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Maintained by UDOT | ||||
Length | 40.028 mi [1] (64.419 km) | |||
Existed | 1925 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-45–present | |||
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South end | Dragon Road near Bonanza | |||
North end | ![]() | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Utah | |||
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State Route 45 (SR-45) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs from Dragon Road south of Bonanza in Uintah County north to US-40 in Naples, south of Vernal. The route spans 40.03 miles (64.42 km) south–north.
The route was added to the state highway system in 1925 and numbered in 1927, originally running from US-40 southeast to the Colorado state line. Subsequently, the highway was moved to a new road in 1943, truncated to Bonanza in 1968, and again moved and extended in 1982.
The route begins at the intersection of Dragon Road south of Bonanza as a two-lane undivided road. From there, it heads north-northwest and passes through Bonanza. Past the settlement, the route goes in a northwest direction for the rest of its path and enters in Naples as 1500 East, where it terminates at US-40. [2]
The road now known as Snake John Reef Road, running southeast from SR-6 ( US-40) to the state line, was added to the state highway system in 1925 [3] and numbered SR-45 in 1927. [4] Across the state line, this connected with the original alignment of State Highway 64. [5] [6] In 1943, the route was shifted west, now following Old Bonanza Highway from US-40 south to Bonanza. [7] An extension south to the state line via Dragon was added in 1945, [8] with an unnumbered unimproved road (briefly State Highway 395[ citation needed]) continuing over Baxter Pass to US 50 near Mack, Colorado. [9] The same year, State Route 207 was created as a short spur, now Bitter Creek Road, to Rainbow. [10] The State Road Commission removed these 1945 additions from the state highway system in 1968, cutting SR-45 back to Bonanza. [11]
The commission proposed in 1957, and the legislature approved in 1961, the creation of State Route 264 from the Red Wash Oil Field north to US-40 at Jensen. [12] However, the road was given back to Uintah County in 1969. [13] Subsequently, the county constructed and improved two roads, one running southeast from US-40 near Naples to former SR-264, and the other continuing from old SR-264 west of the oil field to SR-45. Both of these became part of SR-45 in 1982, when that route was moved farther west, keeping only a short piece of the 1943 alignment near Bonanza. It was simultaneously extended back south from Bonanza, across the White River, to its present terminus near the White River Mine ( oil shale). [14]
The entire route is in Uintah County. [15]
Location [15] | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | Dragon Road | Southern terminus | |
Naples | 40.028 | 64.419 | ![]() | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
(k) From Heber City [...] to Duchesne. From a point approximately eight (8) miles west of the "K" ranch on the Victory highway, thence in a southeasterly direction to the Colorado State line, a distance of ten and four tenths (10.4) miles.
45. From a point on the State highway east of Vernal and approximately eight (8) miles west of the Utah-Colorado State line, thence in a southerly direction about ten and a half (10½) miles to the Utah-Colorado State line.
Route 45. From Junction on route 6 east of Vernal at Powder Springs Wash south to Bonanza, approximately 23 miles.
Route 45. From route 6 east of Vernal at Powder Springs Wash south via Bonanza, Watson and Dragon to the Utah-Colorado state line.
Route 207. From Watson on route 45 southwesterly to Rainbow.
Route 264. From the Red Wash Oil Field Housing Development, northerly to route 6 near Jensen.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by UDOT | ||||
Length | 40.028 mi [1] (64.419 km) | |||
Existed | 1925 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-45–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Dragon Road near Bonanza | |||
North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Utah | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 45 (SR-45) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It runs from Dragon Road south of Bonanza in Uintah County north to US-40 in Naples, south of Vernal. The route spans 40.03 miles (64.42 km) south–north.
The route was added to the state highway system in 1925 and numbered in 1927, originally running from US-40 southeast to the Colorado state line. Subsequently, the highway was moved to a new road in 1943, truncated to Bonanza in 1968, and again moved and extended in 1982.
The route begins at the intersection of Dragon Road south of Bonanza as a two-lane undivided road. From there, it heads north-northwest and passes through Bonanza. Past the settlement, the route goes in a northwest direction for the rest of its path and enters in Naples as 1500 East, where it terminates at US-40. [2]
The road now known as Snake John Reef Road, running southeast from SR-6 ( US-40) to the state line, was added to the state highway system in 1925 [3] and numbered SR-45 in 1927. [4] Across the state line, this connected with the original alignment of State Highway 64. [5] [6] In 1943, the route was shifted west, now following Old Bonanza Highway from US-40 south to Bonanza. [7] An extension south to the state line via Dragon was added in 1945, [8] with an unnumbered unimproved road (briefly State Highway 395[ citation needed]) continuing over Baxter Pass to US 50 near Mack, Colorado. [9] The same year, State Route 207 was created as a short spur, now Bitter Creek Road, to Rainbow. [10] The State Road Commission removed these 1945 additions from the state highway system in 1968, cutting SR-45 back to Bonanza. [11]
The commission proposed in 1957, and the legislature approved in 1961, the creation of State Route 264 from the Red Wash Oil Field north to US-40 at Jensen. [12] However, the road was given back to Uintah County in 1969. [13] Subsequently, the county constructed and improved two roads, one running southeast from US-40 near Naples to former SR-264, and the other continuing from old SR-264 west of the oil field to SR-45. Both of these became part of SR-45 in 1982, when that route was moved farther west, keeping only a short piece of the 1943 alignment near Bonanza. It was simultaneously extended back south from Bonanza, across the White River, to its present terminus near the White River Mine ( oil shale). [14]
The entire route is in Uintah County. [15]
Location [15] | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | Dragon Road | Southern terminus | |
Naples | 40.028 | 64.419 | ![]() | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
(k) From Heber City [...] to Duchesne. From a point approximately eight (8) miles west of the "K" ranch on the Victory highway, thence in a southeasterly direction to the Colorado State line, a distance of ten and four tenths (10.4) miles.
45. From a point on the State highway east of Vernal and approximately eight (8) miles west of the Utah-Colorado State line, thence in a southerly direction about ten and a half (10½) miles to the Utah-Colorado State line.
Route 45. From Junction on route 6 east of Vernal at Powder Springs Wash south to Bonanza, approximately 23 miles.
Route 45. From route 6 east of Vernal at Powder Springs Wash south via Bonanza, Watson and Dragon to the Utah-Colorado state line.
Route 207. From Watson on route 45 southwesterly to Rainbow.
Route 264. From the Red Wash Oil Field Housing Development, northerly to route 6 near Jensen.