Utah State Route 158 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 ...
. Spanning , it connects
Powder Mountain Ski Resort and the towns of
Liberty
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom.
In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
and
Eden with
Utah State Route 39
State Route 39 (SR-39) is a state highway in northern Utah connecting Ogden, Utah, Ogden to Woodruff, Utah, Woodruff via Ogden Canyon and Huntsville, Utah, Huntsville. The highway is on 12th Street in Ogden and the Ogden River Scenic Byway through ...
in
Ogden Canyon 300px, Ogden Canyon, August 2005
Ogden Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range in eastern Weber County, Utah, United States, just east of Ogden.
Geography
Ogden Canyon is a roughly long canyon with a series of smaller side canyons in the Wasa ...
in
Weber County. A portion of the road is designated as part of the
Ogden River Scenic Byway.
Route description
State Route 158 begins at
Eden Junction, its intersection with SR-39 at the
Pineview Dam
Pineview Dam is located in Ogden Canyon, east of Ogden, Utah, United States.
Description
Pineview Dam is located at the eastern end of Ogden Canyon at the confluence of the north, south, and center forks of the Ogden River. The western half o ...
which is at the top of Ogden Canyon. From this point, it travels north across the dam and follows the shore of
Pineview Reservoir
Pineview Dam is located in Ogden Canyon, east of Ogden, Utah, United States.
Description
Pineview Dam is located at the eastern end of Ogden Canyon at the confluence of the north, south, and center forks of the Ogden River. The western half o ...
to the northeast, eventually turning to the north.
As it continues north past the end of the reservoir, it passes the town of Eden and former SR-162 which connects to Liberty. Up to this point, the route is part of the
Ogden River Scenic Byway.
Continuing north, the route passes the Wolf Creek Golf Resort before entering the narrow, steep canyon on its climb to
Powder Mountain
Powder Mountain is a ski resort east of Eden, Utah, stretching between Weber and Cache counties and from Salt Lake City International Airport. Covering , Powder Mountain is the largest ski resort in the US by skiable acreage. The resort has 15 ...
. The road to Powder Mountain is one of the steepest state highways in Utah with an average
grade of approximately 14% over .
History
The road from Eden Junction (
SR-39 at Pineview Dam) north to Liberty was added to the state highway system in 1933 as a southern segment of
State Route 163,
and was transferred to State Route 162 in 1935.
In 1955, SR-162 was extended north to the forest boundary, and truncated back to Liberty again in 1963.
In 1965, SR-162 was extended north from
Liberty
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom.
In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
to
Avon, ending at the southern terminus of SR-163.
In order to maintain continuity in the state highway system, SR-162 absorbed SR-163 the following year, resulting in SR-162 stretching from Eden Junction through Liberty to Hyrum.
In 1969, SR-162's northern end was moved back south to Liberty. In the process, the road from Liberty to Paradise was removed from the state highway system, and the road from Paradise to Hyrum was re-designated as part of
State Route 165. As part of the same redesignation, the so-called "Eden Bypass", a short, road providing a shorter connection between SR-162 and the town of
Eden was added to SR-162 as a spur/leg.
Also in 1969, State Route 166 was added to the state highway system, designated as the road from SR-39 at
Huntsville
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...
north and east around Pineview Reservoir to SR-162 in Eden (the northern end of SR-166 was the road bypassed by the south leg of SR-162).
In 1975, the "Eden Bypass" section of SR-162 was split off and redesignated as State Route 89
and renumbered as State Route 169 two years later in the
1977 Utah state route renumbering
In 1977, the Utah State Legislature changed its system of how state route numbers were used and assigned. Prior to 1977 Utah used a system where every U.S. Highway and Interstate Highway traversing the state was assigned a different Utah state rout ...
, essentially swapping route numbers with former
Utah State Route 169 which followed the alignment of
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 ...
between
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
and the north end of
Bountiful.
These highways remained unchanged until 1990, when UDOT recommended the road from the intersection of SR-162 and SR-166 to the parking lot at
Powder Mountain
Powder Mountain is a ski resort east of Eden, Utah, stretching between Weber and Cache counties and from Salt Lake City International Airport. Covering , Powder Mountain is the largest ski resort in the US by skiable acreage. The resort has 15 ...
be added to the state highway system in exchange for deleting SR-166, SR-169, and part of SR-162.
As a result, the portion of SR-162 north of the SR-162/SR-166 intersection was removed from the state highway system, along with all of SR-166 and SR-169, while the remainder of SR-162 was redesignated as State Route 158 along with the aforementioned road to Powder Mountain. The route has remained unchanged since.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of state highways in Utah
The U.S. state of Utah, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) operates a system of state routes that serve all portions of the state. In official documents the state of Utah uses the term "state routes" for numbered, state maintained h ...
References
External links
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Year 158 ( CLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tertullus and Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 911 '' Ab urbe ...