State Route 51 (SR-51) is a short
state highway
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completely within
Utah County in northern
Utah. SR-51 connects
SR-147 to
U.S. Route 89 (US-89). The highway is an old routing of
US-91.
Route description
The route begins at the intersection of 400 North (
SR-147) and Childs Road in
Spanish Fork, SR-51 heading northeast as a two-lane undivided highway on the latter. As the road exits Spanish Fork, it heads into a rural portion of
Utah County. The continues northeast until 1600 North south of
Springville, where the road turns north. The road continues north until terminating at a grade-separated intersection with
US-89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern section ...
, one of the oldest grade-separated intersections in
Utah.
History
The road from
Spanish Fork to
Springville (leaving the latter on 800 North) was added to the state highway system in 1910,
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008 and in the 1920s it became part of
SR-1 (
US-91).
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1926 In 1964, when SR-1 was moved to the newly completed
I-15
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in the area, the old route between Spanish Fork and Springville became an extension of
SR-156 (which had been created in 1962 as a short connection between old and new SR-1 at exit 257).
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008 In 1992, because of safety problems at "Maggie's Bend", where SR-156 turned from 800 North onto Childs Road in eastern Spanish Fork, caused in part by
superelevation of the curve, 800 North was given to the city and the state took over Childs Road. This split SR-156 in two (with the original section, serving as a spur since 1964, becoming part of the mainline), and the portion on Childs Road and to Springville became a new State Route 51.
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
The junction with US-89 at the north end of SR-51 is a
grade separated interchange constructed in 1959 (as the split of US-89 and US-91),
making this one of the oldest grade separated interchanges in Utah still in use. Although portions of
Interstate 15 were constructed in 1955, the Beck Street interchange (I-15/US-89) is the only original structure from 1955 still in use.
Major intersections
References
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Springville, Utah
Spanish Fork, Utah