State Route 127 is a

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in the state of

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that spans within

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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

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over the

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that provides access to

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). The route continues east, having a

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with the

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(SR-177) 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

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

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). 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

via the Antelope Island Causeway;

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Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008 4500 West was restored in 1969 as a new SR-110.

State Route History
, accessed July 2007 The causeway was closed in June 1983 due to high water in the

,Craig Hansell,

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, 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. The

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gave the causeway to Davis County that year to make it possible for a

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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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