State Route 257 is a highway in central Utah that runs from the junction of SR-21 in Milford to US-6/US-50 sixty-nine miles (111 kilometers) to the north in Hinckley. There are no junctions with any other state highways along SR-257.
 State Route 257 | ||||
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| Maintained by UDOT | ||||
| Length | 69.246 mi[1] (111.441 km) | |||
| Existed | 1955–present | |||
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| South end |  SR-21 in Milford | |||
| North end |   US 6 / US 50 in Hinckley | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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Route description
editFrom its southern terminus in Beaver County, SR-257 generally north until Black Rock, where it makes a turn to the northwest. It stays north-northwest until the northern terminus of the route, located in Millard County. Most of the route is paralleled by Lynndyl Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad.[citation needed]
History
editThe northernmost piece of SR-257 became a state highway in 1933 as part of State Route 140, a short connection from SR-27 (now US-6) near Hinckley south to Deseret and east via Oasis to SR-26 (now US-50) at Harding.[2] The remainder was not created until 1955, when the state legislature added the road between SR-21 in Milford and SR-140 at Deseret to the state highway system as SR-257.[3] A short loop through downtown Hinckley, heading west from SR-140 on 2500 South and north on Main Street to SR-27, was added as State Route 240 in 1966 but dropped from the state highway system in 1969.[4] With the deletion of SR-140 in 1969, SR-257 assumed its current extent, replacing the north–south piece of SR-140.[5]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations[6] | Notes |
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| Beaver | Milford | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR-21 (Center Street) | Southern terminus |
| Millard | Hinckley | 69.246 | 111.441 | US 6 / US 50 – Ely, Salina, Provo | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "State Route 257 Highway reference". Utah Department of Transportation.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1933). "Chapter 30". Session Laws of Utah.
(140) From Road 26 westerly via Oasis to Deseret thence to Road 27 at Hinckley.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1955). "Chapter 44: State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
Route 257. From Deseret on Route 140 southwesterly via Black Rock to Route 21 at Milford.
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 240". (1.28 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 140". (1.27 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ "State Highway Map". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 1 April 2008.