State Route 260 is a 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...

 that connects 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...

 to US-50

U.S. Route 50 in Utah

The Utah portion of U.S. Route 50, commonly abbreviated US-50, crosses the center of the state. The highway serves no major population centers in Utah, with the largest city along its path being Delta. Most of the route passes through desolate, remote areas. Through the eastern half of the state...

 while passing through the town of Aurora

Aurora, Utah

Aurora is a city in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 947 at the 2000 census.Aurora is predominantly supported by agriculture, coal mining, and the service sector. Most residents commute to one of the neighboring communities to work. Children are schooled in Salina at one of...

 in a span of four miles (6 km).

Route description

From its southern terminus at SR-24, the route goes northeast until entering Aurora, where it turns north. It continues this general direction until reaching the northern terminus of US-50.

History

The state legislature designated State Route 256 in 1955, running south from SR-63 (now US-50) west of Salina through Aurora to SR-11 (US-89, now SR-24). The route was removed from the state highway system in 1969, but the Utah Transportation Commission restored it in 1992, soon after I-70 was completed in the area. At one of the meetings relating to disposition of the former alignment of US-89, Sevier County proposed that the state take over the road, used locally as a shortcut to reach I-15 via US-50. Early plans had it becoming part of SR-24, with the present SR-24 to Salina (old US-89) being given to the county, but this did not happen, and a new designation - State Route 170 - was used for the connection. About 1.5 years later, in October 1993, the commission realized that placing SR-170 and I-70 in close proximity might cause confusion, and changed the number to SR-260.

Major intersections

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