Utah State Route 52

State Route 52 marker

State Route 52
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-111
Maintained by UDOT
Length: 4.477 mi[1] (7.205 km)
Existed: 1931 – present
Major junctions
West end: SR-114 in Orem
  I-15 in Orem
US-89 in Orem
East end: US-189 in Orem
Highway system
SR-51SR-53

State Route 52 (SR-52) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting I-15 with US-189 along Orem's 800 North.

The road became a state highway in 1923, and was numbered as a spur of SR-7 in 1927 before being assigned its own number (52). The west end was at US-89 until 1959, when it was extended to I-15; a further extension took it to SR-114 in 1964.

Route description

SR-52 begins at SR-114 in western Orem, across from the former Geneva Steel Plant, which was on the shore of Utah Lake. For its entire length, SR-52 gradually ascends through the Utah Valley along 800 North, ending at US-189 where the valley gives way to the Wasatch Range and that highway enters Provo Canyon.[2] A mid-1980s flyover takes traffic directly from SR-52 onto US-189 north in the canyon.[3]

SR-52 is in the National Highway System as a connection between I-15 and US-189.[4] A project to widen about half the length of the road through Orem from four to six lanes was completed in October 2008.[5]

History

The road from SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) in Orem east to SR-7 (now US-189) at the mouth of Provo Canyon became a state highway in 1923.[6] It was numbered as a spur of SR-7 in 1927,[7] but in 1931 it was split off as State Route 52.[8] In order to serve the planned Interstate 15, SR-52 was extended west to that road in 1959, and in 1964 the extension was continued to SR-114 (simultaneously with a similar extension of SR-265).[6]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Orem, Utah County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000 SR-114 (Geneva Road)
0.4640.747 I-15 Salt Lake City, Las VegasExit 272 on I-15
1.7582.829 US-89 (State Street)
4.4777.205 US-189 (University Avenue) Heber City, ProvoInterchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Reference Information: SR-52 PDF (84.5 KB), updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008
  2. Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via ACME Mapper
  3. Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2007
  4. Federal Highway Administration, National Highway System: Provo--Orem UT, January 2004, accessed July 2008
  5. Utah Department of Transportation, 800 North Area Schedule, accessed July 2008
  6. 1 2 Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 52 PDF (0.99 MB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
  7. Utah State Legislature (1927). Chapter 21: Designation of State Roads. Session Laws of Utah. 7. From Heber southwesterly via Olmstead to Provo and from Olmstead to Orem, Utah County.
  8. Utah State Legislature (1931). Chapter 55: Designation of State Roads. Session Laws of Utah. (52) From Olmstead on route 7 to Orem on route 1.
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