Utah State Route 55

State Route 55 is a short highway that loops around the town of Price in central Utah, United States, beginning and ending at US-6/US-191 in a span of three miles (5 km). It is an old routing of US-6 and US-50. The entire route is co-signed with U.S. Route 6 Business.

State Route 55
U.S. Route 6 Business
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-111
Maintained by UDOT
Length	2.942 mi[1] (4.735 km)
Existed	1975–present
Major junctions
West end	US-6 / US-191 in Price
	SR-10 in Price
East end	US-6 / US-191 in Price
Highway system
State highways in Utah Interstate U.S. State Minor Scenic ← SR-54 → SR-56

Route description

From its western terminus at the offramp of US-6/US-191, the highway goes east on 100 North. At its junction 300 East, it turns south briefly before returning east on Main Street. It continues on Main Street, which veers to the south until meeting again with another grade-separated intersection.

The route is listed as part of the National Highway System.[2]

History

Looking eastbound on SR-55 in Price toward SR-10

The route through downtown Price had been designated SR-8 early in the state highway system's history; it would also become US-50 in 1926 and US-6 in 1937. The underlying state route designation was changed to SR-27 in 1969, but otherwise the routes did not change. However, by the 1970s, a new super-two bypass of the city center was being built for long-distance through traffic. As a result, the U.S. routes were moved onto this bypass, and the modern iteration of SR-55 was created in 1975 on the old routing of US 6/50. Since then, the route has not been changed.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Price, Carbon County. [4]

mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000– 0.059	0.000– 0.095	US-6 / US-191 (Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway) – Provo, Duchesne	Western terminus; Grade-separated intersection
0.913	1.469	SR-10 south (Carbon Avenue) – Huntington
2.942	4.735	US-6 / US-191 (Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway) – Moab, Grand Junction	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. "State Route 55 Highway reference". Utah Department of Transportation.
2. "Utah National Highway System". UDOT Data Portal. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
3. "State Route 55 History". Utah Department of Transportation.
4. "State Highway Map". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 April 2008.

External links

Media related to Utah State Route 55 at Wikimedia Commons