State Route 153 (SR-153) 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 U.S. state of

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

. Just over half of the western portion of the highway has been designated the Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway as part of the

Utah Scenic Byways The legislature in the U.S. state of Utah has designated a system of Utah Scenic Byways in addition to the National Scenic Byways that are defined within the state. Some of the state designated routes overlap with the federal designations. The ...

and

National Forest Scenic Byways The National Forest Scenic Byways are roads that have been designated by the U.S. Forest Service as scenic byways. Many are also National Scenic Byways (NSB). The program was initiated in 1987. __TOC__ List The following roadways were listed by ...

programs.

Route description

SR-153 starts in

Beaver, Utah Beaver is a city in, and county seat of, Beaver County in southwestern Utah, United States. The population was 3,112 at the 2010 census. History Indigenous peoples lived in this area for thousands of years, as shown by archeological evidence ...

as a surface street named 200 North at its intersection with SR-160 (Main Street). After approximately , it enters Beaver Canyon alongside Beaver River, and after another , it enters

Fishlake National Forest Fishlake National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in south central Utah. The namesake for the forest is Fish Lake, the largest freshwater mountain lake in the state. Wildlife Animals that inhabit this forest are elk, shrews, deer, b ...

. Continuing up the canyon, the route passes Three Creeks Reservoir, Eagle Point Ski Resort, and Puffer's Lake as it climbs into the

Tushar Mountains The Tushar Mountains are the third-highest mountain range in Utah after the Uinta Mountains and the La Sal Range. Located in the Fishlake National Forest, Delano Peak, 12,174 ft (3,711 m) NAVD 88, is the highest point in both Beaver and P ...

. In this area, the route reaches its highest paved elevation at (Utah's 5th highest paved road). Shortly after the Puffer's Lake turn-off, the pavement ends and the route reaches its highest overall elevation of over . After this peak, the route turns south for a few miles before resuming its general eastward direction. As it descends from the mountains, it follows City Creek down the canyon. Once out of the canyon, the route turns southeast towards the town of

Junction, Utah Junction is a town in and the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States. The population was 191 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.0 square miles (38.7 km ...

Piute County Piute County ( ) is a county in south-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 1,556, making it the second-least populous county in Utah. The county seat is Junction, and the largest town is Circlevil ...

. As it enters the town, it turns due east to merge with Center Street until its eastern terminus at

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(Main Street).

History

The road from

Beaver Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...

east to Puffer's Lake was first added to the state highway system in 1927 as part of SR-21. In 1941, SR-21 was extended east from Beaver to SR-11 (

) at

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. In 1945, the road from Beaver to Junction was split off from SR-21 and designated as SR-153, reusing the newly vacated route number ( former SR-153 was absorbed by SR-68 that same year). The highway's route has remained mostly unchanged since 1945, except for some minor realignments. SR-153 was designated the Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway, a

Utah Scenic Byway The legislature in the U.S. state of Utah has designated a system of Utah Scenic Byways in addition to the National Scenic Byways that are defined within the state. Some of the state designated routes overlap with the federal designations. The ...

on April 6, 1990, and subsequently designated a National Forest Service Byway on February 6, 1991.

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Route description

History

Major intersections

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