Jump to content

Utah State Route 103

Route map:
This is a good article. Click here for more information.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Admrboltz (talk | contribs) at 23:25, 17 December 2013 (→Route description: update). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

State Route 103 marker
State Route 103
650 North
A small red line in the middle, representing SR-103, intersecting a blue line representing Interstate 15
SR-103 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by UDOT
Length0.225 mi[1] (362 m)
Existed1965[2]–present
Major junctions
West end SR-126 in Clearfield
Major intersections I-15 in Clearfield
East endHill Air Force Base west access gate
Location
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
Highway system
  • Utah State Highway System
← SR-102→ SR-104

State Route 103 (SR-103) is a 0.225-mile-long (0.362 km) urban minor arterial state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It branches off from SR-126 in downtown Clearfield and extends east to Interstate 15 (I-15), terminating at Hill Air Force Base. The entire route is located in Davis County and was formed in 1965 coinciding with the construction of I-15. The eastern terminus has changed hands in the same location several times since its designation, and the route was eventually given the moniker of 650 North in 1979.

SR-103 is one of four Utah state highways that connect to Hill Air Force Base, the others being SR-97,[3] SR-168[4] and SR-232,[5] and has the second lowest average daily traffic, higher only than SR-168.[6]

Route description

State Route 103 (SR-103) begins at an intersection with SR-126, locally known as Main Street in Clearfield. At this intersection, 650 North, which continues the right-of-way, lengthens from a two lane local street into a four lane arterial boulevard at SR-126. SR-103 begins its progression eastward, passing between two commercial complexes. After a crossing of the Davis Weber Canal, the sidewalk on the southern side of the roadway turns to the south to follow the canal forming the Clearfield Canal Trail. SR-103 highway turns to the northeast, intersecting with the southbound on-ramp and off-ramp to Interstate 15 (I-15). After this intersection, SR-103 expands to five lanes, and crosses under the southbound and northbound lanes of I-15.[7] After the overpasses, SR-103 intersects with the northbound on-ramp and off-ramp from I-15. The highway progresses straight for about 300 ft (91 m), passing a gated fence on the north side of the highway leading to a rail stub, and the dead-end of Aspen Avenue, before reaching the opening gate of the Hill Air Force Base, the designated eastern terminus of SR-103. From there, the right-of-way continues on the arterial in the base itself.[7]

SR-103 serves the important function of connecting the town of Clearfield, and residents along I-15 to Hill Air Force Base. The base, as of 2002, was the fifth largest employer in the state of Utah and is the second largest employer which is neither the state government or a state-funded higher education institution.[8] For the year 2012, a daily average of 16,030 cars traveled along SR-103, representing a decline from previous years (in 2007 the average was 22,525; in 2006, the average was 22,215; in 2005, 21,275).[9] Four percent of this traffic was composed of trucks.[10] The measurement point for the traffic counts is at the eastern terminus of SR-103, the access gate to Hill Air Force Base. The highway is codified as Utah Code §72-4-116, and is designated as a minor arterial,[11] which the Federal Highway Administration defines as linking major arterials at a lower volume than a primary arterial.[12]

History

State Route 103 was originally on an alignment of Harrison Street in the city of Ogden. In the late half of 1964 and the beginning half of 1965, the state of Utah and the Department of Transportation deleted the alignment of SR-103 on Harrison Street from the state highway system. The route was then transferred to the city of Ogden for maintenance. The highway's designation, State Route 103, was soon removed from the alignment.[13]

The SR-103 exit from northbound I-15

On April 19, 1965, the state of Utah proposed the takeover of the alignment of 600 North in Clearfield as a state highway.[14] The alignment, which the state felt was a major connector to a federal military institution, Hill Air Force Base, from U.S. Route 91 and Interstate 15 was chosen as a state highway.[14] U.S. Route 91, before the formation of Interstate 15, was the major thoroughfare through Utah, connecting it to California and Montana.[15] State Route 103 was then designated onto its alignment, adding 0.50-mile (0.80 km) to the Utah state route system.[14] Prior to designation, the alignment of 600 North went from U.S. Route 91 and uninterrupted until the Hill Air Force Base. In 1964, a year prior to designation, a 26.9-foot (8.2 m) long concrete culvert bridge was constructed over the Davis Weber Canal.[16] The two bridges for Interstate 15's southbound and northbound were built in 1966 and are two 159.1-foot (48.5 m) long concrete continuous tee beam overpasses.[17][18] The route has been mostly unchanged since its formation, except for the moniker of the highway and the western terminus, of which SR-103 progresses. The western terminus, in a stretch of fourteen years from its inception, has gone from State Route 1 in 1965, to State Route 106 in 1967 to State Route 84 in 1969 and State Route 126 in 1979. In 1979, the moniker of the highway for State Route 103 was changed from 600 North to 650 North. In 1998, the alignment of State Route 103 was adjusted in the state highway law.[2]

The alignment of State Route 103, outside of the roadway realignments, have received some technical changes as well. In November 1992, the Utah Department of Transportation confirmed that the interchange of Interstate 15 and State Route 103 (Interchange 103), was to be given traffic lights to help monitor traffic. The mayor at the time, Neldon Hamblin, approved of the project, and put the project up for bids for construction. The interchange was holding up motorists needing to turn left had to wait, at times, about 20 minutes.[19]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clearfield, Davis County.

mi[20]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000 SR-126 (Main Street)Western terminus
0.080–
0.174		0.129–
0.280		 I-15 – Salt Lake City, Ogden
0.2250.362West access gate, Hill Air Force BaseEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

KML file (edit • help)
Template:Attached KML/Utah State Route 103
KML is from Wikidata

References

  1. ^ "Route 103" (PDF). Highway Reference. Utah Department of Transportation. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-08-20. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Route 103" (PDF). Highway Resolutions. Utah Department of Transportation. November 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-20. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ^ "Route 97" (PDF). Highway Reference. Utah Department of Transportation. January 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "Route 168" (PDF). Highway Reference. Utah Department of Transportation. November 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ "Route 232" (PDF). Highway Reference. Utah Department of Transportation. November 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference AADT 2007-Car was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b "Overview map of UT 10" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  8. ^ "Utah's Largest Employers". Corporate Site Selection. Governor's Office of Economic Development. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  9. ^ "Traffic on Utah Highways" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. 2012. p. 21. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  10. ^ "Truck Traffic on Utah Highways" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. 2012. p. 20. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  11. ^ Ogden - Layton Urbanized Area Functional Class System (Map). Utah Department of Transportation. March 29, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  12. ^ Highway Functional Classification Concepts, Criteria and Procedures (PDF). Federal Highway Administration. 2013. pp. 15–16. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  13. ^ 1964 state of Utah Resolution, dated April 19, 1964 detailing the transfer of a highway in Ogden
  14. ^ a b c 1965 state of Utah Resolution, dated April 19, 1965 detailing the transfer of a highway in Clearfield
  15. ^ United States System of Highways (Map). United States Department of Agriculture. 1926. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  16. ^ "Structure Number: ++++++++0E1346". National Bridge Inventory. United States Department of Transportation: 1. 2007.
  17. ^ "Structure Number: ++++++++3D+719". National Bridge Inventory. United States Department of Transportation: 1. 2007.
  18. ^ "Structure Number: ++++++++1D+719". National Bridge Inventory. United States Department of Transportation: 1. 2007.
  19. ^ "Clearfield To Get Signals for I-15 Junction". The Deseret News. November 12, 1992. p. 1.
  20. ^ Wasatch Front Highway Map (Map). Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Utah_State_Route_103&oldid=586564536"