Utah State Route 262

State Route 262
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-132
Maintained by UDOT
Length:	22.605 mi[1] (36.379 km)
Existed:	1958 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US‑191 near Bluff
East end:	SR‑162 in Montezuma Creek
Highway system
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State Route 262 is a highway completely within San Juan County in southeastern Utah that connects US-191 north of Bluff to SR-162 in Montezuma Creek.

Route description

After its western terminus, SR-262 generally heads east until Indian Route 5099, where it turns south-southwest. Afterwards, the route turns east and then south for one last time before reaching the eastern terminus in Montezuma Creek.

History

The State Road Commission created SR-262 in 1958, running from SR-47 (now US-191) north of Bluff east and south for 20.0 miles (32.2 km) to a point in the Aneth Oil Field about a mile (1.5 km) beyond the bridge over Montezuma Creek, near the curve to the south-southwest. In 1961, the route was extended to just beyond its present end in the settlement of Montezuma Creek, where the road to Aneth (now SR-162) turns east, and in 1965 it was extended further to the Colorado state line, connecting to SH 41 across the border.^[2] A road from Montezuma Creek west to US-191 at Bluff was added to the state highway system in 1986 as SR-163.^[3] At the time, Utah was considering making the road part of an extension of US-163 into Colorado,^[4] but plans fell through, leaving an overlap with US-191 and Route 163 near Bluff that became US-163 to the west and SR-163 to the east. To fix this issue, SR-163 was renumbered SR-162 in 2004, and the part of SR-262 east of Montezuma Creek also became SR-162.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
San Juan	Bluff	0.000	0.000	US‑191 – Bluff, Blanding	Western terminus
	Montezuma Creek	22.605	36.379	SR-162 to CO 41	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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