Utah State Route 201
East end | US 89 in Salt Lake City/South Salt Lake | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Utah | |||
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State Route 201 (SR-201) is an east–west
The history of the route predates the invention of the automobile; the
Route description
At its western terminus, SR-201 begins at a partial interchange at
Now with three lanes in each direction, the highway straddles the boundary between Salt Lake City and
History
State Route 201 is one of the original highways through the Salt Lake Valley. Signs along the route claim the path of the highway to be the historical route of the California Trail, Pony Express and Lincoln Highway. While signed as the route of the California Trail, modern 2100 South is a less common branch called Hastings Cutoff that became infamous because of the Donner Party.[8][9] The Lincoln Highway, generally derived from the route of the Pony Express across Utah,[10] was routed on 2100 South.[11] However, no modern highway exactly follows the route of the Pony Express west of Salt Lake City. SR-201 is one of a few auto-tour routes that approximates the Pony Express trail, which actually ran south of the road.[12]
In the 1910s, 2100 South in Salt Lake County became an unnumbered state highway.
In 1939, the state legislature designated State Route 201, running west on 2100 South from State Street (US-40/US-91) to US-50 (9180 West) in Magna.[19] By 1954, US-50 was moved south to an alignment through central Utah, the old routing mostly replaced by US-50 Alternate (US-50A). However, US-50A was placed in Salt Lake City on 2100 South west of State Street, replacing the SR-201 designation.[20][21][22][23] By 1965, US-40 was realigned along Foothill Drive (then US-40A), the Utah Highway Department believing the Foothill route was more direct in connecting with North Temple toward the airport. US-40A was now aligned along the entirety of 2100 South from US-40/future
Constructing a freeway
By 1958, SR-201 between US-40 west of Magna and SR-68 (Redwood Road) was a two-lane highway through rural Salt Lake County. The rural landscape changed by the time SR-201 intersected 300 West and entered urban Salt Lake County, the highway becoming a four-lane road. The route remained this way until the intersection of 1300 East (
By 1977, an interchange directly west of Redwood Road at I-215 was being built and the rest of the highway to Magna was given a median in preparation for freeway construction to 5600 West (SR-172).[36] This construction concluded by 1986, with interchanges at 3200 West, Bangerter Highway (SR-154, then solely 4000 West) and 5600 West as a result.[37][38] Beginning in April 1997 and concluding in July 2001, as part of a larger reconstruction project for I-15, SR-201 was rebuilt from 900 West to I-15/I-80, including the colloquial "Spaghetti Bowl" interchange.[39][40] As a result, SR-201 was left in two discontinuous pieces; to connect from the surface portion of SR-201 to the freeway, one must now take an on-ramp.[41] From 2004 to 2006, the freeway from 900 West to I-215 was widened and repaved, the Redwood Road interchange being redone as well.[42] In 2009, the freeway from Bangerter Highway to 5600 West was widened to three lanes in each direction and the road between SR-202 and I-80 was widened to four lanes—the latter project eliminated the final two-lane section of SR-201.[43][44]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Salt Lake County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Lake Point Junction | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-80 west – Reno | No access to I-80 east | |||
Garfield | 3.250 | 5.230 | SR-202 to I-80 east – Great Salt Lake State Park | ||||
Magna | 7.179 | 11.553 | SR-111 (8400 West) – Magna, Bingham Canyon Mine | Seagull intersection | |||
7.683 | 12.365 | 8000 West | |||||
8.684 | 13.976 | 7200 West | At-grade intersection ; west end of freeway | ||||
SR-85 (Mountain View Corridor) | Signed as exits 10A (south) and 10B (north) westbound | ||||||
10.805 | 17.389 | 11 | SR-172 (5600 West) | ||||
12.821 | 20.633 | 13 | SR-154 (Bangerter Highway) – West Valley City | ||||
Salt Lake City | 13.760 | 22.145 | 14 | 3200 West | Single-point urban interchange, first in Utah[45] | ||
Salt Lake City–West Valley City line | 14.418 | 23.204 | 15A-B | I-215 | |||
15.287 | 24.602 | 15C | SR-68 (Redwood Road) | ||||
South Salt Lake | 16.414 | 26.416 | 17 | 900 West | |||
16.699 | 26.874 | — | Spaghetti Bowl " interchange; exit includes direct exit ramp onto 1300 South/900 South, entrance includes direct entrance ramp from 2100 South | ||||
— | Las Vegas | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; part of the "Spaghetti Bowl" interchange | |||||
I-80 east – Cheyenne | |||||||
Implied connection to 2100 South via 900 West | |||||||
Salt Lake City–South Salt Lake line | 16.700 | 26.876 | 900 West | ||||
16.970 | 27.311 | To SR-201 west – West Valley | Direct ramp from 2100 South to westbound SR-201 freeway | ||||
17.169– 17.424 | 27.631– 28.041 | I-15 / I-80 west – Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Reno | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||
17.536 | 28.221 | 300 West | Former SR-176 | ||||
18.095 | 29.121 | US 89 (State Street) | Eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
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- ^ a b "Facts About I-15 Reconstruction". ksl.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
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- ^ Official Highway Map, Utah Transportation Commission (Map). 1 inch=17.4 miles. Utah Department of Transportation. 1983. Salt Lake City and Vicinity inset.
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- ^ Fourth Biennial Report, State Road Commission, 1915 and 1916. 1917. p. 218. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1919). "Chapter 57: State Road Commission". Session Laws of Utah.
e The Lincoln Highway from the Utah-Wyoming State line, via Echo Canyon, Echo, Coalville, Hoytsville and Parley's canyon to Salt Lake City; thence westwardly via Magna, Garfield, Tooele, Stockton, St. John, Clover, Johnson's Pass, Granite Mountain and Ibapah to the Utah-Nevada State line.
- ^ Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas (Map) (1926 ed.). Rand McNally. p. 94. Salt Lake City and vicinity inset.
- ^ Utah (northern) 1926 (Map). Rand McNally. 1926. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ Sears Official Road Map – Nevada & Utah (Map) (1937 ed.). Cartography by Mid-West Map Company. Sears Roebuck and Co. § B-10.
- ^ Salt Lake City Street and Vicinity Maps (Map) (1948 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Goshua Company. Standard Oil. § F-10.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1939). "Chapter 47: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
Route 201. From route 1 on State street of Salt Lake City at Twenty-first South street in a westerly direction on Twenty-first South street to route 4 north of Magna, Utah.
- ^ Nevada Highway Map (Map) (1953 ed.). Nevada Department of Transportation.
- ^ Nevada Highway Map (Map) (1954 ed.). Nevada Department of Transportation.
- ^ National Geographic Atlas of the Fifty United States (Map) (1960 ed.). National Geographic Society. p. 23. § B-7.
- ^ Salt Lake City Street and Vicinity Maps (Map) (1954 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Goshua Company. Standard Oil. § F-10.
- ^ "Bid Opening Set June 30 On Project". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. June 11, 1959. pp. 6D. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Hearing Set To Discuss U.S. 40 Plan". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. December 28, 1962. pp. 10B. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Topographic map (Map) (1975 ed.). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Salt Lake City (Map) (1965 ed.). Cartography by H.M. Goshua Company. Standard Oil. § F-7.
- ^ "Route 201". Utah Department of Transportation. November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ "Slim Hope Seen For Satisfying Traffic Demands". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. November 30, 1962. pp. 16A. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ Utah – Official Highway Map (Map) (1979 ed.). Utah Department of Transportation. Salt Lake City inset.
- ^ Historic Aerials website (Map) (1958 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Historic Aerials website (Map) (1959 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Historic Aerials website (Map) (1965 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
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- ^ Historic Aerials website (Map) (1977 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Utah Multipurpose Map (Map) (1986 ed.). Cartography by AAA Engineering and Drafting, Inc. Utah Travel Council. p. 7. § G-1.
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- ^ Historic Aerials website (Map) (1977, 2006 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ Warburton, Nicole (August 24, 2006). "Reconstruction work on U-201 completed Widening of '21st South highway' took 2 years". Deseret News. Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ "S.R. 201, Bangerter Highway to 5600 West". Utah Department of Transportation. December 12, 2009. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "S.R. 201, S.R. 202 to I-80". Utah Department of Transportation. December 31, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
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