Utah State Route 202
{{short description|Highway in Utah}}
{{For|the former highways|Utah State Route 202 (1939-1953)|Utah State Route 202 (1961-1967)}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox road
|state =UT
|type =SR
|route =202
|section =126
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|zoom=13|stroke-width=3|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Utah State Route 202}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes =SR-202 in red
|length_mi =1.683
|length_round =3
|length_ref ={{cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7213030026918112|title=Route 202|date=May 2008|work=[http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:3977778294530221:::1:T,V:814 Highway Reference]|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=December 24, 2018|format=PDF}}
|established =1969
|direction_a =South
|terminus_a ={{jct|state=UT|UT|201}} near Magna, Utah
|direction_b =North
|terminus_b ={{jct|state=UT|I|80}} near Great Salt Lake
|previous_type =SR
|previous_route=201
|next_type =SR
|next_route =203
}}
State Route 202 (SR-202) is a {{convert|1.683|mi|km|3|sing=on}} long state highway in the U.S. state of Utah that serves as a connector, linking SR-201 to Interstate 80 (I-80) in rural Salt Lake County. The road has existed since at least 1937, when it connected U.S. Route 40 (US-40) and US-50 via the Garfield Cut-Off Road. It also serves as the eastbound on-ramp for I-80.
Route description
Located entirely in Salt Lake County, Utah, SR-202 begins at an intersection with SR-201 and 11500 West northwest of Magna, Utah. The road travels northwesterly, bordered on the east by a large tailing pond owned by Kennecott Utah Copper and part of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad rail line,{{cite map|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=95924727685859511|title=General highway map — Salt Lake County, Utah|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=September 15, 2008|year=2005}} which is now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). The parallel rail line intersects a pair of east–west rail lines, the southern line being UP main line, and the northern line being the Feather River Route of the former Western Pacific Railroad, which is now owned by UP.{{cite map|title=Utah Multipurpose Map|publisher=Utah Travel Council|cartography=AAA Engineering and Drafting|pages=103–105|series=5 of 7|section=F-1|scale=1:250,000}} After crossing the rail lines, SR-202 intersects with I-80 near the Great Salt Lake State Park and comes to a terminus at the I-80 frontage road, which provides access to the Great Salt Lake State Park and to the Saltair resort.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Great+Salt+Lake+State+Park&daddr=40.726007,-112.162739&hl=en&geocode=FRbAbQIdnC5Q-Q%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=40.725852,-112.162482&sspn=0.003334,0.007929&ie=UTF8&ll=40.736852,-112.167234&spn=0.026664,0.063429&z=14|title=SR-202 Overview|access-date=October 7, 2008}} Kennecott Utah Copper owns all of the land surrounding SR-202, except for the right-of-way for the railroad, and the highway itself.{{cite map|publisher=Salt Lake County, Utah Assessors Office|title=Assessor Parcel Viewer / Public Version|url=http://maps.slco.org/website/assessor/public_parcelviewer/viewer.htm|cartography=ArdMS|access-date=September 27, 2008|year=2008}}
SR-202 serves as the eastbound ramp from SR-201 onto Interstate I-80, because at its intersection with I-80, the SR-201 (which is the southern terminus of SR-202) traffic only has the option to continue on I-80 westbound, and does not have an offramp to eastbound I-80.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=magna,+ut&ie=UTF8&ll=40.722868,-112.224398&spn=0.006668,0.015857&z=16|title=SR-201/I-80 interchange|access-date=September 15, 2008}} Traffic on SR-202 has increased 12% between 2002 and 2007, with a daily average of 735 cars per day using SR-202 in 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=2363711025498494585|title=Traffic on Utah Highways 2007|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=September 15, 2008|format=PDF|date=July 2, 2008|archive-date=September 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923012335/http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=2363711025498494585|url-status=dead}} compared to 475 cars per day in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200507121112121|title=Traffic on Utah Highways 2004|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=September 15, 2008|format=PDF|date=December 13, 2005}} Half of the traffic on SR-202 consists of buses and trucks.{{cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=2363733707060508179|title=Truck Traffic on Utah Highways 2007|date=August 18, 2008|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=September 15, 2008|format=PDF|archive-date=June 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610084632/http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=2363733707060508179|url-status=dead}}
History
Two other roads have been designated Utah State Route 202 in the past. From 1939 to 1953, the name was used by the road that formed the eastern approach to Mercur, Utah, and later became part of SR-73.{{cite UTSR law|year=1939|quote=Route 202. From a point on route 73 near Fairfield westerly to Mercur.}} From 1961 to 1967, the name was used by Main Street between SR-201 (2100 South) and SR-171 in downtown Salt Lake City, which is now part of Utah State Route 186.{{cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609190948311|title=Route 176|date=November 2007|work=[http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:3977778294530221:::1:T,V:1348 Highway Resolutions]|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=October 7, 2008|format=pdf}}
The road that currently carries the SR-202 designation has existed since 1937, when it connected US-40 and US-50 along the Garfield Cut-Off Road.{{cite map|publisher=Texaco|title=Texaco Road Map Idaho, Montana, Wyoming|url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23818~920003:Texaco-road-map-Idaho,-Montana,-Wyo|year=1937|cartography=Rand McNally|scale=1:1,774,080|section=N-6|access-date=September 15, 2008}} The Utah State Legislature designated the road SR-202 in 1969, thus taking responsibility of maintaining the road from the county.{{cite web|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609191553311|title=Route 202|date=November 2007|work=[http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:3977778294530221:::1:T,V:1348 Highway Resolutions]|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=September 15, 2008|format=PDF}} No changes or alterations have been made to SR-202, except for the legal definition of the road, which has changed twice since it was formed.
On September 26, 2008, a sulfuric acid spill occurred, reported by people in vehicles traveling on Interstate 80.{{cite news|url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4368565 |title=Acid spill shuts down I-80 on-ramp |last=Hollenhorst |first=John |author2=Giauque, Marc |date=September 26, 2008 |publisher=KSL-TV |access-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174308/http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4368565 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
In 2015, as part of a federal-aid project, a traffic signal was installed at the junction with SR-201, which was moved slightly to the west; as a result, the south end of SR-202 was realigned, resulting in a net loss of approximately {{convert|0.21|mi|km}} of state highway mileage.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Salt Lake County.{{Jcttop|nocty=yes|location=none|length_ref=|hatnote=off}}
{{UTint
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=UT|UT|201|city1=Magna}}, Kennecott
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{UTint
|mile=1.303
|mile2=1.596
|road={{jct|state=UT|I|80|location1=Elko|city2=Salt Lake City}}
}}
{{UTint
|mile=1.683
|road=Saltair Drive / Frontage Road
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm}}
Gallery
File:North at intersection of SR-201 & SR-202, Mar 16.jpg|Looking north at the intersection of Utah State Route 201 and Utah State Route 202 (the southern terminus of SR-202), March 2016
File:Northwest at I-80 & SR-202 interchange, Mar 16.jpg|Looking northwest at the Interstate 80 and Utah State Route 202 interchange (the northern terminus of SR-202) with Stansbury Island, the Great Salt Lake, and Saltair in the background, March 2016
File:South at intersection of SR-201 & SR-202, Mar 16.jpg|Looking south at the intersection of Utah State Route 201 and Utah State Route 202 (the southern terminus of SR-202) with the snow covered Oquirrh Mountains in the background, March 2016
File:Northwest at Saltair, Utah, Mar 16.jpg|Looking northwest from Utah State Route 202 across Interstate 80 at Saltair, Utah, March 2016
References
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