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The road is the highest paved road in Utah when it crosses Bald Mountain Pass at an altitude of 10,715 ft (3,266 m). [5] During the winter months the road is closed to automobiles and is used by snowmobiles.
Guardsman Pass is traversed by Guardsman Pass Road, which is also designated as Utah 190 west (and formerly east) of the pass. [3] Due to heavy amounts of snow at the high elevation of the pass, this road is closed in winter, generally from November to May but depending on actual conditions each year.
A powerful winter storm packing ... parts of the Rockies with heavy snow that led to some traffic headaches in Colorado and Utah, ... could all see deteriorating road conditions. ...
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) in the U.S. state of Utah is a north-south United States Highway spanning more than 502 miles (807.891 km) through the central part of the state, making it the longest road in Utah.
The eastern half in Utah, from Colorado to Spanish Fork, overlapped US-50, but, after a short segment on US-91 to Santaquin, it followed a route that was new to the U.S. Numbered Highway System into Nevada. This road was not yet built to good standards; while it was improved to Hinckley, the remainder across the desert was a graded earth road. [9]
On- and offramps for the Wyoming port-of-entry are located just within Utah. [7] In January 2014, UDOT introduced variable speed limits to I-80 in Parleys Canyon, allowing a speed limit between 35 mph (56 km/h) up to the normal 65 mph (105 km/h) depending on weather or traffic conditions. [27] View along I-80 eastbound in Parleys Canyon
The road from Bluff north via Monticello, Moab, and Valley City to Thompson (a station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad) became a state highway in 1910. [7] To connect this road with the rest of the state highway system, a road from Valley City northwest via Floy to Green River was added in 1912, as was a connection from Thompson to via Cisco to Colorado. [8]
Snowbasin is located on Mount Ogden at the west end of State Route 226, which is connected to I-84 and SR-39 via SR-167 (New Trappers Loop Road). History [ edit ]