State Route 60 (SR-60) 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, serving local traffic in the
Ogden area. It parallels
Interstate 84 (I-84) from
SR-26 in
Riverdale to
U.S. Route 89 (US-89) in
South Weber, and was part of the first state highway into
Weber Canyon.
Route description
The entire length of SR-60 is just south of the
Weber River and north of the
Davis-Weber Canal in the cities of
Riverdale and
South Weber. The highway begins at
SR-26 (Riverdale Road) and heads south under
I-84, turning southeast at the
SR-168 intersection and slowly climbing towards the end 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 ...
. Cornia Drive - formerly
SR-49A - continues straight at the east terminus, an interchange with
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 ...
near the mouth of the
Weber Canyon. Traffic wanting to continue east through the canyon, leaving the
Weber Valley
Weber (, or ; German: ) is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning " weaver". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.
Notable pe ...
to cross the
Wasatch Range, heads north on US-89 to I-84.
[ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 vi]
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History
The road from SR-1 ( US-91, now SR-26) at Riverdale Junction east into Weber Canyon became a state highway in 1912[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
: , updated November 2007, accessed May 2008 and part of SR-5 and US-30S in the 1920s.[ Rand McNallybr>Auto Road Atlas]
1926US-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 ...
), but in 1935 it was split off as State Route 60. At the west end, a short realignment was built with federal aid as a national defense project in the early 1940s to improve access to the Ogden Ordnance Depot. The new road bypassed what is now 1150 West, and continued south from SR-60 to the depot along what is now SR-168. The east end was realigned in about 2000 when 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 ...
was reconstructed.[ Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2007]
State Route 49A was designated in 1953 as an effective eastward continuation of SR-60, running northeast from 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 ...
(legislatively SR-49) near the east end of SR-60 along what is now Cornia Drive to US-30S at the mouth of Weber Canyon. However, this was soon bypassed when I-80N (now I-84) was built, and it was turned back to local jurisdiction in 1966.[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
: , updated November 2008, accessed January 2020
Major intersections
References
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