Utah State Route 19

For the former highway, see Utah State Route 19 (1927-1969).

Interstate 70 Business marker State Route 19 marker

State Route 19
I-70 Business
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-107
Length: 4.552 mi[1] (7.326 km)
Existed: 1969 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-70 / US-6 / US-50 / US-191 near Green River
East end: I-70 / US-6 / US-50 / US-191 near Green River
Highway system
SR-18SR-20

State Route 19 (SR-19) is a state highway in southeastern Utah, running 4.552 miles (7.326 km) in Emery and Grand Counties through Green River. It carries Business Loop I-70 along Main Street in Green River.

Route description

SR-19 begins at an interchange with I-70 west of Green River, then heads east through the center of town and turns south through the Utah Launch Complex of White Sands Missile Range. It ends at a frontage road just south of another intersection with I-70.[1]

History

The main road through Green River was added to the state highway system in 1912,[2] and numbered as part of US-50 in the 1920s.[3] The state legislature defined the portion through Green River as State Route 19 in 1969, although the bypass on I-70 had not yet been built.[4] Construction had begun in the mid-1980s, and when finished, the old route, along with a new connection to exit 164, became SR-19.[5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Green River.

Countymi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Emery0.000–
0.133
0.000–
0.214
I-70 / US-6 / US-50 / US-191 RichfieldExit 160; western terminus
Grand4.449–
4.528
7.160–
7.287
I-70 / US-6 / US-50 / US-191Grand JunctionExit 164
4.5527.326Frontage RoadEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-19
  2. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 8 PDF (16.8 MB), updated September 2007, accessed May 2008
  3. Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas, 1926
  4. Utah Department of Transportation, State Route History, accessed July 2007
  5. Official Highway Map - Utah Transportation Commission (Map). 1 inch = 17.4 miles. Utah Department of Transportation. 1983. § G7.
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