| State: | UT |
| Type: | SR |
| Route: | 208 |
| Section: | 126 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Length Mi: | 10.205 |
| Length Round: | 3 |
| Established: | 1941 |
| Restrictions: | Restrictions for oversized vehicles are the same as for all Utah State Routes |
| Direction A: | South |
| Direction B: | North |
| Previous Type: | SR |
| Previous Route: | 204 |
| Next Type: | SR |
| Next Route: | 209 |
State Route 208 (SR-208) is a 10.205miles, north - south state highway on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the Uinta Basin in eastern Duchesne County, Utah, United States, that connects U.S. Route 40 (US-40) with Utah State Route 35 (SR-35).
SR-208 runs through a very rural area as a two-lane road, not passing near any communities and not intersecting with any significant side roads along its course. Though fairly lightly traveled, it functions as a somewhat important western connection between US-40 and SR-35 that can reduce travel distances by over 31miles by bypassing Duchesne.
The highway begins at an intersection with US-40, about 1miles west of the Pinion Rest Area on US-40, about 6.3miles east of Fruitland, and about 18.2miles west of Duchesne. (From the intersection, US-40 heads east toward Duchesne, Roosevelt, and Vernal and west toward Heber City, Provo, and Salt Lake City. Hatch Knife Road [39300 West] heads southerly from the intersection as a dirt road into the foothills of Cedar Mountain.)
From its southern terminus, SR-208 heads north - northeast for about 2miles before reaching a T intersection with 4 C's Ranch Road (the only named side road along the highway), connecting with several unnamed side dirt roads along the way. (4 C's Ranch Road heads southeasterly into the 4 C's Ranch.) After continuing north - northeast for about another mile (1.6 km) and just after going over a very low mountain pass, SR-208 curves slightly west. The highway then continues on a nearly northward course for about another mile (1.6 km) as it crosses the Santaquin Draw. For the next 3.9miles the highway traverses a series of gradual curves through the lowest of the southeast foothills of Tabby Mountain.
Just after an S-curve to the east, SR-208 begins a 1.5miles east - northeast descent down Golden Stairs Canyon. At the mouth of that canyon, SR-208 crosses the Duchesne River as it curves to head north for its last half mile (0.8 km). Immediately after crossing over the Hicken Ditch irrigation canal, SR-208 reaches its northern terminus at a T intersection with SR-35, about 2.7miles southeast of Tabiona. (SR-35 heads southeasterly to its own [eastern] terminus at Utah State Route 87, which in turn, proceeds south to Duchesne. SR-35 heads northwesterly to Tabiona, Hanna, Heber City, and Park City.)
The legal definition of State Route 208 is as follows: 72-4-126. State highways -- SR-201 to SR-204, SR-208 to SR-211.
(5) SR-208. From Route 40 east of Fruitland northerly to Route 35 near Tabiona.[1]
| 2019 | 424 | |
| 2018 | 419 | |
| 2017 | 403 | |
| 2016 | 393 | |
| 2015 | 375 | |
| 2014 | 355 | |
| 2013 | 350 | |
| 2012 | 335 | |
| 2011 | 345 | |
| 2010 | 345 | |
| 2009 | 340 | |
| 2008 | 335 | |
| 2007 | 340 | |
| 2006 | 340 | |
| 2005 | 310 | |
| 2004 | 300 | |
| 2003 | 285 | |
| 2002 | 235 | |
| 2001 | 220 | |
| 2000 | 215 | |
| 1999 | 255 | |
| 1998 | 245 | |
| 1997 | 239 | |
| 1996 | 230 | |
| 1995 | 220 | |
| 1994 | 205 | |
| 1993 | 240 | |
| 1992 | 235 | |
| 1991 | 215 | |
| 1990 | 175 | |
| 1989 | 165 | |
| 1988 | 160 | |
| 1987 | 265 | |
| 1986 | 275 | |
| 1985 | 285 | |
| 1984 | 285 | |
| 1983 | 275 | |
| 1982 | 270 | |
| 1981 | 270 |
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) collects data for the State Highways and Local Federal-Aid roads. Traffic is measured in both directions and reported Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT). AADT is collected for major intersections and "sections where traffic volumes show a substantial increase or decrease". Reported traffic data for the entire length of SR-208., SR-208 had an AADT of 424. Since 1981, traffic along the highway has increased by nearly 93 percent.[2]
Travel restrictions along SR-208 only apply to oversized vehicles and are the same as those which UDOT has established that apply to all state highways in within the state.
SR-208 was designated in 1941 by the Utah State Road Commission as running "from a point on route 6 [US-40] approximately six miles east of Fruitland in Duchesne County, thence northerly to route 35 at a point near Tabiona".[3] The route has remained unchanged since then.