 U.S. Route 189 | |
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 US 189 highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route ofUS 89 | |
| Length | 322 mi (518 km) |
| Existed | 1939–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  I-15 inProvo, UT |
| Major intersections |
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| North end |    US 26 /US 89 /US 191 atJackson, WY |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Utah,Wyoming |
| Counties | UT:Utah,Wasatch,Summit WY:Uinta,Lincoln,Sublette,Teton |
| Highway system | |
U.S. Route 189 is a spur ofU.S. Route 89. It currently runs for 322 miles (518 km) fromProvo, Utah atInterstate 15 toJackson, Wyoming. The highway was not part of the original 1926U.S. Highway system. The highway was created in the 1930s, absorbing formerU.S. Route 530 and a portion ofU.S. Route 30S. The portion throughProvo Canyon (between Provo andHeber City, Utah) has been designated theProvo Canyon Scenic Byway by the state of Utah.
US-189 begins in Provo where it is known as University Avenue, referring toBrigham Young University. The highway then winds up Provo Canyon passing byDeer Creek Reservoir and paralleling the route of the Heber Creeper (now known as theHeber Valley Railroad). The portion inProvo Canyon is designated the Provo Canyon Scenic Byway by the state legislature.[1] The highway exits Provo Canyon nearHeber City, Utah.
At Heber City US-189 meetsU.S. Route 40 and is co-signed with Route 40 all the way to its junction with I-80.[2]
Prior to the construction of theJordanelle Reservoir, the highway continued north concurrent with the former alignment of US-40 that is now under water. US-40 and 189 separated atHailstone, also now under the lake. US-189 emerged from the lake shore along the route now signedState Route 32. SR-32 and former US-189 join I-80 inWanship. Prior to the completion of Interstate 80 in eastern Utah US-189 formed the main streets ofCoalville and other communities now bypassed by I-80.[citation needed]
The Utah section of US-189 is defined in Utah Code Annotated § 72-4-124(2).[3] The Utah Code does not contain the concurrent alignment along US-40 and I-80, but the concurrent portion is included in Utah Department of Transportation maps of the area.
US 189 entersWyoming from the west co-routed withInterstate 80. The routes separate east ofEvanston, at exit 18, where US 189 proceeds north through the town ofKemmerer, home of theJC Penney Mother Store which is located along the route. US 189 continues north, eventually following the western shore ofFontenelle Reservoir and passingNames Hill before enteringLa Barge, passing what is left of theMoondance Diner, which was moved to the town fromNew York City in 2007, and is famous from many movies and television shows. The route then continues north along theGreen River towards the neighboring towns ofBig Piney andMarbleton. This area is heavily developed by theOil and Natural Gas industries. The route then cuts across the northern part of theGreen River Basin through the town ofDaniel and intersects withUS 191 at Daniel Junction and runs concurrently to the north. Continuing north, the road traverses increasingly mountainous terrain, entering theBridger-Teton National Forest and passing through the small community ofBondurant before descending through the narrowHoback River Canyon to an intersection withUS 26 and rejoining its parents route,US 89 at Hoback Junction.
 U.S. Route 530 | |
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| Location | Silver Creek Junction–Echo |
| Existed | 1926–1939 |
There was a US-189 in the initial 1926 plan forU.S. Highways, which ran fromNephi toPigeon Hollow Junction. This route is currently the eastern half ofState Route 132.
In 1938, a second iteration of US 189 was created using several state routes. The portion from Provo to Heber City in Utah was numbered State Route 7. Although signed US-189 starting in 1938 this road retained the SR-7 designation until 1977.[4]
US-189 replaced US-530, designated in 1926, between the modern junctions of I-80 with US-40 at Silver Creek Junction andI-84 atEcho. Between Echo andEvanston, Wyoming US-189 was originally concurrent with US-30S. As portions ofI-80 were complete, US-189 was moved from the old US-30S alignment to the freeway alignment.
Prior to the construction of theJordanelle Reservoir, the US-189 designation alternated between two routes betweenHailstone andWanship. For most of this era, US-189 was routed along what is nowState Route 32 viaKamas. However, there are some years the official Utah Highway Map shows the road through Kamas designated as US-189 Alternate, with the main route of US-189 concurrent with the routes of US-40 and what is now I-80.
In 1985 theUtah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began plans to relocate US-40 and US-189 to prepare for the construction of the Jordanelle Reservoir. As late as 1989, UDOT still intended move US-189 to an alignment on the northern shore of the proposed reservoir. On January 18, 1990 theFederal Highway Administration sent a letter to UDOT recommending that US-189 not be moved to this new alignment. The stated reason was this new routing would result in traveling 15 miles (24 km) "out-of-direction".AASHTO agreed, and authorized a change of plan for the route of US-189 to runconcurrent with US-40. UDOT agreed, and this new road was instead signed as extension ofState Route 248. The portion of the former route of US-189 not submerged by the new lake was designatedState Route 32 after months of negotiations with county officials.[5]
However, although US-189 was now officially concurrent with US-40 betweenHeber City and Silver Creek Junction, this segment was signed only as US-40, and an "END US-189" sign was posted in Heber City. This lasted until late 2017, when the end signs were removed and US-189 signs were added to the US-40 concurrency. US-189 remains unsigned on the I-80 concurrency between Silver Creek Junction and the Wyoming state line.[2]
| State | County | Location | mi[6][7] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Utah | Utah | Provo | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-15 / Lakeview Parkway / University Avenue to 1860 South –Salt Lake City,Las Vegas | Southern terminus | |
| 1.633 | 2.628 | US 89 –Springville,Orem | |||||
| 3.434 | 5.526 |  SR-265 (University Parkway) –Brigham Young University | |||||
| | 7.425 | 11.949 |   SR-52 toI-15 –Orem | Partial interchange | |||
| | 10.657 | 17.151 | View area | Nunns View; southbound exit and entrance only | |||
| | 14.300 | 23.014 |  SR-92 (Alpine Loop Scenic Byway) –Sundance | ||||
| Wasatch | | 19.423 | 31.258 |  SR-314 –Deer Creek Reservoir | |||
| | 24.887 | 40.052 |  SR-113 –Charleston,Midway | ||||
| Heber City | 28.890 | 46.494 |  US 40 –Duchesne,Vernal | Southern end of overlap with US-40 | |||
| 29.829 | 48.005 | SR-113 (100 South) | |||||
| Summit | | 33.587 | 54.053 |   SR-32 north –Francis,Kamas | Former US-189 north | ||
| | 33.802 | 54.399 | South end of freeway | ||||
| | 38.589 | 62.103 | 8 | Mayflower (SR-319) | Exit numbers follow US-40 | ||
| | 42.837 | 68.939 | 4 |  SR-248 –Park City,Kamas | |||
| | 45.526 | 73.267 | 2 | Silver Summit | |||
| Silver Creek Junction | 46.835 | 75.374 | — |   I-80 west –Salt Lake City | northbound left exit and southbound entrance | ||
| I-80 west / Silver Creek Road | Western end of I-80 overlap; exit 146 on I-80; Western terminus of US 40. | ||||||
| | 50.683 | 81.566 | 150 | Tollgate Promontory | Exit numbers follow I-80 | ||
| Wanship | 54.931 | 88.403 | 155 |  SR-32 south –Wanship,Kamas | SR-32 is former route of US-189 | ||
| Coalville | 62.551 | 100.666 | 162 | Coalville (SR-280) | |||
| Echo Junction | 67.283 | 108.281 | 168 |  I-84 west –Ogden | Exits 120A-B on I-84 | ||
| | 67.640 | 108.856 | 169 | Echo | |||
| | 78.662 | 126.594 | 178 | Emory | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| | 84.085 | 135.322 | 185 | Castle Rock | |||
| | 87.726 | 141.181 | 187 | Ranch Exit | |||
| | 91.649 | 147.495 | 191 | Wahsatch | |||
| 96.639 0.000 | 155.525 0.000 | Utah–Wyoming line | |||||
| Wyoming | Uinta | Evanston | 3.453 | 5.557 | 3 |    I-80 BL /US 189 Bus. –Evanston | |
| 5.263 | 8.470 | 5 |  WYO 150 –Mountain View | ||||
| 6.257 | 10.070 | 6 | I-80 BL /US 189 Bus. –Evanston | ||||
| | 18.293 | 29.440 | I-80 –Lyman | Northern end of I-80 concurrency; exit 18 on I-80 | |||
| Lincoln | | 21.410 | 34.456 |   WYO 412 south /California National Historic Trail /Oregon National Historic Trail –Carter | |||
| Kemmerer | 34.510 | 55.538 |     US 30 east /US 30 Byp. west /California National Historic Trail /Oregon National Historic Trail –Rock Springs, Port of Entry,Cokeville | Interchange; southern end of overlap with US 30; exit 54 on US 30 Byp. | |||
| 37.280 | 59.996 | US 30 west –Bear Lake,Montpelier, Idaho | Northern end of overlap with US 30 | ||||
| 38.071 | 61.269 |   WYO 233 north –Lake Viva Naughton | |||||
| | 57.490 | 92.521 |  WYO 240 south –Granger | ||||
| | 61.390 | 98.798 |   WYO 372 east –Fontenelle | ||||
| La Barge | 84.874 | 136.591 |  WYO 235 | ||||
| Sublette | Big Piney | 105.943 | 170.499 |   WYO 350 west | |||
| Marbleton | 109.384 | 176.036 |  WYO 351 east –Boulder | ||||
| Daniel | 131.448 | 211.545 | US 191 south –Rock Springs | Southern end of overlap with US 191 | |||
| 131.730 | 211.999 |  WYO 354 west | |||||
| Teton | Hoback Junction | 184.656 | 297.175 | US 26 west /US 89 south –Alpine Junction | Southern end of overlap with US 26/US 89 | ||
| | 188.596 | 303.516 |  WYO 391 west | ||||
| Jackson | 196.391 | 316.061 |  WYO 22 west –Wilson,Teton Village | ||||
| 197.806 | 318.338 | US 26 east /US 89 /US 191 north (Cache Street) | Northern terminus; north end of US 26/US 89/US 191 concurrency; road continues east as Broadway Avenue | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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← SR-186 | UT | → SR-190 | ||
← WYO 175 | WY | → WYO 190 | ||