From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Utah State Route 118
Utah State Route 118
The highway begins at a diamond interchange on I-70/
US-89 at exit 25 on the west side of Joseph and heads
east as a two-lane undivided highway. The road enters
Joseph as Main Street and turns northeast after exiting
the town. The route intersects a few local roads before
State Route 118
briefly curving southeast. The road now heads east-
Route information northeast before turning southeast and eventually east.
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-117
More streets intersect the route before it enters Monroe
as 100 South. In central Monroe, the highway turns north
Maintained by UDOT onto Main Street. Exiting Monroe and entering rural sur-
Length: 24.137 mi[1] (38.845 km) roundings, it veers slightly eastward. East of Elsinore,
the route turns northeast onto another highway. North
Existed: 1931 – present of Central, the route passes Richfield Municipal Airport.
Major junctions North of the airport, the road enters Richfield as Main
Street, widens to four lanes, and straightens to the north
South end:
I-70 / US-89 in Joseph before a short overlap with SR-120 commences. As the
concurrency ends, SR-120 continues north on Main
North end:
SR-24 in Sigurd Street while SR-118 turns east onto 300 North, a two-lane
highway. The highway exits Richfield while SR-119 splits
Highway system
off toward Glenwood and SR-118 turns northeast. The
State highways in Utah route continues in this direction in a rural environment
Interstate • US • State (Parks) • Scenic before terminating at SR-24 north of Sigurd and south-
west of Salina.[2]
← SR-117 SR-119 →
State Route 118 (SR-118) is a state highway in the U.S. History
state of Utah linking I-70/US-89 and Joseph to Richfield. State Route 118 was formed in 1931 as a connector be-
The route is the main street for Joseph, Monroe and Rich- tween Joseph and SR-11 to Central via Monroe. In 1957,
field and spans 24.14 miles (38.85 km). The highway was the northern terminus was set to SR-258. In 1969, a pro-
established 1931, initially connecting Joseph to Monroe posed connection between Joseph and unfinished–I-70
and Central. Eventually, maintenance of the road was ex- was added to the system.
tended north to near Salina. Also in 1969, SR-135 was designated as the road from
SR-119 near Richfield northeast to SR-24 near Sigurd - a
Route description length of about 8.68 miles (13.97 km).[3]
In 1992, US-89 in the area was realigned to coincide
with I-70 with the old alignment of US-89 from Elsinore
to Sigurd transferred to SR-118. This included most of
SR-258, all of SR-135, and a small part of SR-119. As a re-
sult of this transfer, SR-135 was deleted from the state
highway system.[4]
Major intersections
The entire route is located in Sevier County.[5]
References
[1] ^ "State Route 118 Highway reference". Utah
Department of Transportation.
SR-118 in Richfield
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Utah State Route 118
Location[5] Mile[1] Junction Notes
Joseph 0.000-0.105 I-70 / US-89 – Salina Southern terminus
10.042 SR-258 west – Elsinore
Richfield 14.679 SR-120 south (1300 South) South end of SR-120 overlap
14.680 SR-120 north (Main Street) North end of SR-120 overlap
15.544 SR-119 east (Glenwood Road) – Glenwood
24.137 SR-24 – Loa, Salina Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/ uconowner.gf?n=200609181640391. Retrieved
uconowner.gf?n=15501929531664037. 2009-10-08.
[2] Google, Inc. Google Maps – Utah State Route 118 (Map). [4] Utah Department of Transportation, Highway
Cartography by Google, Inc. Resolutions: Route 118PDF (5.66 MB), updated
http://maps.google.com/ October 2007, accessed August 2008
[5] ^ "Utah State Highway Map". Utah Department of
maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=UT-118&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.885543,83.320312&ie=UTF8&ll=38.691941,-112.115479&
Retrieved June 8, 2009. Transportation. http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/
[3] "State Route 135 Resolutions". Utah Department of uconowner.gf?n=89563328019277451. Retrieved 17
Transportation. 2008-11. August 2008.
http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/
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• State highways in Utah
• Transportation in Sevier County, Utah
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