State Route 260 is a highway within Sevier County in central

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that connects SR-24 to

US-50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic O ...

while passing through the town of

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in a span of four miles (6 km).

Route description

From its southern terminus at SR-24, the route goes northeast until entering Aurora, where it turns north. It continues this general direction until reaching the northern terminus of US-50.

History

The state legislature designated State Route 256 in 1955, running south from SR-63 (now

) west of Salina through

to SR-11 ( US-89, now SR-24). The route was removed from the state highway system in 1969,

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Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008 but the

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restored it in 1992, soon after

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was completed in the area. At one of the meetings relating to disposition of the former alignment of US-89, Sevier County proposed that the state take over the road, used locally as a shortcut to reach

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via US-50. Early plans had it becoming part of SR-24, with the present SR-24 to Salina (old US-89) being given to the county, but this did not happen, and a new designation - State Route 170 - was used for the connection.

Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008 About 1.5 years later, in October 1993, the commission realized that placing SR-170 and I-70 in close proximity might cause confusion, and changed the number to SR-260.

Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008

Major intersections

References

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