Utah State Route 139 (SR-139) is a
state highway
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in the state of
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
that connects
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) or U.S. Highway 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the United States Numbered Highway System. While it ...
(US-6) to
SR-157 in
Carbon County.
Route description
The route begins at US-6 south of
Helper in
Spring Glen as Spring Glen Road. Classified as a rural major collector, it crosses Spring Glen Creek as it heads north toward its northern terminus at SR-157, spanning a distance of .
History
State Route 139 was originally established in 1933 as the road from former Route 8 (now
US-6) west to
Consumers
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, a distance of about .
In 1969, SR-139 was extended east past US-6 and north through Spring Glen to meet
State Route 157, eight years after SR-157 had been extended north from Spring Glen to Helper.
The route was significantly shortened in 1975, with the west of US-6 being deleted from the state highway system, leaving SR-139 as a short connector between US-6 and SR-157.
In 1978, SR-139 was lengthened by when reconstruction of US-6 in the area necessitated moving its intersection with SR-139 southward, resulting in the current alignment.
Major intersections
References
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139 139 may refer to:
* 139 (number), an integer
* AD 139, a year of the Julian calendar
* 139 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 139 (New Jersey bus)
* 139 Juewa
139 Juewa ( ) is a very large and dark main belt asteroid. It is probabl ...
139
Streets in Utah