Utah State Route 262

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State Route 262

Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-132
Maintained by UDOT
Length22.605 mi[1] (36.379 km)
Existed1958–present
Major junctions
West end US 191 near Bluff
East end SR-162 in Montezuma Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
Highway system
  • Utah State Highway System
SR-261 SR-264

State Route 262 (SR-262) is a 22.605-mile-long (36.379 km) state highway completely within San Juan County in southeastern Utah. SR-262 connects U.S. Route 191 (US-191) north of Bluff to SR-162 in Montezuma Creek.

Route description

SR-262 through the mountains

After its western terminus at US-191, SR-262 generally heads east until Indian Route 5099, where it turns south-southwest. Afterwards, the route turns east and then south for one last time before reaching the eastern terminus at SR-162 in Montezuma Creek.

History

SR-262's current eastern terminus as of 2004

The State Road Commission created SR-262 in 1958, running from SR-47 (now US-191) north of Bluff east and south for 20.0 miles (32.2 km) to a point in the Aneth Oil Field about a mile (1.5 km) beyond the bridge over Montezuma Creek, near the curve to the south-southwest. In 1961, the route was extended to just beyond its present end in the settlement of Montezuma Creek, where the road to Aneth (now SR-162) turns east, and in 1965 it was extended further to the Colorado state line, connecting to SH 41 across the border.[2] A road from Montezuma Creek west to US-191 at Bluff was added to the state highway system in 1986 as SR-163.[3] At the time, Utah was considering making the road part of an extension of US-163 into Colorado,[4] but plans fell through, leaving an overlap with US-191 and Route 163 near Bluff that became US-163 to the west and SR-163 to the east. To fix this issue, SR-163 was renumbered SR-162 in 2004, and the part of SR-262 east of Montezuma Creek also became SR-162.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in San Juan County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Bluff0.0000.000 US 191 – Bluff, BlandingWestern terminus
Montezuma Creek22.60536.379
SR-162 to SH 41
Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also


References

  1. ^ a b "Highway Reference Online - SR-262". Utah Department of Transportation.
  2. ^ a b "State Road Resolutions SR-262.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation., updated December 2007, accessed May 2008
  3. ^ "State Road Resolutions SR-163.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation. (14.8 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
  4. ^ "State Road Resolutions SR-666.pdf". Utah Department of Transportation. (6.00 MB), updated December 2007, accessed May 2008, pp. 23-24


External links

Media related to Utah State Route 262 at Wikimedia Commons