State Route 52 (SR-52) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the
U.S. state of
Utah, connecting
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)
"Soulja Girl" is the second single from American rapper Soulja Boy's studio album '' ...
with
US-189 along
Orem's 800 North.
The road became a state highway in 1923, and was numbered as a spur of
SR-7 in 1927 before being assigned its own number (52). The west end was 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 section ...
until 1959, when it was extended to I-15; a further extension took it to
SR-114 in 1964.
Route description
SR-52 begins at the intersection of Geneva Road (
SR-114) and 800 North in western
Orem, across from the former
Geneva Steel Plant, which was on the shore of
Utah Lake. 800 North continues west of Geneva Road as
SR-176, while SR-52 heads east, passing through a
single-point urban interchange at
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)
"Soulja Girl" is the second single from American rapper Soulja Boy's studio album '' ...
. For its entire length, SR-52 gradually ascends through the
Utah Valley along 800 North, ending at
US-189 where the valley gives way to the
Wasatch Range and that highway enters
Provo Canyon.
[ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 vi]
ACME Mapper
/ref> A mid-1980s flyover takes traffic directly from SR-52 onto US-189 north in the canyon.
SR-52 is in the National Highway System as a connection between I-15 and US-189. A project to widen about half the length of the road through Orem from four to six lanes was completed in October 2008.
History
The road from 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 section ...
) in Orem east to SR-7 (now US-189) at the mouth of Provo Canyon became a state highway in 1923.[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008 It was numbered as a spur of SR-7 in 1927, but in 1931 it was split off as State Route 52.[
]
Major intersections
References
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Orem, Utah
Streets in Utah