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U.S. Route 40 in Utah

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to Million dollar pass. From this point east into the town of Duchesne, the highway followed the same path as the Dominguez-Escalate party of 1776. Since they were being escorted by a Ute boy this is assumed to have been a quite well known native path. From the pass leaving Strawberry Reservoir, the
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In 1972 with the completion of Starvation Reservoir in Duchesne County a new route was built from mile marker 88 west of the new reservoir to the newly completed Freedom bridge, bypassing Starvation Flats and into Duchesne City. The old route is now mostly under Starvation Reservoir and the rest is
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climbs away to the east on the slope overlooking the northern shore. The freeway passes through several large cuttings in the side of the mountains that were dug when US-40 was relocated to make way for the reservoir;
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provides access down the slope to a state park on the shore of the reservoir. South of the reservoir, the dam is visible on the left and the road loses elevation quickly before abruptly connecting to an
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and Silver Creek Junction, and renumbered the road between Kimball and Silver Creek Junctions from US-189 to US-40. The old road between Keetley and Kimball Junctions became
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then east until crossing Red Creek, across an elevated plane and into Rabbit Gulch. Proceeding due east across a broad valley and crossing the
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road followed Deep Creek canyon to Current creek junction. Crossing over Current creek the road turned north-east and through the town of
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United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials
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continues south, but US-40 turns east to leave the city. US-40 continues south and east through mountains and the
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Between 1931 and 1938 the entire length of Highway 40 was improved from gravel to oiled or asphalt.
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comes into view and US-40 continues south high on the slope above its western shore while
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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 40 in Utah. For the entire route, see
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Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of unsigned US-189 overlap
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Route 252. From route 6 west of Myton via Myton Main Street to route 6.
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In 1953 a new bridge was built over the Duchesne river just west of
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through Salt Lake City. To the west, it split from the Lincoln at
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The old Lincoln Highway east of Kimball Junction was initially
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As with most states, this new US 40 followed the route of the
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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in 1964.) AASHO approved the truncation on June 17, 1975.
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had been organized in 1921, and overlapped the older
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From there it heads southeast through 1822:Transportation in Duchesne County, Utah 1454: 770:north) / Silver Creek Road β€“ 511:took over what would become US 40 from 1817:Transportation in Wasatch County, Utah 1482:, updated May 2008, accessed June 2008 542:, and took a straight path across the 79:174.624 mi (281.030 km) 36: 1827:Transportation in Uintah County, Utah 1812:Transportation in Summit County, Utah 1460: 1458: 1352: 1344: 1323: 1315: 1294: 1286: 1242: 1224: 1216: 1193: 1185: 1159: 1151: 1124: 1116: 1095: 1087: 1048: 1030: 1022: 999: 991: 944: 926: 918: 887: 879: 871: 865: 848: 839: 813: 804: 792: 783: 719: 711: 251:United States Numbered Highway System 7: 1532:(Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: 1041:Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation 686: 629:. In 1974, with its replacement - 473:and building frontage. In central 469:non-freeway segment with frequent 451:. 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US-40 (UT)
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 marker
UDOT
I-80
Silver Summit
US 189
Heber City
US 191
Duchesne
US 191
Vernal
US 40
Colorado
Dinosaur, CO
United States
Utah
Summit
Wasatch
Duchesne
Uintah
United States Numbered Highway System
List
Special
Divided
Interstate
US
State
Minor
Scenic

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