State Route 195 (SR-195) was a north–south

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in the U.S. state of

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, following 2300 East in Salt Lake County. Formed in 1947, the route initially created a link from south of the

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to future I-80. By the late-1960s, the route was extended south to

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, including an unbuilt portion of 2300 East between 2100 South and I-80. Following relinquishments of the route to

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and Holladay, the road was deleted from the state highway system in 2007.

Route description

Holladay

SR-195 started at a four-way intersection with SR-266 in what is now the city of

; though not state-maintained, the road extended a few blocks south of SR-266, passing Holladay Elementary (now Holladay's

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), to a nearly 45° three-way intersection with Holladay Boulevard (which itself intersected Murray-Holladay Road (former SR-174) only a few yards (meters) south of that). The proximity of the two intersections caused complex traffic problems that were solved in the late 2000s (decade) by pedestrianizing Holladay Boulevard northwest of the intersection. SR-195 itself (north of SR-266) proceeded north with one lane in each direction, a center turn lane, and a nearly continuous sidewalk on the east side. It passed the west side of

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just south of 3900 before leaving (what is now) incorporated Holladay at 3900 South. Other than the high school and small commercial developments south of 3900 south, the state-maintained portion of 2300 East passed through uniformly residential suburban areas in what is now Holladay.

Millcreek Township

SR-195's surroundings and cross-section remained similar to those in the Holladay area until the intersection with 3300 South ( SR-171), with commercial developments only near the 3900 South and 3300 South intersections. However, after crossing over Mill Creek at about 3500 South, SR-195 ran along the west edge of what is now the Evergreen Avenue Historic District and passed in front of a former

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factory on the north bank of Mill Creek. North of 3300 South, the surroundings reverted to mostly residential, and, approaching I-80, the lack of the calming effects of local traffic due to the road's direct connection to the freeway and simultaneous lack of connections to other major destinations or cross streets made the road's high speed traffic a barrier to all forms of cross traffic, including the proposed

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. Salt Lake County now proposes to build a

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near the I-80 exit to help calm the traffic and provide better access across the highway.

Salt Lake City (pre-1981)

Between Foothill Drive (US-40A) and south of 2100 South (US-40), former SR-195 contained two lanes in each direction as it headed south of the University of Utah. For many years, 2300 East ended abruptly just before I-80 in preparation for a future bridge over the Interstate. However, this connection of SR-195 over the freeway never came to fruition, leaving two unused sections of road on both sides. The whole highway also ran on the east bench of the

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at about .

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street maps and

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History

The state legislature created SR-195 in 1947, following 2300 East from 2100 South (then US-40 through Salt Lake City) north to Foothill Drive ( SR-186). The State Road Commission extended the route south from SR-186 to proposed I-80 in 1961. In 1968, the route was extended south to Holladay Boulevard near Murray-Holladay Road (former SR-174) in

, at the same time as it removed SR-152 from that area. However, when the legislature approved the latter change, it instead placed the south terminus at a newly created extension of SR-266 (4500 South). By 1971, an interchange at I-80 giving eastbound travelers on that route an exit to southbound SR-195 and vice versa was completed. The portion north of I-80, including jurisdiction of a never-built portion between I-80 and 2100 South, was given back to

in 1981. The portion within Holladay (south of 3900 South) was relinquished in 2006, and the legislature deleted the remainder the next year. Utah Department of Transportation
Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008

Major intersections

References

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