Utah State Route 119

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=119
section=117
maint=UDOT


length_mi=8.753
length_round=3
length_ref=Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:2814615533739116:::1:T,V:814, Highway Reference Information] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=15502802650665710 SR-119] |2=18.8 KB, updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008]
established=1931
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|118 in Richfield
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|24 near Glenwood
previous_type=SR
previous_route=118
next_type=SR
next_route=120

State Route 119 (SR-119) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting Richfield to Glenwood and SR-24.

Route description

SR-119 begins on the eastern outskirts of Richfield at SR-118 (former US-89), which follows 300 North east from downtown Richfield and curves northeast towards Sigurd. The western half of SR-119 is a straight flat road through the Sevier Valley. After it reaches Main Street, which heads south into the town of Glenwood, the highway begins to curve and climb, crossing the Rainbow Hills before ending at SR-24 near the mouth of Kings Meadow Canyon.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ]

History

The state legislature created SR-119 in 1931, connecting SR-11 (US-89, now SR-118) in Richfield to SR-24 through Glenwood. [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(119) From Richfield easterly via Glenwood to junction with route 24 at Kings Meadow canyon.] The route was modified to bypass Glenwood in 1959, and a portion of the old route became State Route 263, which began at SR-119 and headed south on Main Street and east on Center Street to 200 East. [cite UTSR law|year=1959|quote=Route 119. From Richfield on route 11 easterly to route 24 at Kings Meadow Canyon." "Route 263. From two blocks east of Glenwood City center west and north to route 119.] SR-263 was removed from the state highway system in 1969,Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609201352441 Route 263] |2=2.40 MB, updated December 2007, accessed May 2008] and simultaneously, as part of the truncation of SR-11 due to the proposed SR-4 (I-70), SR-119 was extended west over old SR-11 (still signed as US-89) to SR-120. This extension was undone in 1992, when US-89 was moved to follow I-70, and old US-89 through Richfield became SR-118 (also replacing SR-135 and most of SR-258).Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609181319051 Route 119] |2=5.66 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Sevier County.

References