State Route 222 (SR-222) is a

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in the U.S. state of

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. Spanning , it connects the city of Midway on Utah 113 with

Wasatch Mountain State Park Wasatch Mountain State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, located in the northern part of the state within the Wasatch Back area on the north and west edges of the Heber Valley in Wasatch County near the city of Midway. Description Es ...

, and non-state-maintained connections to

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and

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via Empire Pass and Guardsman Pass.

Route description

The route begins in the Heber Valley - part of the

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- at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street in the city of Midway and heads west along Main Street through from the center of town through shops and homes. After two blocks, the route turns north on 200 West Street and turns west again two blocks later onto 200 North street. After travelling west for through residential communities, the route turns again to the north along Homestead Drive, passing by the Homestead Resort, Homestead caldera and the Utah Golf Resort and leaving the city limits. Just outside Midway, Homestead Drive curves to the west at the entrance of

. At this point, State Route 222 turns right onto Warm Springs Road to continue north, taking a jog to the east to skirt the east edge of the golf course on the state park (staying on Homestead westward is the route of former SR-220). As it passes the golf course, the route merges with Pine Canyon Road and resumes its northward direction, passing the Wasatch Mountain State Park Campground as it begins to climb out of the valley and follow Pine Creek into the foothills of the eastern

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. Just after passing the campgrounds, the route ends at the pavement change coincident with a gate. The remainder of the road, which is closed in the winter and not designated as part of the state route, continues north to meet with other roads that provide access to

in Summit County via SR-224 to the north over Empire Pass, and

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via SR-190 to the west via Guardsman Pass.

History

The southern portion of SR-222 was initially designated as

Utah State Route 224 State Route 224 (SR-224) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The route connects Interstate 80 and Kimball Junction in the north to Park City in the south. Ski resorts line the mostly four-lane highway, including Park City ...

in 1941, running from SR-113 in Midway north to Schneitter's Hot Pots, now the Homestead Resort. In 1953, the route was extended north to the boundary of

. This extent of SR-224 is what now comprises SR-222. Incidentally, SR-224 was extended again in 1963 farther north over Empire Pass to

, and yet again in 1969 north all the way to

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at Kimball Junction. In 1990, the state and

Wasatch County Wasatch County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,530. Its county seat and largest city is Heber City. The county was named for a Ute Native American word meaning ''mountain pa ...

executed a trade, wherein SR-32 around the south side of the

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was restored to the state highway system (it had carried U.S. 189 until the reservoir forced its relocation), and portions of SR-190, SR-220, and SR-224 became county roads. In particular, SR-224 was removed from the state highway system between the Pine Creek Campground (near the state park boundary) and the Wasatch/

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county line. The unconnected southern portion between SR-113 and the campground, however, remained part of SR-224 until 2004, when it was redesignated as SR-222 to eliminate confusion.

Major intersections

References

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