State Route 38 is a
state highway in
Box Elder County
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Utah
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. It runs north from
Brigham City to
Collinston (northeast of
Tremonton). The highway was originally State Route 69, but was renumbered in 1993 due to
sign theft
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caused by the
sexual connotation of the number.
Route description
Starting in the north end of
Brigham City at the east edge of the
Bear River Valley, the route travels north through
Harper Ward for approximately one mile until it reaches the west edge of the
Wellsville Mountains
The Wellsville Mountains are located in northern Utah, United States and are often considered part of the Wasatch Mountains.
Description
The mountains separate Cache Valley from the Wasatch Front (Bear River Valley), as well as form a portion o ...
. The route then continues through
Harper Ward, turning north-northwest to follow along the edge of the mountain range. Upon reaching the city of
Honeyville, it resumes a more northerly direction through
Crystal Springs,
Madsen, and
Deweyville, before ending in
Collinston.
History
The
Utah State Road Commission
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took over maintenance of State Route 69 from Brigham City via Collinston to
Logan on May 12, 1931. The route began at the present
SR-13 - then
US-30S - in Brigham City, and ran north on the east side of the valley to Collinston. There it turned east over
Beaver Dam Summit to the north of the Wellsville Mountains, and crossed the
Cache Valley to
US-91 in Logan. This remained the route of SR-69 until the
1977 renumbering, though in 1966
SR-30 became the "state signed guide number" northeast of the junction with
SR-102 in
Deweyville, in order to provide a continuous signed route across the northern counties of Utah.
[Utah Department of Transportation]
Route 30
history, updated October 2005[Utah Department of Transportation]
Route 69
history, updated October 2005
On May 20, 1977, the portion that had been signed as SR-30 since 1966 was officially renumbered as part of SR-30, truncating SR-69 to a Brigham City (SR-13) to Deweyville (SR-30) highway. The
Department of Transportation passed a resolution on March 24, 1989, recommending that the
State Legislature modify SR-30 to run west from Collinston to the under-construction
I-15, partially restoring the portion of SR-69 that had been eliminated in 1977. The Legislature approved the change in 1991, after this part of I-15 - the last Interstate section in Utah - opened on November 20, 1990.
[
In 1993, the director of UDOT's District One, which included SR-69, requested a renumbering, due to problems with ]sign theft
Street sign theft occurs when street signs are stolen, to be used as decorations, sold as scrap metal or to avoid obeying the law by claiming later the sign was not there. Although the theft often seems arbitrary, signs with unusual or amusing ...
:
"The SR-69 route signs have become a collectors' item for a large number of individuals, resulting in a large expense for us in replacing the signs. We suspect it is college student
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s that are taking most of the signs, as there is a very significant loss in SR-69 sign panels during the college school year. We lose approximately 35 sign panels each year from this route. Often, the post is also damaged - requiring replacement. We do not experience losses anywhere close to this magnitude on any other route."
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approved the request, changing the number from 69 to 38 (which had been unused since 1975) on October 15, 1993;[ signs were replaced in April 1994.]Salt Lake Tribune
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History
A ...
, Racy Route 69 Gets New Number, April 15, 1994[Utah Department of Transportation]
Route 38
history, updated October 2005
Major intersections
References
External links
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Utah State Route 038