State Route 142 (SR-142) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Utah
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. At long, it connects the towns of
Newton
Newton most commonly refers to:
* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist
* Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
Newton may also refer to:
People
* Newton (surname), including a list of people with the surname
* ...
,
Clarkston,
Trenton, and
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
to
US-91 and
SR-23 in northern
Cache County.
Route description
The route starts at its intersection with
SR-23 in
Newton
Newton most commonly refers to:
* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist
* Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
Newton may also refer to:
People
* Newton (surname), including a list of people with the surname
* ...
and travels about northwest to
Clarkston. Here the route turns east and travels just over through
Trenton and ends in
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
at the intersection with
US-91.
History
The state legislature created State Route 142 in 1933, connecting
SR-69 (now
SR-30) at
Petersboro with
Newton
Newton most commonly refers to:
* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist
* Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
Newton may also refer to:
People
* Newton (surname), including a list of people with the surname
* ...
and
Smithfield.
SR-142 was moved to the present route of Newton to
Clarkston at
SR-170 in 1941, with the old alignment through downtown Newton to Smithfield becoming
SR-218.
In 1969,
SR-170, which ran from Clarkston via
Trenton to
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
was absorbed into SR-142, and SR-170 was deleted. This completed the current route of SR-142 as it runs today.
Major intersections
References
External links
* {{commons category-inline
142
142 142 may refer to:
* 142 (number), an integer
* AD 142, a year of the Julian calendar
* 142 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 142 Polana, a main-belt asteroid
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