State Route 57 (SR-57) is a state highway in Emery County in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs for 10.69 miles (17.20 km) from the junction with SR-10 three miles (5 km) south of Castle Dale to the Wilberg Coal Mine, northwest of Orangeville.
 State Route 57 | ||||
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 SR 57 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by UDOT | ||||
| Length | 10.691 mi[1] (17.205 km) | |||
| Existed | 1931–present | |||
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| South end |  SR-10 near Castle Dale | |||
 SR-29 in Orangeville | ||||
| North end | Wilberg Mine near Orangeville | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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Route description
editSR-57 begins at the junction with SR-10 near the Hunter Power Plant, three miles (5 km) southwest of Castle Dale, and runs almost straight north for almost four miles (6 km) until it nears Orangeville. It then bypasses Orangeville heading northwest. At the junction of SR-10 it turns north again and then moves in a north-northwest direction until it reaches its terminus at the southern edge of the Wilberg Mine, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Orangeville (the Wilberg Mine is the location of the fire that took twenty seven lives in 1984).
History
editThe road from SR-29 at Orangeville Junction south through Orangeville (along Main Street) to SR-10 was added to the state highway system in 1927 as a spur of SR-29,[2] and in 1931 it was split off as SR-57.[3] In 1978, the Utah Transportation Commission adopted a realignment onto a bypass of Orangeville, with a new northern terminus on SR-29 at the county road to the Wilberg Mine. An interchange was built at the new SR-29 junction in 1978,[4] and said county road became an extension of SR-57 in 1982.[5]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Emery County. [6]
| Location[6] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR-10 (State Street) – Emery, Price | Southern terminus; SR-10 Exit 34 | |
| | 2.700 | 4.345 | South Main Street (Orangeville) | ||
| | 6.588– 6.852 | 10.602– 11.027 | SR-29 – Castle Dale, Joes Valley Dam | Modified diamond interchange | |
| | 10.691 | 17.205 | Wilberg Mine | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "State Route 57 Highway reference". Utah Department of Transportation.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1927). "Chapter 21: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
29. From Ephraim easterly via Orangeville Junction to Castle Dale and from Orangeville Junction southerly via Orangeville to a connection with the Price-Salina Highway.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1931). "Chapter 55: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
(57) From Orangeville junction on route 29, southerly via Orangeville to a junction with route 10.
- ^ Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2006
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 57". (2.20 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ "State Highway Map". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 27 May 2008.