Utah State Route 122

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=122
section=118
maint=UDOT


length_mi=8.751
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=15505625160672266 SR-122] |2=17.4 KB, updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008]
established=1931
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Hiawatha
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|10 near Price
previous_type=SR
previous_route=121
next_type=SR
next_route=123

State Route 122 (SR-122) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the ghost town of Hiawatha with SR-10.

Route description

SR-122 begins at the east right-of-way line of the Utah Railway, opposite the coal mine and ghost town of Hiawatha in the Manti-La Sal National Forest. It heads east in generally straight lines, gradually descending a ridge from the foothills of Gentry Mountain into the Castle Valley. About two-thirds of the way to the end at SR-10, SR-122 meets a county road from Wattis, another former mining town.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ]

History

A pair of roads connecting the coal mining company town of Hiawatha with SR-10 was added to the state highway system in 1931, initially numbered SR-123 [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(123) From junction on route 10 near Carbon-Emery county line westerly to Hiawatha and from Hiawatha junction southerly via Mohrland to Huntington.] but changed to State Route 122 in 1933. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(122) From junction on route 10 near Carbon-Emery county line westerly to Hiawatha, and from Hiawatha Junction southerly via Mohrland to Huntington.] One branch headed east along present SR-122; the other turned south at Hiawatha Junction (just east of the Utah Railway crossing) and passed east of Mohrland to end at SR-10 near Huntington. The latter branch was split off as State Route 236 in 1945 [cite UTSR law|year=1945|quote=Route 236. From route 10 north of Huntington northerly to route 122 near Hiawatha.] and 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=200609201000001 Route 236] |2=4.71 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] Another branch, running southeast from Wattis to SR-122, became State Route 50 in 1935 [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 50. From route 122 east of Hiawatha thence northerly to Wattis.] and was also deleted 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=200609140952271 Route 50] |2=5.14 MB, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008] A short truncation was made to SR-122 at its west end in 1993, after Hiawatha was disincorporated, so that the U.S. Fuel Company could gate the former Main Street. The end was moved from near a curve on Main Street north of Center Street to the east right-of-way line at the railroad crossing.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=200609181320241 Route 122] |2=610 KB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Carbon County.

References