State Route 109 (or SR-109) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Utah. The route serves as an east–west connector in the city of
Layton
Layton or The Laytons may refer to:
Places
United States
* Layton, Florida, a city
* Layton, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Layton Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
* Layton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
* Layton, Pennsyl ...
in
Davis County.
Route description
SR-109 begins at the intersection of
SR-126 (Main Street) and Gentile Street in the historic section of
Layton
Layton or The Laytons may refer to:
Places
United States
* Layton, Florida, a city
* Layton, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Layton Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
* Layton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
* Layton, Pennsyl ...
, close to the historic
Utah Central Railroad and the current-day
Union Pacific Railroad, as well as the
Layton Frontrunner station. From here, the route travels east along Gentile Street, almost immediately crossing
I-15
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* Interstate 15, a north–south Interstate Highway in the United States of America
* Polikarpov I-15, a Soviet fighter aircraft
* I15 (band)
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via an
overpass
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, after which it passes by the Layton city offices and
Layton High School
Layton High School is a secondary school located in Layton, Utah, United States. Part of the Davis School District, Layton High School educates students in grades 10 to 12. As of the 2014–2015 school year, 1,743 students were enrolled and act ...
. From this point onwards, the route primarily passes by residential subdivisions, crossing Fort Lane and Fairfield Road, the two primary north–south roads in the area. Shortly after Fairfield, the route splits off from Gentile Street, becoming Oak Hills Drive as it continues east-northeast, climbing into the foothills of the
Wasatch Mountains, where it ends at a diamond interchange with
US 89.
History
SR-109 was originally established in 1931 as the road from
SR-1 (
US 91) westerly for four miles along what is now Gentile Street in Layton.
In 1969, the route was moved to the east along the same street (Gentile Street) to its current alignment.
In 2021, the at-grade intersection with US 89 at SR-109's eastern terminus was replaced with a grade-separated diamond interchange as part of a major project to reconstruct US 89 as a six-lane freeway between I-15 in
Farmington
Farmington may refer to:
Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
*Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
* Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
* Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
...
and
I-84 in
Uintah.
Major intersections
References
External links
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109 109 may refer to:
* 109 (number), the integer following 108 and preceding 110
* AD 109, a year of the Julian calendar, in the second century AD
* 109 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 109 (department store), a department store in Shib ...
109
Streets in Utah