State Route 159 (SR-159) is a
state highway
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in west-central
Utah
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that runs from the junction of
SR-21 in
Garrison
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to
US-6
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/
US-50
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to the north near
Border
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by the
Nevada
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border. There are no junctions with any other state highways along SR-159.
Route description
This short highway is mainly used as a cutoff for local
Snake Valley residents between Garrison (and SR-21) and the main road in the valley, US-6/50. Motorists traveling from the south to the east, and vice versa, use the SR-159 cutoff. The road does "continue" north of US-6/50 as a dirt road, known commonly as the "Gandy Road." This road travels up Snake Valley toward
Gandy,
Callao
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, and eventually to
Wendover
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.
History
The route number "159" was previously used for other roads in the state system, including what is now
SR 111 (western
Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably Murray, Sandy, South Jordan, West Jordan, and West Valley City; its total po ...
) from 1933
to 1945 and the
Dividend, Utah road from 1945
to 1969.
The current incarnation of SR-159 was designated in 1979 by the Utah State legislature, and has not been changed 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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