah, 1933: "(123) From Sunnyside Junction easterly via Sunnyside to Columbia."
  6. ^ "Designation of State Roads", Chapter 37, Session Laws of Utah, 1935: "Route 123. From Sunnyside Junction on route 8 easterly to Sunnyside."
  7. ^ "State Roads and Routes", Chapter 61, Session Laws of Utah, 1945: "Route 124. From route 123 southerly via Columbia to Horse Creek coal mine."