Utah State Route 31
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| Huntington Canyon Scenic Byway | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-109 | ||||
| Maintained by UDOT | ||||
| Length: | 47.746 mi[1] (76.840 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1915 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-31 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 US‑89 at Fairview | |||
 SR‑264 near Fairview | ||||
| East end: |
 SR‑10 in Huntington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Route 31 (SR-31) is a state highway in Sanpete and Emery Counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs for 47.746 miles (76.840 km) from US-89 at Fairview to SR-10 in Huntington. The highway has been designated as part of the The Energy Loop, a National Scenic Byway.
Route description
SR-31 begins at an intersection with US-89 at Fairview and runs east northeast for approximately 10 miles (16 km), then turns southeast for the remainder of the route, terminating at an intersection with SR-10 at Huntington.[1]
Just off State Route 31, about 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Huntington, is Crandall Canyon, location of the Crandall Canyon coal mine. On Monday, August 6, 2007, at 2:48 A.M., the mine collapsed, trapping and killing six workers inside. A second collapse on August 16, 2007, killed a Mine Safety and Health Administration investigator and two more miners, bringing the total to nine.[2]
History
The road from SR-32 (by 1926 US-89) in Fairview east to the Sanpete-Emery County line, near the present north end of Electric Lake, was added to the state highway system in 1915. It was extended southeast to SR-10 in Huntington in 1918,[3] and in 1927 the state legislature numbered the Fairview-Huntington highway as SR-31.[4] A major realignment was made in 1976, when Electric Lake was created and a new route was built to the west. The old route in Sanpete County became a county road, and is now part of SR-264, but the majority of the road in Emery County was beneath the lake and thus abandoned.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanpete | Fairview | 0.000 | 0.000 | US‑89 (State Street) – Mount Pleasant, Provo | Western terminus |
| 8.576 | 13.802 | SR‑264 (Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway) – Scofield | |||
| Emery | Huntington | 47.746 | 76.840 | SR‑10 (Main Street) – Castle Dale, Price | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-31
- ↑ "Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster at Crandall Canyon Mine" (PDF). United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 31 PDF (2.01 MB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
- ↑ Utah State Legislature (1927). Chapter 21: Designation of State Roads. Session Laws of Utah.
31. From Fairview southeasterly to Huntington.