Utah State Route 10

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=10
section=106
maint=UDOT
length_mi=68.816
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web
url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7269013113017372
title=Highway Reference Information - Route 0010
accessdate=2008-02-02
format=PDF
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation]
established=1910 as a state highway; 1920s as SR-10
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|I|70 at Fremont Junction
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|31 in Huntington
jct|state=UT|US|6|US|191 in Price
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|US-Bus|6|SR|55|dab1=Price in Price
previous_type=SR
previous_route=9
next_type=SR
next_route=12

State Route 10 (SR-10) is a State Highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The highway follows a long valley in Eastern Utah between the Wasatch Plateau on the west and the San Rafael Swell on the east.

The highway serves the primary and most active coal producing region in Utah, accounting for about 2% of the coal supply of the United Statescite web
url=http://www.teachcoal.org/aboutcoal/articles/states/ut.html
title=What is your state's role in coal?
publisher=American Coal Foundation] Several of the routes that spur from SR-10 to cross the Wasatch Plateau have been honored for their role in energy production. SR-31 has been named The Energy Loop as part of the National Scenic Byways program. Just off SR-10, along SR-29 is the location of the Wilberg Mine fire of 1984. According to a roadside memorial fire is the worst coal mine tragedy in Utah's history.cite web
url=http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1153
title=Wilberg Mine Memorial
date=2006-10
accessdate=2008-02-02
publisher=Utah State Division of Archives and History] More recently the highway was mentioned in world wide news as part of coverage of the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse of 2007.

Though the highway is not generally used for long haul traffic, the increase in coal extraction along the SR-10 corridor has caused the Utah Department of Transportation to push for funding for improvements calling it one of the most dangerous freight corridors in Utahcite web
url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609121818301
title=PAVED SHOULDERS & PASSING LANES ON UTAH’S TWO-LANE PRIMARY FREIGHT ROUTES
author=Daniel B. Kuhn
format=PDF
date=2006-01-19
publisher=Utah Department of Transportation] The northern portion of the highway is loosely paralleled by the Utah Railway that helps service the numerous coal mines along the highway corridor.

Route description

The highway begins at a junction with I-70 as a continuation of SR-72. The highway follows Castle Valley, [Not the same as Castle Valley near Moab.] a valley defined by the Wasatch Plateau and the San Rafael Swell. The road proceeds in a north east direction passing along several small coal mining communities. The highway also forms the boundary of Huntington Lake State Park. The road terminates in Price at SR-55 which is an old routing of US-6/50 in downtown Price.

History

The road from Price to Salina was added to the state highway system in 1910 in Carbon and Emery Counties and 1912 in Sevier County.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=200609121818301 Route 10] |2=6.86 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] The State Road Commission gave it the SR-10 designation in the 1920s.Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] In 1962, the portion from Salina to near Fremont Junction was transferred to State Route 4, a legislative designation for the proposed route of I-70.

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