Utah State Route 157
{{short description|State highway in Utah, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=UT
|type=SR
|route=157
|alternate_name=
|section=121
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR-157 highlighted in red
|length_mi=5.189
|length_round=3
|length_ref={{cite web|title=Highway Reference (Route 157)|website=udot.utah.gov|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=15537310625743727|access-date=19 Feb 2014|date=10 Jun 2013}}
|established=1933{{cite web|title=Route 157|website=udot.utah.gov|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609190927191|access-date=19 Feb 2014|date=May 2013}}
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=UT|US|6|US|191}} in Helper
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b=1st Avenue in Kenilworth
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=156
|next_type=SR
|next_route=158
}}
Utah State Route 157 (SR-157) is a state highway in Carbon County in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just over {{convert|5|mi|km}}, it connects Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth to the northeast.
Route description
State Route 157 begins on US-6/US-191 at the Poplar Street/Hill Street interchange in the city of Helper. From there the route travels east {{convert|0.2|mi|km}} along Poplar Street before turning south onto South Main Street. The route then continues south {{convert|1.2|mi|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 {{convert|3.3|mi|km}} to Kenilworth, turning north onto Main Street for about {{convert|0.2|mi|km}}, which then turns back to the west for the last {{convert|0.2|mi|km}}, ending at Main Street and 1st Avenue.{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.678523,-110.829992&spn=0.032303,0.06609&z=14}}
History
State Route 157 was established in 1933 as connecting what was then SR-8 (now US-6) between Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth. 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6565216594146781|title=Route 244|website=udot.utah.gov|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|pages=4–5|date=May 2013|access-date=19 Feb 2014}}
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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{{UTint|type=concur|location=Helper|lspan=2|mile=0.000|road={{jct|state=UT|US|6|US|191}}|notes=Western terminus; west end of US-6 Business concurrency}}
{{UTint|type=concur|mile=0.183|road={{jct|state=UT|US-Bus|6|dab1=Helper|name1=South Main Street}} |notes=Former SR-244; east end of US-6 Business concurrency}}
{{UTint|location=Spring Glen|mile=1.443|road={{jct|state=UT|SR|139|name1=North Spring Glen Road}}}}
{{UTint|location=Kenilworth|mile=5.189|road=1st Avenue|notes=Eastern terminus}}
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References
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