Utah State Route 260

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=260
section=131
maint=UDOT


length_mi=4.179
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 260 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7157220619811391 ]
established=1992 as SR-170; renumbered 1993
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|SR|24 near Aurora
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US|50 near Aurora
previous_type=SR
previous_route=259
next_type=SR
next_route=261

State Route 260 is a highway within Sevier County in central Utah that connects SR-24 to US-50 while passing through the town of Aurora in a span of four miles.

Route description

From its southern terminus at SR-24, the route goes northeast until entering Aurora, where it turns north. It continues this general direction until reaching the northern terminus of US-50.

History

The state legislature designated State Route 256 in 1955, running south from SR-63 (now US-50) west of Salina through Aurora to SR-11 (US-89, now SR-24). [cite UTSR law|year=1955|quote=Route 256. From route 63 approximately 3.5 miles west of Salina southerly via Aurora to route 11.] The route 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=200609201346521 Route 256] |2=2.37 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] but the Utah Transportation Commission restored it in 1992, soon after I-70 was completed in the area. At one of the meetings relating to disposition of the former alignment of US-89, Sevier County proposed that the state take over the road, used locally as a shortcut to reach I-15 via US-50. Early plans had it becoming part of SR-24, with the present SR-24 to Salina (old US-89) being given to the county, but this did not happen, and a new designation - State Route 170 - was used for the connection.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=200609181318121 Route 118] |2=5.66 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] About 1.5 years later, in October 1993, the commission realized that placing SR-170 and I-70 in close proximity might cause confusion, and changed the number to SR-260.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=200609190943171 Route 170] |2=833 KB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] 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=200609201350311 Route 260] |2=3.12 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

{|class=wikitable!County!Locationcite web
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation
title=State Highway Map
url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:2117854713443240831::::V,T:,346
accessdate=23 April
accessmonth=
accessyear=2008]

!Mile!Junction!Notes
-Jctint
state=UT
county=Iron
cspan=2
location=Aurora
lspan=2
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|SR|24|city1=Loa|city2=Salina
notes=Southern terminusJctint
state=UT
mile=4.179
road=jct|state=UT|US|50|city1=Scipio
notes=Northern terminus

References