State Route 175 (SR-175) is a

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in the U.S. state of

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. Also known as 11400 South, it spans in southern

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, connecting two major north-south transportation corridors in the area: the Bangerter Highway ( SR-154) to the west in

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, and

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and State Street to the east.

Route description

State Route 175 begins in the city of South Jordan classified as a

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road, providing access to the

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and the

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in South Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. South Jordan was the first city in the world to have two temples (it also has the Jordan R ...

from the Bangerter Highway. From here, it travels east, crossing SR-68 (Redwood Road) and the

Jordan River The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...

. After crossing the river, it leaves South Jordan and continues east along the border between Sandy to the north and

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to the south, travelling under Interstate 15 via a

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and ending less than later at US-89 (State Street).

History

The combination of the construction of the

and

near the west end of 11400 South, the Interstate 15 interchange at 11400 South, and the "underdeveloped State Highway System for the east west corridors in the south end of the Salt Lake Valley", led the

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to designate 11400 South as a Utah State Route 175 in 2008.

Major intersections

References

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