Utah State Route 157 (SR-157) is a state highway in Carbon County in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just over 5 miles (8.0 km), it connects Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth to the northeast.

State Route 157 marker
State Route 157
Map
SR-157 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by UDOT
Length5.189 mi[1] (8.351 km)
Existed1933[2]–present
Major junctions
West end US 6 / US 191 in Helper
East end1st Avenue in Kenilworth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
Highway system
  • Utah State Highway System
SR-156 SR-158

Route description

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State Route 157 begins on US-6/US-191 at the Poplar Street/Hill Street interchange in the city of Helper.[1] From there the route travels east 0.2 miles (0.32 km) along Poplar Street before turning south onto South Main Street. The route then continues south 1.2 miles (1.9 km) along South Main Street (which becomes North Spring Glen Road) toward Spring Glen, parallel to US-6/US-191, before turning east onto Kenilworth Road (initially 4500 North). The route then travels east-northeast along Kenilworth Road about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to Kenilworth, turning north onto Main Street for about 0.2 miles (0.32 km), which then turns back to the west for the last 0.2 miles (0.32 km), ending at Main Street and 1st Avenue.[1][3]

History

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State Route 157 was established in 1933 as connecting what was then SR-8 (now US-6) between Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth.[2] In 1953, the state legislature designated State Route 244 in 1953 as a loop off US-6 (then also US-50) in Helper, running along Poplar Street and Main Street. The west end of SR-157 was extended north to SR-244 in Helper in 1961. In 2013, SR-244 was removed from the State Highway System, but the section of the former state route along Poplar Street (from US-6/US-191 to South Main Street) was added to SR-157. The result is the current alignment of SR-157 (south from Helper to Kenilworth road, thence northeast to Kenilworth).[2][4]

The entirety of the former SR-244 designation, which includes the Poplar Street segment of modern SR-157, remains signed as U.S. Route 6 Business.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Carbon County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Helper0.0000.000   US 6 / US 191Western terminus; west end of US-6 Business concurrency
0.1830.295 
 
US 6 Bus. (South Main Street)
Former SR-244; east end of US-6 Business concurrency
Spring Glen1.4432.322  SR-139 (North Spring Glen Road)
Kenilworth5.1898.3511st AvenueEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Highway Reference (Route 157)". udot.utah.gov. Utah Department of Transportation. 10 Jun 2013. Retrieved 19 Feb 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Route 157". udot.utah.gov. Utah Department of Transportation. May 2013. Retrieved 19 Feb 2014.
  3. ^ "Utah State Route 157" (Map). Google Maps.
  4. ^ "Route 244". udot.utah.gov. Utah Department of Transportation. May 2013. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 19 Feb 2014.
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