Utah State Route 46

State Route 46 (SR-46) is a state highway at the eastern edge of Utah running for 21.6 mi (34.8 km) in San Juan County.

State Route 46
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-110
Maintained by UDOT
Length21.595 mi[1] (34.754 km)
Existed1915 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-45–present
Major junctions
West end US-191 at La Sal Junction
East end SH 90 towards Naturita, CO
Highway system
  • State highways in Utah
SR-45 SR-48

Route description

The route begins in the west at its junction with US-191 at La Sal Junction about twenty miles (32 km) south of Moab and proceeds eastward to the south of the La Sal Mountains through the town of La Sal before ending at the Colorado state line where the road becomes SH 90, which then leads to a junction with SH 141 at Vancorum.

History

The road from SR-9 (US-450, now US-191) at La Sal Junction east to Colorado was added to the state highway system in 1915,[2] and in 1927 the state legislature numbered it SR-46.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in San Juan County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
La Sal Junction0.0000.000 US-191Western terminus
21.59534.754 SH 90Eastern terminus (Colorado state line)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "UDOT Highway Reference, SR-46". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  2. Utah Department of Transportation, State Route History Archived February 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 2007
  3. Utah State Legislature (1927). "Chapter 21: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah. 46. From LaSal Junction in San Juan County, thence easterly via LaSal to the Utah-Colorado State line.
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