State Route 99 (SR-99) is a
state highway in the US state of
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
providing a
business loop around
I-15 for the town of
Fillmore in the central portion of the state. The route is the main street for the town and spans . The highway was established 1969 as I-15 was constructed through the area, replacing
US-91.
Route description
The highway begins at a
diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.
Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
on
I-15 at exit 163 heading southeast. Immediately past the interchange, the road turns northeast outside of
Fillmore. Approaching the south city limits, the route turns east and becomes 500 South. In the south-central part of town, the road turns north onto Main Street and widens to four lanes at this point. Before intersecting at
SR-100, the road loses two lanes at 300 North. The highway passes
Paradise Resort Golf Course before turning northwest and terminating at another diamond interchange at I-15, exit 167.
Photo Gallery
Sr99 nbegin fillmore i1527.jpg, First northbound trailblazer on SR-99 at the south end of Fillmore (May 2020)
Sr99 sbegin i1526.jpg, The southern end of SR-99 at I-15 exit 163 (May 2020)
Sr100 eend 99 i1499.jpg, One of Utah's intersections of consecutively-numbered routes (May 2020)
Sr99 nend i1494.jpg, The north end of Route 99 (May 2020)
History
State Route 99 was established in 1969 coinciding with the construction of
I-15 in
Millard County
Millard County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 12,503. Its county seat is Fillmore, and the largest city is Delta.
History
The Utah Territory legislature created the county o ...
, providing a connection from two exits north and south of
Fillmore.
US-91 was routed along this road but as I-15 was replacing US-91, the state assumed maintenance of the road. Previously, State Route 99 was assigned to a road also in Millard County that linked the
Topaz War Relocation Center
The Topaz War Relocation Center, also known as the Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz) and briefly as the Abraham Relocation Center, was an American concentration camp which housed Americans of Japanese descent and immigrants who had come t ...
used in World War II.
Major intersections
References
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Streets in Utah