Utah State Route 87 (SR-87) is a
state highway in the U.S. state of
Utah
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. Over a span of , it connects the communities of
Altamont,
Boneta,
Bluebell, and
Upalco to
Duchesne Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV
* André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian
* François Duchesne (1616†...
and
US-40/
191
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in
Duchesne County.
Route description
The route begins on
US-40/
191
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 '' Ab urbe cond ...
as Center Street in
Duchesne Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV
* André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian
* François Duchesne (1616†...
and runs North across Blue Bench five miles to the intersection with
State Route 35, continues north seven miles then turns east near
Talmage and
Mountain Home through the community of
Boneta then
Altamont. The road then turns southeast through the community of
Upalco, and near the communities of
Altonah and
Bluebell. The road then turns east onto Ioka Lane that connects back into US-40/191 five miles west of
Roosevelt, Utah
Roosevelt is a city in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,046 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 7,070 in 2018.
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.
History
The stretch of road from
Upalco to
Ioka Junction at present day
US-40 was designated as Route 87 in 1935.
The western terminus in Upalco was an intersection with the now deleted route of
SR-86. At the time, the current-day route of SR-87 was a patchwork of other small routes, encompassing parts of, starting from
Duchesne Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV
* André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian
* François Duchesne (1616†...
,
former SR-134,
SR-35,
former SR-221, former SR-86, and what is now the easternmost portion of SR-87.
In 1964, the route was significantly expanded to more or less its current alignment when large portions of other highways in the area were consolidated into the current SR-87. The old SR-86 which ran from
Bridgeland on present-day US-40 north through Upalco to
Altamont and
Altonah had the stretch from Upalco to Altamont transferred to SR-87, and the northernmost stretch from Altamont to Altonah was transferred to the former SR-221, leaving SR-86 as a short connector between Upalco and Bridgeland. The entire former route of SR-221 from
Mountain Home to Altamont was also transferred to SR-87, while SR-221 was
realigned as a short road from Altamont to Altonah. The stretch of SR-134 from SR-35 to about 3 miles south of Mountain Home, and the stretch of SR-35 from Duchesne to its junction with SR-221 was also transferred to SR-87 at this time. With the exception of SR-35, this left all of these routes (SR-134, SR-221, and SR-86) as short connector or access roads, and they were all subsequently
deleted from the state route system in 1969.
Major intersections
References
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