State Route 198 is a highway completely within

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in northern

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that connects Santaquin to Spanish Fork via Payson and Salem. The route runs . The entire length of the route is an old routing of

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and

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; a portion of the route was also US-91. These routes were re-aligned or truncated after the

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was constructed through this part of Utah.

Route description

From its western terminus at

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in Santaquin, the route heads north-northeast until reaching Payson, where it straightens out to the north. This portion of the route is 100 West in Payson. Soon after, the highway turns east on State Road. The highway veers northeast and eventually to the north-northeast until Spanish Fork, where it runs north again. The route turns east on Canyon Road, eventually turning to the southeast until reaching US-6, where it terminates. The brief portion of SR-198 between the SR-164 and SR-156 junctions is listed on the National Highway System.

History

The roads from Santaquin northeast to Spanish Fork and Spanish Fork southeast to Moark Junction were added to the state highway system in the early 1910s.

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Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008

Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008 In the 1920s, the former back part of SR-1 and US-91, and the latter part of SR-8 and US-89.

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1926 American Association of State Highway Officials, United States Numbered Highways, '' American Highways'', April 1927 The state route designation of the latter portion, which had since become signed as

, was changed from SR-8 to State Route 105 in 1945. With the construction of I-15 in the area, SR-1 was moved to the new Interstate in 1964, and the old route from Santaquin to Spanish Fork became an extension of SR-26, which was continued east to Moark Junction, replacing SR-105. The state legislature redesignated this as part of SR-27 in 1969,

Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008 and in the 1977 renumbering the official state route designation was changed to SR-6, matching signage for

. The

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submitted a request for a realignment to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO) in 1994, moving US-6 onto I-15 and SR-214 in order to follow AASHTO policies for following the "shortest routes and the best roads". AASHTO approved this change in November,

Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008 and in April 1995 the state officially moved US-6, with the old alignment becoming State Route 198.

Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008

Major intersections

References

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