The U.S. Highways in Utah are maintained by the
Utah Department of Transportation
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is an agency of the state government of Utah, United States; it is usually referred to by its initials UDOT (pronounced "you-dot"). UDOT is responsible for approximately 5,900 miles (9,495 kilomet ...
(UDOT). The
United States Numbered Highway System
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these ...
is a nationwide system with only a small portion of its routes entering Utah. Originally, the State Road Commission of Utah, created on March 23, 1909, was responsible for maintenance, but these duties were rolled into the new UDOT in 1975.
There are of U.S. Highways in the state. The longest is
U.S. Route 89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern sectio ...
at and the shortest is
U.S. Route 89A at . Six former U.S. Highways exist in the state of Utah; of these, five have been replaced by current interstate and U.S. Highways, while the other was replaced by a state route. The most recent change was the redesignation of
U.S. Route 666 as
U.S. Route 491 in 2003.
Mainline routes
Image:Skull Rock Pass.JPG, US 50 descending from Skull Rock Pass in western Utah
Image:US 89 Kane County.jpg, US 89 near Long Valley Junction, a Utah Scenic Byway
Special routes
See also
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References
External links
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