Utah State Route 23

State Route 23 (SR-23) is a state highway in northern Utah, running for 29.890 miles (48.103 km) in Cache County from Wellsville to the Idaho state line on the north end of Cornish.

State Route 23
SR-23 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-108
Maintained by UDOT
Length	29.890 mi[1] (48.103 km)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
South end	US-89 / US-91 in Wellsville
	SR-30 near Mendon SR-142 in Newton
North end	CR D1 towards Weston, ID
Highway system
State highways in Utah Interstate US State Minor Scenic ← SR-22 SR-24 →

Route description

SR-23 begins in Wellsville at an intersection with US-89/US-91 in southern Wellsville and heads north through the town. It turns northwest parallel to the Wellsville Mountains to Mendon. It turns north through Mendon and Petersboro. It turns northwest between Cache Butte and the Cutler Reservoir into Cache Junction.[1]

SR-23 then turns north through Cache Junction across the Bear River into Newton. It turns east through the center of Newton, then turns north around Little Mountain through Trenton, Morton, and Cornish to the state line. It continues as County Road D1 in Franklin County, Idaho.

History

The state legislature created SR-142 in 1933, connecting SR-69 (now SR-30) at Petersboro with Newton and Smithfield.[2] SR-142 was moved to the present route to Clarkston in 1941, with the old alignment through downtown Newton to Smithfield becoming SR-218.[3] State Route 164 was also defined in 1933, running south from Petersboro to US-91 in Wellsville.[4] Two years later, State Route 192 was created, running north from SR-142 (now SR-218) east of Newton to SR-61 in Cornish.[5] That part of SR-61 had been added in 1931, heading both east to Cove and north to Idaho.[6] In 1953, SR-164 and SR-192 were combined with SR-142 south of Newton, SR-218 through Newton, and SR-61 north of Cornish to create State Route 23.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Cache County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Wellsville	0.000	0.000	US-89 / US-91 – Brigham City, Logan	Southern terminus
	1.564	2.517	SR-101 (Main Street)
Petersboro	10.066	16.200	SR-30 – Riverside, Logan
Newton	18.087	29.108	SR-142 east (Main Street) – Clarkston
	19.225	30.940	SR-218 east – Smithfield
Trenton	24.293	39.096	SR-142 – Richmond
Cornish	28.290	45.528	SR-61 east – Lewiston
	29.890	48.103	CR D1 north – Weston	Northern terminus Idaho state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. UDOT Highway Reference, SR-23
2. Utah State Legislature (1933). "Chapter 30". Session Laws of Utah. (142) From route 69 at Peterboro north to Newton thence easterly to Smithfield.
3. Utah State Legislature (1941). "Chapter 34". Session Laws of Utah. Route 142. From route 69 at Peterboro north via Newton and Clarkston to the Clarkston cemetery." "Route 218. From route 142 in Newton easterly to route 1 in Smithfield.
4. Utah State Legislature (1933). "Chapter 30". Session Laws of Utah. (164) From Wellsville northerly by way of Mendon to junction with route 69 near Petersboro.
5. Utah State Legislature (1935). "Chapter 37: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah. Route 192. From Cornish on route 61 southerly to junction with route 142 near Newton.
6. Utah State Legislature (1931). "Chapter 55: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah. (61) From route 1 at Webster Spur westerly via Lewiston and Cornish and northerly to Idaho State line.
7. Utah Department of Transportation, State Route History Archived 2007-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 2007

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