State Route 122 (SR-122) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the ghost town of Hiawatha with SR-10.
 State Route 122 | ||||
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 SR 122 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by UDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.751 mi[1] (14.083 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933–present | |||
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| West end | Mohrland Road in Hiawatha | |||
| East end |  SR-10 near Price | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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Route description
editSR-122 begins at the east right-of-way line of the Utah Railway, opposite the coal mine and ghost town of Hiawatha in the Manti-La Sal National Forest. It heads east in generally straight lines, gradually descending a ridge from the foothills of Gentry Mountain into the Castle Valley. About two-thirds of the way to the end at SR-10, SR-122 meets a county road from Wattis, another former mining town.[2]
History
editA pair of roads connecting the coal mining company town of Hiawatha with SR-10 was added to the state highway system in 1931, initially numbered SR-123[3] but changed to State Route 122 in 1933.[4] One branch headed east along present SR-122; the other turned south at Hiawatha Junction (just east of the Utah Railway crossing) and passed east of Mohrland to end at SR-10 near Huntington. The latter branch was split off as State Route 236 in 1945[5] and removed from the state highway system in 1969.[6] Another branch, running southeast from Wattis to SR-122, became State Route 50 in 1935[7] and was also deleted in 1969.[8] A short truncation was made to SR-122 at its west end in 1993, after Hiawatha was disincorporated, so that the U.S. Fuel Company could gate the former Main Street. The end was moved from near a curve on Main Street north of Center Street to the east right-of-way line at the railroad crossing.[9]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Carbon County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Hiawatha | 0.000 | 0.000 | Mohrland Road (former  SR-236 – Huntington) | Western terminus | |
| | 5.903 | 9.500 | Former  SR-50 – Wattis | ||
| 8.751 | 14.083 | SR-10 | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Reference Information: "SR-122". (17.4 KB), updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008
- ^ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via ACME Mapper
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1931). "Chapter 55: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
(123) From junction on route 10 near Carbon-Emery county line westerly to Hiawatha and from Hiawatha junction southerly via Mohrland to Huntington.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1933). "Chapter 30". Session Laws of Utah.
(122) From junction on route 10 near Carbon-Emery county line westerly to Hiawatha, and from Hiawatha Junction southerly via Mohrland to Huntington.
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1945). "Chapter 61: State Roads and Routes". Session Laws of Utah.
Route 236. From route 10 north of Huntington northerly to route 122 near Hiawatha.
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 236". (4.71 MB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ Utah State Legislature (1935). "Chapter 37: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah.
Route 50. From route 122 east of Hiawatha thence northerly to Wattis.
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 50". (5.14 MB), updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: "Route 122". (610 KB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008