State Route 65 (SR-65) is a

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in northern

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. It connects

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(I-80) near the Mountain Dell Dam to

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in Henefer.

Route description

From its southern terminus east of

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and west of

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, the highway goes north, crossing the Mountain Dell Golf Course. It partially circumnavigates the

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before it makes another turn for the north. Right before the Morgan County line the route turns northwest. When it reaches

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, SR-65 heads north-northwest, continuing this general direction until its northern terminus in Henefer.

History

State Route 65 was added to the state highway system in 1931, following the historic

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as closely as practicable from SR-5 ( US-30S, now

) in Henefer over

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and through Emigration Canyon to

(later meeting SR-186 there). The portion of SR-65 east of Mountain Dell was removed from the route in 1945 in favor of a connection with SR-4 ( US-40, now

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) in

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. (The connecting SR-66 was truncated at the same time, and has since been reconnected.) Two years later, this law was essentially repealed, as SR-65 was moved back to the full Henefer-Salt Lake City route; the connection to SR-4 became a new State Route 239. Roads within

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near the west end were also added to the route for the state to maintain. The state legislature removed the western portion in 1969, rerouting SR-65 to its current alignment between I-80 in Parley's Canyon and I-84 in Henefer and replacing SR-239. However, at the same time,

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(which had replaced SR-5) was moved to I-84, and the old route through Henefer became an extension of SR-65 - in both directions. The western connection to I-84 was renumbered State Route 86 in 1975.

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Highway Resolutions
, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008

Major intersections

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