Utah State Route 23

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=23
section=108
maint=UDOT
length_mi=29.890
length_round=3
length_ref= [http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7194316473885851 UDOT Highway Reference, SR-23] ]
established=1953
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|US|89|US|91 in Wellsville
junction=jct|state=UT|SR|30 near Mendon
jct|state=UT|SR|142 in Newton
direction_b=North
terminus_b=CR D1 towards Weston, ID
previous_type=SR
previous_route=22
next_type=SR
next_route=24

State Route 23 (SR-23) is a state highway in northern Utah, running for 29.890 miles in Cache County from Wellsville to the Idaho state line near Cornish.

Route description

SR-23 begins in Wellsville at an intersection with US-91 in southern Wellsville and heads north through the town. It turns northwest parallel to the Wellsville Mountains to Mendon. It turns north through Mendon and Petersboro. It turns northwest between Cache Butte and the Cutler Reservoir into Cache Junction.

SR-23 then turns north through Cache Junction across the Bear River into Newton. It turns east through the center of Newton, then turns north around Little Mountain through Trenton, Morton, and Cornish to the state line. It continues as County Road D1 in Franklin County, Idaho.

History

The state legislature created SR-142 in 1933, connecting SR-69 (now SR-30) at Petersboro with Newton and Smithfield. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(142) From route 69 at Peterboro north to Newton thence easterly to Smithfield.] SR-142 was moved to the present route to Clarkston in 1941, with the old alignment through downtown Newton to Smithfield becoming SR-218. [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Route 142. From route 69 at Peterboro north via Newton and Clarkston to the Clarkston cemetery." "Route 218. From route 142 in Newton easterly to route 1 in Smithfield.] State Route 164 was also defined in 1933, running south from Petersboro to SR-1 (US-91) in Wellsville. [cite UTSR law|year=1933|chapter=30|quote=(164) From Wellsville northerly by way of Mendon to junction with route 69 near Petersboro.] Two years later, State Route 192 was created, running north from SR-142 (now SR-218) east of Newton to SR-61 in Cornish. [cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 192. From Cornish on route 61 southerly to junction with route 142 near Newton.] That part of SR-61 had been added in 1931, heading both east to Cove and north to Idaho. [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(61) From route 1 at Webster Spur westerly via Lewiston and Cornish and northerly to Idaho State line.] In 1953, SR-164 and SR-192 were combined with SR-142 south of Newton, SR-218 through Newton, and SR-61 north of Cornish to create State Route 23.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/download.php/tid=1348/StateRouteHistory.pdf State Route History] , accessed July 2007]

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=Cache
cspan=8
location=Wellsville
lspan=2
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|US|91|city1=Brigham City|city2=Logan
notes=Southern terminusJctint
type=
mile=1.564
road=jct|state=UT|SR|101|name1=Main Street
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Petersboro
lspan=1
type=
mile=10.066
road=jct|state=UT|SR|30|city1=Riverside|city2=Logan
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Newton
lspan=2
type=
mile=18.087
road=jct|state=UT|SR|142|dir1=east|name1=Main Street|city1=Clarkston
notes=Jctint
type=
mile=19.225
road=jct|state=UT|SR|218|dir1=east|city1=Smithfield
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Trenton
lspan=1
type=
mile=24.293
road=jct|state=UT|SR|142|city1=Richmond
notes=Jctint
state=UT
location=Cornish
lspan=2
type=
mile=28.290
road=jct|state=UT|SR|61|dir1=east|city1=Lewiston
notes=Jctint
type=
mile=29.890
road=County Road D1 (Westside Highway) – Weston
notes=Northern terminus
Idaho state line

References