State Route 46 (SR-46) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in northern
San Juan County,
Utah, United States, that connects
U.S. Route 191
U.S. Route 191 (US 191) is a spur of U.S. Route 91 that has two branches. The southern branch runs for from Douglas, Arizona on the Mexican border to the southern part of Yellowstone National Park. The northern branch runs for from the north ...
(US 191) at
La Sal Junction (west of
La Sal) with
Colorado State Highway 90
State Highway 90 (SH 90) is a long state highway at the western edge of Colorado. SH 90's western terminus is a continuation as Utah State Route 46 (SR-46) at the Utah state border, and the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 550 (US&n ...
(CO 90) om
Colorado (west of
Bedrock
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Definition
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). It is the only major roadway that connect with the
Colorado between
Interstate 70 /
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
/
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major eastโwest route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...
(I-70 / US 6 / US 50) on north and
U.S. Route 491
U.S. Route 491 (US 491) is a northโsouth U.S. Highway serving the Four Corners region of the United States. It was created in 2003 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 666 (US 666). With the US 666 designation, the road was nicknamed th ...
on south.
Route description
SR-46 begins at La Sal Junction, a
T intersection with US 191 about south of
Moab
Moab ''Mลรกb''; Assyrian: ๐ฌ๐ช๐๐๐ ''Mu'abรข'', ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐
''Ma'bรข'', ๐ ๐ช๐ ''Ma'ab''; Egyptian: ๐๐๐๐
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in northeastern San Juan County, Utah. (US 191 heads north from the junction toward Moab and I-70 / US 6 / US 50. US 191 heads south toward
Monticello and
Blanding.) From its western terminus SR-46 heads easterly for about before entering the
census-designated place (CDP) of
La Sal. Approximately later SR-46 leaves the CDP and passes through roughly of the
Manti-La Sal National Forest. Just before leaving the National Forest, SR-46 enters the
unincorporated community of
Old La Sal. About farther east, SR-46 leave Old La Sal and about later it reaches it eastern terminus at the Colorado State line. (The roadway continues east as
Colorado State Highway 90
State Highway 90 (SH 90) is a long state highway at the western edge of Colorado. SH 90's western terminus is a continuation as Utah State Route 46 (SR-46) at the Utah state border, and the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 550 (US&n ...
toward
Bedrock
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Definition
Bedrock is the solid rock that underlies looser surface mater ...
and
Naturita.)
History
The road from
Utah State Route 9 (1910-1977), State Route 9 (then also
U.S. Route 450
U.S. Route 160 (US 160) is a 1,465 mile (2,358 km) long east–west United States highway in the Midwestern and Western United States. The western terminus of the route is at US 89 five miles (8 km) west of Tuba City, Arizo ...
(US 450), now US 191) at La Sal Junction east to Colorado was added to the state highway system in 1915,
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
State Route History
, accessed July 2007 and in 1927 the state legislature numbered it SR-4.
In 1939 US 450 was added to
U.S. Route 160, which in turn was added to
U.S. Route 163 (US 163) in 1970. In 1981, the northern end of US 163 was added US 191.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of state highways in Utah
The U.S. state of Utah, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) operates a system of state routes that serve all portions of the state. In official documents the state of Utah uses the term "state routes" for numbered, state maintained h ...
References
External links
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046 46 may refer to:
* 46 (number)
* 46 (album), ''46'' (album), a 1983 album by Kino (band), Kino
* "Forty Six", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Appalachian Incantation'', 2010
* One of the years 46 BC, AD 46, 1946, 2046
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