Utah State Route 157


Utah State Route 157 is a state highway in Carbon County in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just over, 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 along Poplar Street before turning south onto South Main Street. The route then continues south along South Main Street toward Spring Glen, parallel to US-6/US-191, before turning east onto Kenilworth Road. The route then travels east-northeast along Kenilworth Road about to Kenilworth, turning north onto Main Street for about, which then turns back to the west for the last, ending at Main Street and 1st Avenue.

History

State Route 157 was established in 1933 as connecting what was then SR-8 between Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth. In 1953, the state legislature designated State Route 244 in 1953 as a loop off US-6 in Helper, running along Poplar Street and Main Street. The west end of SR-157 was later extended north to SR-244 in Helper.
In 2013, SR-244 was removed from the State Highway System, but the section of the former state route along Poplar Street was added to SR-157. The result is the current alignment of SR-157.
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