State Route 127 is a
state highway
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in the state of
Utah that spans within
Syracuse
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*Syracuse, New York
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in
Davis County.
Route description
The western terminus of the route is at the intersection of
SR-110 (4500 West) and 1700 South (west of SR-127, 1700 South becomes the
Davis County Causeway, a
causeway
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over the
Great Salt Lake
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that provides access to
Antelope Island). The route continues east until it ends at
SR-108 (2000 West), while 1700 South continues east along SR-108.
History
The part of 1700 South east of 2000 West in
Syracuse
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Places Italy
*Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa''
*Province of Syracuse
United States
*Syracuse, New York
**East Syracuse, New York
**North Syracuse, New York
*Syracuse, Indiana
* Syracuse, Kansas
*Syracuse, Miss ...
was added to the state highway system in 1931 as
SR-108, a designation it still carries. From 2000 West to 4500 West, the road became a state highway in 1935, but with a different number -
SR-195 (which turned north on 4500 West to
Hooper). The entire length of SR-195 was removed from the state highway system in 1947,
but was re-added in the 1960s. A new State Route 127 was designated in 1965, following the 1700 South portion of former SR-195 and continuing west to the north end of
Antelope Island via the
Antelope Island Causeway;
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008 4500 West was restored in 1969 as a new
SR-110.
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
State Route History
, accessed July 2007 The causeway was closed in June 1983 due to high water in the
Great Salt Lake
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,
[Craig Hansell, Salt Lake Tribune, 2,000 Acres of Antelope Island Will Open, June 30, 1993, p. D1] and in 1991 the state legislature passed a law to fund a reconstruction through the
Utah Division of Parks and Recreation
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Utah's ...
. The
Utah Transportation Commission gave the causeway to
Davis County that year to make it possible for a
toll to be charged, leaving SR-127 running only from SR-110 east to SR-108.
[ The new causeway opened in July 1993, ten years after the old one had been closed.][
]
Major intersections
References
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127 127 may refer to:
*127 (number), a natural number
*AD 127, a year in the 2nd century AD
*127 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*127 (band), an Iranian band
See also
*List of highways numbered 127
Route 127 or Highway 127 can refer to multiple roads ...
127
Streets in Utah