| State: | UT |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 256 |
| Section: | 131 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Length Mi: | 5.595 |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Established: | 1970 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | near Salina |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | near Axtell |
| Previous Type: | SR |
| Previous Route: | 252 |
| Next Type: | SR |
| Next Route: | 257 |
State Route 256 is a short highway in central Utah that serves Redmond. There are no junctions with any state highways along SR-256 besides the termini.
From its southern terminus north of Salina, SR-257 heads north from US-89, heading toward Redmond. Afterwards, it returns to US-89 south of Axtell, forming a 180-degree loop around US-89.
The road from Salina to Axtell via Redmond was added to the state highway system in 1910,[2] and became part of SR-11 and US-89 in the 1920s.[3] In 1970, after a bypass of Redmond was completed, the State Road Commission redesignated the old road as SR-256. The number was chosen so the state could use existing signs that had been removed in 1969, when the former SR-256 through Aurora (since re-added as SR-260) was deleted by the legislature.[4]