State Route 120 (SR-120) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the US state of
Utah forming a
business loop
A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route connected to a ''parent'' numbered highway at its beginning, then routed through the central business district of a nearby city or ...
around
I-70 serving the town of
Richfield. The route forms the main street for Richfield and spans . The highway was established 1969, coinciding with the construction of I-70 through
Sevier County.
Route description
The highway begins at a
diamond interchange on
I-70/
US-89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern section ...
at exit 37. From there, the route heads east on 1200 South, a four-lane undivided highway, in the southwestern portion of
Richfield. The road continues east for ten blocks before turning northeast on Main Street, a four-lane road, and beginning an overlap with
SR-118 (the former routing of
US 89). Past 900 South, the road straightens out to the north and reaches central Richfield. At 300 North, SR-118 branches off to the east and SR-120 continues north on Main Street. The road passes a cemetery and a hospital before turning northeast. The route and Main Street terminate at another diamond interchange with I-70, this time at exit 40.
All of SR-120/I-70 Business is included in the
National Highway System.
History
State Route 120 was established in 1969 as a road looping around
I-70 in
Richfield. The route was initially composed of three portions: a proposed road from the under-construction interchange at I-70 in southeast Richfield to Main Street, the existent portion of Main Street (then a part of US 89) north to 300 North, and another proposed road connecting this point to the north Richfield interchange. The proposed roads were completed in 1990, with the overlapping portion of US 89 along Main Street rerouted onto I-70 in 1992. No realignments have affected the route since then.
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated October 2007, accessed August 2008
Major intersections
References
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