Utah State Route 273

Infobox road
state=UT
type=SR
route=273
section=133
maint=UDOT


length_mi=3.084
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web | title=State Route 273 Highway reference | publisher=Utah Department of Transportation | url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=7146023128793138 ]
established=1969
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=UT|US|89 in Farmington
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=UT|I|15 in Kaysville
previous_type=SR
previous_route=271
next_type=SR
next_route=274

State Route 273 (SR-273) is a state highway completely within Davis County in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Utah that connects Farmington and US-89 to Kaysville and I-15.

Route description

The route begins as a continuation of SR-106 at a diamond interchange on US-89 at exit 397. The road heads northwest on Main Street in Farmington, a four-lane undivided highway. A golf course appears on the northern end of the street. The road enters Kaysville and turns north briefly before turning west on 200 North. The route continues west five blocks before a diamond interchange with I-15 at exit 328 appears. Immediately after this intersection, SR-273 terminates at the junction of 600 West, a road paralleling the freeway.cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=http://maps.google.com ]

History

The road from Farmington northwest through Kaysville to Layton was added to the state highway system in 1910,Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=71617130746099280 Route 1] |2=35.4 MB, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008] and in the 1920s it became part of SR-1 and US-91.Rand McNally [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/Utah/ Auto Road Atlas] , 1926] SR-1 was moved to the present alignment of I-15 in that area in 1953, and the old route became SR-106. [cite UTSR law|year=1953|quote=Route 106. From South Bountiful on route 1 northerly and east of route 1 via Bountiful, Farmington and Kaysville to route 1 at Layton.] The state legislature removed the portion of SR-106 between 200 North in Kaysville and I-15 in southern Layton from the state highway system in 1969, and instead took SR-106 west on 200 North to end at I-15.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609181314271 Route 106] |2=6.03 MB, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008] 200 North had been State Route 110 since 1931, initially running west from SR-1 (later SR-106) in Kaysville to West Kaysville. [cite UTSR law|year=1931|quote=(110) From Kaysville westerly to West Kaysville.] In 1941, it was extended east to SR-49 (US-89), [cite UTSR law|year=1941|chapter=34|quote=Rout [sic] 110. From route 49 westerly via Kaysville to West Kaysville.] and in 1969 it was all eliminated except for the piece that became SR-106.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/download.php/tid=1348/StateRouteHistory.pdf State Route History] , accessed July 2007]

However, before the 1969 amendments became effective, the State Road Commission further truncated SR-106 due to the planned reconstruction of North Farmington Junction, where SR-106 crossed SR-49 (US-89). Traffic would no longer be able to cross US-89 at that point, nor could southbound traffic turn left from US-89 to SR-106.USGS aerial photography, accessed June 2008 via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper] ] To retain full access, SR-106 was sent west on Shepard Lane in Farmington to end at US-89, while the old alignment became two new routes: State Route 272 from Shepard Lane to US-89 and State Route 273 from US-89 to I-15 in Layton. An interchange replaced the old intersection at North Farmington Junction in about 2000, [Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2006] and in 2001 SR-272 became part of SR-273. Less than four months later, former SR-272 was deleted from the state highway system, returning SR-273 to its 1969 and present extent.Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609201401401 Route 272] |2=3.29 MB, updated December 2007, accessed May 2008] Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] : PDFlink|1= [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609201403131 Route 273] |2=4.73 MB, updated December 2007, accessed May 2008]

Major intersections

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!Mile!Junction!Notes
-Jctint
state=UT
county=Davis
cspan=3
location=Farmington
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.000
road=jct|state=UT|US|89|I|15|to2=yes|name1=James V. Hansen Highway
notes=Southern terminus
Grade-separated intersectionJctint
state=UT
location=Kaysville
lspan=2
type=
mile=2.969
road=jct|state=UT|I|15|city1=Salt Lake City|city2=OgdenJctint
state=UT
mile=3.084
road=600 West
notes=Northern terminus

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