Bothwell Junction, Utah
A number of junction (traffic), highway junctions in the U.S. state of Utah have names that appear on maps and in state laws designating the highways. Sometimes the junction name also refers to the surrounding community or area as well as just the highway junction itself. In a few instances, the highway junction shares the name with a nearby railroad junction. Such sharing of names does not include the many, many named railroad junctions within the state, some of whose name also refers to the surrounding community or area, but has no relation to any highway junction (for example, Cache, Utah, Cache Junction). La Sal Junction is a very small town with no running businesses. There is also a town named Junction, Utah, Junction (which is the county seat of Piute County, Utah, Piute County) where and meet. Notes References {{reflist External linksHighway Referencing
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Junction (traffic)
A junction, when discussed in the context of transport, is a location where traffic can change between different routes, directions, or sometimes modes, of travel. Etymology The word "junction" derives from Latin ''iunctus'', past participle of ''iungere'', to join. The word "junction" in this context may also refer to: *The general locality of a given interchange *A specific interchange on a major road, e.g. motorway. This is the common use in the United Kingdom. For example, Milton Keynes is said to be "off ''junction 13''" of the M1. History Historically, many cities and market towns developed wherever there was a junction. A road intersection offered opportunities for rest or trade for travellers and merchants. Towns sprang up to accommodate this; the first such in Europe were probably at intersections of the Roman roads. A similar effect came with the growth of rail transport; so-called railway towns grew up near major railway junctionsoriginally to accommodate railway ...
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