Utah State Route 46

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State Route 46 marker

State Route 46
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Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-110
Maintained by UDOT
Length: 21.595 mi[1] (34.754 km)
Existed: 1915 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-45 – present
Major junctions
West end: US-191 at La Sal Junction
East end: SH 90 towards Naturita, CO
Highway system
SR-45 SR-48

State Route 46 (SR-46) is a state highway at the eastern edge of Utah running for 21.6 mi (34.8 km) in San Juan County.

Route description

The route begins in the west at its junction with US-191 at La Sal Junction about twenty miles (32 km) south of Moab and proceeds eastward to the south of the La Sal Mountains through the town of La Sal before ending at the Colorado state line where the road becomes SH 90 (CO), which then leads to a junction with SH 141 (CO) at Vancorum.

History

The road from SR-9 (US-450, now US-191) at La Sal Junction east to Colorado was added to the state highway system in 1915,[2] and in 1927 the state legislature numbered it SR-46.[3]

Major intersections

County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
San Juan La Sal Junction 0.000 0.000 US-191 Western terminus
21.595 34.754 SH 90 Eastern terminus (Colorado state line)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  2. Utah Department of Transportation, State Route History, accessed July 2007
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