Utah State Route 46

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=46
section=110
maint=UDOT
length_mi=21.595
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7005323709235103 | title=UDOT Highway Reference, SR-46|accessdate=2008-03-25|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation]
established=1915 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-45
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|US|191 at La Sal Junction
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=CO|SH|90 towards Naturita, CO
previous_type=SR
previous_route=45
next_type=SR
next_route=48

State Route 46 (SR-46) is a state highway at the eastern edge of Utah running for mi to km|21.6|precision=1|abbr=yes in San Juan County.

Route description

The route begins in the west at its junction with US-191 at La Sal Junction about twenty miles 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 (CO), which then leads to a junction with SH 141 (CO) 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,Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/download.php/tid=1348/StateRouteHistory.pdf State Route History] , accessed July 2007] and in 1927 the state legislature numbered it SR-46. [cite UTSR law|year=1927|quote=46. From LaSal Junction in San Juan County, thence easterly via LaSal to the Utah-Colorado State line.]

Major intersections

Jctint
state=UT
county=San Juan
cspan=2
location=La Sal Junction
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|US|191
notes=Western terminusJctint
location=
mile=21.595
road=jct|state=CO|SH|90
notes=Eastern terminus (Colorado state line)

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