State Route 259 is a short highway within Sevier County

Sevier County, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,842 people, 6,081 households, and 4,907 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 7,016 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

 in central Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 connecting Interstate 70

Interstate 70 in Utah

Interstate 70 is a mainline route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States connecting Utah and Maryland. The Utah section runs east–west for across the central part of the state. Richfield is the largest Utah city served by the freeway, which does not serve or connect any urban areas...

 to SR-24

Utah State Route 24

State Route 24 is a state highway in south central Utah which runs south from Salina through Sevier County then east through Wayne County and north east through Emery County...

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Route description

From its southern terminus with SR-24, the highway heads northwest and veers more toward the north before meeting Interstate 70. Two-hundredths of a mile later, the route terminates at a sign indicating the beginning of Federal Route 2570.

History

SR-259 was added to the state highway system in 1992 as a connection from the new I-70 to SR-24 (signed as US-89 until 1992). Although the road that continues north from I-70 is former US-89, SR-259 is not; the original alignment is State Street, crossing the ca. 1950 bypass (now SR-118) into SR-24.

Major intersections

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