Utah State Route 77

State Route 77 marker

State Route 77
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-113
Maintained by UDOT
Length: 9.069 mi[1] (14.595 km)
Existed: 1962 – present
Major junctions
West end: SR-147 near Benjamin
East end: US-89 in Springville
Highway system
SR-76SR-78

State Route 77 (SR-77) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, running west and south from Springville across I-15 to SR-147 in rural Utah County.

Route description

SR-77 begins at an intersection with SR-147 north of Benjamin. It heads north on 3200 West through Lake Shore, and after a few turns near the shore of Utah Lake, and a bridge over the Spanish Fork, ends up eastbound on 4000 South. The route enters Springville as it curves into 3900 South, crossing I-15 and becoming 400 South in that city's grid. After crossing over the Union Pacific Railroad's Provo Subdivision (ex-D&RGW), SR-77 ends at US-89 (Main Street) near downtown Springville. The entire route is within the flat Utah Valley, rich farmland that was once the bed of Lake Bonneville.[2]

History

The state legislature designated State Route 228 in 1941, beginning at SR-147 west of Spanish Fork and heading northwest on Palmyra Drive via Palmyra and south on 3200 West to SR-115 at Benjamin.[3] A new State Route 77 was created by the State Road Commission in 1962, connecting the planned I-15 to SR-1 (US-89) in Springville. The legislature deleted SR-228 in 1969, but the northsouth piece became part of an extension of SR-77, along with a portion of 4000 South connecting the I-15/SR-77 interchange to former SR-228.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Utah County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.0000.000 SR-147
 2.9174.694Palmyra DriveFormer SR-228
Springville7.15411.513 I-15 Salt Lake City, Las VegasExit 260 on I-15
9.06914.595 US-89 (Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Reference Information: SR-77 PDF (85.7 KB), updated 2008-05-01, accessed July 2008
  2. Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed July 2008 via ACME Mapper
  3. Utah State Legislature (1941). Chapter 34. Session Laws of Utah. Route 228. From route 147 about 1½ miles west of Spanish Fork, thence northwesterly via Palmyra to Barney Corner, thence south to route 115 at Benjamin.
  4. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Route 77 PDF (676 KB), updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
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