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Maintained by UDOT | ||||
Length | 21.811 mi[1] (35.101 km) | |||
Existed | 1931–present | |||
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East end | Hardware Ranch trail head | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Utah | |||
Counties | Cache | |||
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State Route 101 (SR-101) is a 21.811-mile (35.101 km) long state highway located in the U.S. state of Utah. The route serves as a spur route into the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest through the cities of Wellsville and Hyrum, with an intermediate intersection with U.S. Route 89 (US-89) and US-91. SR-101 starts at an intersection of Main Street and SR-23 (Center Street) in Wellsville. Heading generally eastward, the highway terminates at the Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area. SR-101 was first designated in 1931 as a loop off SR-1 from Logan, south to Hyrum, and west to Wellsville.
Located entirely in Cache County,[2] SR-101 starts at an intersection of Main Street and SR-23 (Center Street) in Wellsville. The highway heads easterly for the first 0.4 mi (0.64 km) before it turns northeasterly, crossing the Little Bear River and intersects US-89/US-91 at a traffic light controlled at-grade interchange. After the interchange, SR-101 turns to the southeast after entering Hyrum city limits. At 400 West, SR-101 turns south for 3 blocks before turning back to the east, and intersecting SR-165.[3]
After leaving Hyrum, SR-101 dips to the southeast again, entering the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and a canyon formed by the Blacksmith Fork River. The final 13.9 mi (22.4 km) are inside the forest, serving as an access route to several campgrounds, as well as a diversion dam, and electric plant. The route comes to an end at the Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area, a working ranch owned and run by the state of Utah.[3][4][5]
For the year 2007, a daily average of 5,075 cars traveled along SR-101 at the intersection with US-89/US-91. This represents only a slight growth from previous years (in 2006, the average was 5,005; in 2005, 4,620).[6] Nineteen percent of this traffic was composed of trucks.[7] The lowest amount of traffic is accounted for on the final stretch of the highway through the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, with an average of 670 cars per day traveling to the Hardware Ranch visitors center. This represents a small increase from previous years, with an average of 635 cars per day in 2006 and 585 cars per day in 2005 traveling to the visitors center.[6]
SR-101 was formed in 1931 as a loop off SR-1 (now US-91) from Logan south to Hyrum and west to Wellsville.[8] The road from Hyrum east to the Hardware Ranch was added to the state highway system in 1949 as State Route 242,[9] and that route was extended south to SR-39 in 1965.[10] The legislature redefined the Hyrum-area routes in 1969, taking SR-101 east from Wellsville to the Hardware Ranch over former SR-242, and returning the extension to SR-39 to local control. The leg of former SR-101 from Hyrum north to Logan became part of a new SR-165 at that time. On March 17, 1972, the roadway connecting the Hardware Ranch Visitors Center to SR-101 was added to the state route system as an addition to SR-101. The connector road was previously designated Collector Road 311.[11]
The entire route is in Cache County. [2]
Location[2] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Wellsville | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() | Western terminus | |
1.205 | 1.939 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Hyrum | 5.927 | 9.539 | ![]() | ||
| 21.811 | 35.101 | Hardware Ranch trail head | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |