State Route 48 (SR-48) is a highway completely within
Salt Lake County
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in northern
Utah
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that connects
Bangerter Highway
State Route 154 (SR-154) or Bangerter Highway (named after former Utah Governor Norman H. Bangerter) is a partial expressway running west and then north from Draper through western Salt Lake County, eventually reaching the Salt Lake City Inter ...
with
I-15
I15 may refer to:
* Interstate 15, a north–south Interstate Highway in the United States of America
* Polikarpov I-15, a Soviet fighter aircraft
* I15 (band), a band
* , of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* Älvsborg Regiment
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and
US-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 ...
. The route is laid on portions of 7800 South, Redwood Road, and 7200 South. When the route was formed in 1927, it passed through the center of
Midvale on Center Street. However, it was moved north onto 7200 South in 1965 to serve an exit of I-15.
Route description
The road begins at a
single-point urban interchange
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on
Bangerter Highway
State Route 154 (SR-154) or Bangerter Highway (named after former Utah Governor Norman H. Bangerter) is a partial expressway running west and then north from Draper through western Salt Lake County, eventually reaching the Salt Lake City Inter ...
at exit 13 and heads east on 7800 South. After approximately 2 miles, the route turns north onto a concurrency with
SR-68 for eight blocks before turning east onto 7000 South. The route turns southeast, crosses the
Jordan River
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and enters
Midvale. The road turns into 7200 South and straightens out to the east. A
single-point urban interchange
A single-point urban interchange (SPUI, or ), also called a single-point interchange (SPI) or single-point diamond interchange (SPDI), is a type of highway interchange. The design was created in order to help move large volumes of traffic th ...
occurs with
I-15
I15 may refer to:
* Interstate 15, a north–south Interstate Highway in the United States of America
* Polikarpov I-15, a Soviet fighter aircraft
* I15 (band), a band
* , of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* Älvsborg Regiment
The Älvsborg Regiment ...
at exit 297. The highway continues east three blocks before terminating at
US-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 ...
.
The entire route is included as part of the
National Highway System.
History
The state legislature added SR-48 to the state highway system in 1927, connecting
Bingham with
SR-1 (
US-91, now
US-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
Midvale Junction.
In order to serve the planned
I-15
I15 may refer to:
* Interstate 15, a north–south Interstate Highway in the United States of America
* Polikarpov I-15, a Soviet fighter aircraft
* I15 (band), a band
* , of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* Älvsborg Regiment
The Älvsborg Regiment ...
interchange at 7200 South, SR-48 was moved in 1965 to turn north off Center Street onto Holden and Main Streets in
Midvale and then east on 7200 South to US-89. As the city of Bingham de-annexed land, a short extension was made at the west end to the new city limits in 1968, but this and more was abandoned in 1973 to allow the
Kennecott Copper Corporation Kennicott or Kennecott may refer to:
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to relocate its guard station. An
overlap
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* Ove ...
with
SR-68 in
West Jordan was added in 2000, rerouting SR-48 to turn north at SR-68 and then east on 7000 South to the former alignment at Main Street in Midvale.
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 ...
Highway Resolutions
, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
In 2012, the construction of the
Mountain View Corridor
The Mountain View Corridor is a freeway under construction in northern Utah that will run along the western periphery of Salt Lake County and south into northwest Utah County. Except for the last several miles on its southern end the Mountain ...
in
West Jordan made the New Bingham Highway discontinuous. As a result, SR-48 was slightly realigned to follow 9000 South and 5600 West to connect segments of the New Bingham Highway.
The portion of SR-48 between the Mountain View Corridor and Bangerter Highway was transferred to the city of West Jordan, splitting SR-48 into two segments. The segment of SR-48 west of the Mountain View Corridor was renumbered as an extension of
SR-209. This moved the western terminus of SR-48 to Bangerter Highway.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of state highways in Utah
The U.S. state of Utah, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) operates a system of state routes that serve all portions of the state. In official documents the state of Utah uses the term "state routes" for numbered, state maintained ...
References
External links
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