Utah State Route 262

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Route description

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SR-262 through the mountains

After its western terminus at US-191, SR-262 generally heads east until Indian Route 5099, where it turns south-southwest. Afterwards, the route turns east and then south for one last time before reaching the eastern terminus at SR-162 in Montezuma Creek.

History

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SR-262's current eastern terminus as of 2004

The State Road Commission created SR-262 in 1958, running from SR-47 (now US-191) north of Bluff east and south for 20.0 miles (32.2 km) to a point in the Aneth Oil Field about a mile (1.5 km) beyond the bridge over Montezuma Creek, near the curve to the south-southwest. In 1961, the route was extended to just beyond its present end in the settlement of Montezuma Creek, where the road to Aneth (now SR-162) turns east, and in 1965 it was extended further to the Colorado state line, connecting to SH 41 across the border.[1] A road from Montezuma Creek west to US-191 at Bluff was added to the state highway system in 1986 as SR-163.[2] At the time, Utah was considering making the road part of an extension of US-163 into Colorado,[3] but plans fell through, leaving an overlap with US-191 and Route 163 near Bluff that became US-163 to the west and SR-163 to the east. To fix this issue, SR-163 was renumbered SR-162 in 2004, and the part of SR-262 east of Montezuma Creek also became SR-162.[1]

Major intersections

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See also

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References

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  1. a b Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (2.26 MB)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., updated December 2007, accessed May 2008
  2. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (14.8 MB)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., updated November 2007, accessed May 2008
  3. Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Resolutions: Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (6.00 MB)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., updated December 2007, accessed May 2008, pp. 23-24

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External links

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