Utah State Route 22 Explained

State:UT
Type:SR
Route:22
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:SR-22 highlighted in red
Section:108
Length Mi:6.852
Length Round:3
Established:1914 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-22
Direction A:South
Terminus A:John's Valley Road in Antimony
Direction B:North
Terminus B: at Otter Creek Junction
Previous Type:SR
Previous Route:21
Next Type:SR
Next Route:23

State Route 22 (SR-22) is a state highway in southern Utah, running for 6.852miles in Garfield and Piute Counties from Antimony to Otter Creek Reservoir.

Route description

SR-22 begins in Antimony as a continuation of John's Valley Road and heads generally north through a canyon to Otter Creek Reservoir and Otter Creek State Park, where it ends at an intersection with SR-62.

History

The road from Widtsoe north to Antimony became a state highway in 1914, and in 1915 it was extended west to SR-11 (by 1926 US-89) in Junction. A forest road from Widtsoe south to SR-12 at Tropic Junction was added to the system in 1923,[1] and in 1927 the legislature designated the entire route from Junction to Tropic Junction as SR-22.[2] To improve route continuity on a shortcut between California and Colorado that included the portion of SR-22 between US-89 and SR-62 at Otter Creek Junction, that part was transferred to SR-62 in 1967. (With the completion of I-70 through the San Rafael Swell in 1970, this is no longer a popular route.) The legislature removed John's Valley Road from the state highway system in 1969, turning SR-22 into a short spur from SR-62 to the bridge over Antimony Creek just south of Antimony.[1]

Notes and References

  1.  , updated September 2007, accessed May 2008
  2. 1927. 22. From Junction via Antimony and Widtsoe to Tropic Junction Garfield county..