Utah State Route 19 Explained

State:UT
Type:BLSR
Route:19
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SR-19 highlighted in red
Alternate Name:I-70 Business
Section:107
Length Mi:4.552
Length Round:3
Established:1969
Direction A:West
Terminus A: near Green River
Direction B:East
Terminus B: near Green River
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:18
Next Type:SR
Next Route:20

State Route 19 (SR-19) is a state highway in southeastern Utah, running 4.552miles in Emery and Grand Counties through Green River. It carries Business Loop I-70 along Main Street in Green River.

Route description

SR-19 begins at an interchange with I-70 west of Green River and then heads east through the center of town and turns south through the Utah Launch Complex of White Sands Missile Range. It ends at a frontage road just south of another intersection with I-70.

History

The main road through Green River was added to the state highway system in 1912[1] and numbered as part of US-50 in the 1920s.[2] The state legislature defined the portion through Green River as State Route 19 in 1969, although the bypass on I-70 had not yet been built.[3] Construction had begun in the mid-1980s, and when finished, the old route, along with a new connection to exit 164, became SR-19.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1.  , updated September 2007, accessed May 2008
  2. [Rand McNally]
  3. [Utah Department of Transportation]
  4. Utah Department of Transportation. Official Highway Map - Utah Transportation Commission. 1983. 1 inch = 17.4 miles. G7.