Utah State Route 48

State Route 48
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-110
Maintained by UDOT
Length:	12.699 mi[1] (20.437 km)
Existed:	1927 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Bingham Canyon Mine near Copperton
	SR-111 in West Jordan SR-85 in West Jordan SR-154 in West Jordan SR-68 in West Jordan
East end:	US-89 in Midvale
Highway system
State highways in Utah Interstate • US State Minor Parks Scenic ← SR-46 US-50 →

State Route 48 (SR-48) is a highway completely within Salt Lake County in northern Utah that connects the Bingham Canyon Mine with I-15 and US-89. The route is laid on the entirety of the New Bingham Highway and portions of 7800 South, Redwood Road, and 7200 South. When the route was formed in 1927, it passed through the center of Midvale on Center Street. However, it was moved north onto 7200 South in 1965 to serve an exit of I-15.

Route description

The road begins at the gate to the Bingham Canyon Mine and heads northeast as a two-lane undivided highway on the Bingham Highway. The road enters the town of Copperton and turns east. After exiting the town, the Bingham Highway splits into the Old and New Bingham Highway, with SR-48 turning northeast on the latter. The highway enters West Jordan and widens to four lanes past 5600 West. Approaching the Salt Lake City Municipal 2 Airport—a smaller airport for general aviation, in contrast to its larger counterpart—the route turns onto 7800 South and heads east. The road passes Jordan Landing to the south. The route turns north onto a concurrency with SR-68 for eight blocks before turning east onto 7000 South. The route turns southeast, crosses the Jordan River and enters Midvale. The road turns into 7200 South and straightens out to the east. A single-point urban interchange occurs with I-15 at exit 297. The highway continues east three blocks before terminating at US-89.^[2]

History

The state legislature added SR-48 to the state highway system in 1927, connecting Bingham with SR-1 (US-91, now US-89) at Midvale Junction.^[3] In order to serve the planned I-15 interchange at 7200 South, SR-48 was moved in 1965 to turn north off Center Street onto Holden and Main Streets in Midvale and then east on 7200 South to US-89. As the city of Bingham de-annexed land, a short extension was made at the west end to the new city limits in 1968, but this and more was abandoned in 1973 to allow the Kennecott Copper Corporation to relocate its guard station. An overlap with SR-68 in West Jordan was added in 2000, rerouting SR-48 to turn north at SR-68 and then east on 7000 South to the former alignment at Main Street in Midvale.^[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Salt Lake County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Copperton	0.000	0.000	Bingham Canyon Mine	Western terminus
West Jordan	3.023	4.865	SR-111 (Bacchus Highway) – Magna
	8.147	13.111	SR-154 (Bangerter Highway)
	10.119	16.285	SR-68 (Redwood Road)	South end of SR-68 overlap
	10.120	16.287	7000 South	North end of SR-68 overlap
Midvale	11.988	19.293	I-15 – Provo, Salt Lake City
	12.699	20.437	US-89 (State Street)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google