Utah State Route 21

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=21
section=108

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maint=UDOT
length_mi=107.575
length_round=3
length_ref= [http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7207725046907213 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-21] ]
established=1910 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-21
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=NV|NV|487 near Garrison
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|159 near Garrison
jct|state=UT|SR|257 near Milford
jct|state=UT|SR|130 near Minersville
jct|state=UT|SR|310 near Minersville
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|SR|160|BL|15|dab2=Beaver in Beaver
previous_type=SR
previous_route=20
next_type=SR
next_route=22

State Route 21 (SR-21) is a state highway in western Utah, running for 107.575 miles in Millard and Beaver Counties from the Nevada state line near Garrison to Beaver.

Route description

Nevada State Line to Milford

SR-21 begins at the Nevada state line as a continuation of NV Route 487 and heads southeast through Garrison. It continues southeast past Pruess Lake and continues through Mormon Gap and Halfway Summit. It turns east around Lime Point into Corral Canyon and over Wah Wah Summit. It then heads southeast between Grampian Hill and Squaw Peak into Squaw Gulch, where it turns northeast over Frisco Summit and east through the ghost town of Frisco. It then turns southeast and continues to Milford.

Milford to Beaver

SR-21 leaves Milford heading southeast across an agricultural area to Minersville. In Minersville, it turns east past Yellow Mountain, then turns northeast past Minersville Lake State Park. It continues through Adamsville, then turns east around Little Bald Hill through Greenville into Beaver. In Beaver, it crosses I-15 without an interchange, the continues to end at an intersection with Business Loop I-15 (SR-160).

History

The road from SR-1 (US-91, now SR-160) in Beaver west to Milford was added to the state highway system in 1910, and it was extended west to Newhouse in 1916.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=200609131004101 Route 21] |2=0.99 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] The state legislature assigned the SR-21 designation to the route in 1927, and continued it northwest from Newhouse to the Nevada state line, where it became SR 73 towards Ely. [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=21. From Beaver westerly via Milford, Newhouse and Garrison to the Nevada State line; also from Beaver easterly to Puffer's lake.] In 1941, SR-21 was extended east from Beaver to SR-11 (US-89) at Junction, [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 21. From Beaver westerly via Milford, Frisco and Garrison to the Utah-Nevada state line; also from Beaver easterly via Puffer's Lake to junction with route 11 at Junction City.] but this became SR-153 in 1945. [cite UTSR law|year=1945|quote=Route 153. From Beaver on route 1 easterly via Puffer Lake to Junction City on route 11.]

A loop through Greenville was created as SR-127 in 1931 [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(127) From junction with route 21 west of Beaver, southerly to Greenville and westerly to junction with route 21.] and renumbered State Route 126 in 1933, following a road from SR-21 south to Greenville and then heading west on that community's Main Street back to SR-21. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(126) From junction with route 21 west of Beaver southerly to Greenville and westerly to junction with route 21.] The east-west portion was removed in 1953, [cite UTSR law|year=1953|quote=Route 126. From route 21 west of Beaver southerly to Greenville.] and in 1969 the remainder was removed from the state highway system.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=200609181323351 Route 126] |2=5.85 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Another loop - State Route 129 - was created in 1933, heading south from SR-21 in Milford along Adams Street (which would normally be Main Street in the local grid) to a point on the Milford Flat, then east on 4500 South back to SR-21. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(129) From junction with route 21 east of railroad crossing at Milford, southerly along section line four and one-half miles to southeast corner of section 31, township 28 south, range 10 west; thence easterly along township line two miles to junction with route 21.] It too ceased to be a state highway 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=200609181326461 Route 129] |2=2.19 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Millard
cspan=2
location=Garrison
lspan=2
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=NV|NV|487|dir1=north|US|6|US|50|to2=yes
notes=Western terminusJctint
state=UT
type=
mile=1.025
road=jct|state=UT|SR|159|dir1=north
notes=Jctint
state=UT
county=Beaver
cspan=4
location=Milford
lspan=1
type=
mile=76.920
road=jct|state=UT|SR|257|name1=Main Street|dir1=north
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Minersville
lspan=2
type=
mile=90.498
road=jct|state=UT|SR|130|dir1=south|name1=Center Street
notes=Jctint
state=UT
type=
mile=96.432
road=jct|state=UT|SR|310|dir1=north
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Beaver
type=
mile=107.575
road=jct|state=UT|SR|160|BL|15|dab2=Beaver|name1=Main Street
notes=Eastern terminus

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