Utah State Route 130

State Route 130 (SR-130) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning 43 miles (69 km), it connects the town of Minersville in Beaver County with the cities of Cedar City, Enoch, and Parowan to the south in Iron County.

State Route 130
Route information
Defined by Utah Code §72-4-118
Maintained by UDOT
Length	43.154 mi[1] (69.450 km)
Existed	1933[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-15 in Cedar City
	SR-14 / SR-289 in Cedar City SR-56 in Cedar City I-15 in Cedar City
North end	SR-21 in Minersville
Location
Counties	Iron and Beaver
Highway system
State highways in Utah Interstate U.S. State Minor Scenic ← SR-129 → SR-131

Route description

SR-130 begins at the south Cedar City interchange with Interstate 15 (I-15). Following Main Street through the city, it starts to the northeast before turning north through the center of the city. As the highway reaches the north end of the city, it meets I-15 in another interchange, continuing north through Enoch as the Minersville Highway. After leaving Enoch, (at the northern end of Cedar Valley), the highway continues north through sparsely-populated areas, intersecting Gap Road, an extension of the old Lund Highway about 12 miles (19 km) north of Enoch. Gap Road connects to Parowan, and is named for the pass it traverses, Parowan Gap, site of ancient petroglyphs, evidence that it was on a major thoroughfare of early Native Americans. SR-130 continues in a generally north-northwest direction through the Black Mountains, entering Beaver County and arriving in Minersville, ending at its intersection with SR-21.

The southernmost sections of SR-130, from the southern terminus at I-15 to 4800 North in Enoch, are part of the National Highway System.[3]

History

State Route 130 was originally established in 1933 as the Minersville Loop on SR-21.[2][4] In 1953, one of the legs of the loop was deleted, turning the highway into a short 0.4 miles (0.64 km) spur connecting SR-21 to the center of Minersville.[2][5] In 1965, this short spur was significantly extended south, now passing through Minersville, and continuing all the way down through Enoch to U.S. Route 91 just north of Cedar City,[2] bringing its total length to about 37 miles (60 km).[1] With the construction of Interstate 15 in the area, the route was extended southward again in 1967. This extension took it south through Cedar City on the former alignment of State Route 1 (US-91) along Main Street to the south Cedar City interchange, a distance of about 6 miles (9.7 km), while State Route 1 was realigned to the west to coincide with Interstate 15.[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Iron	Cedar City	0.000	0.000	Royal Hunte Drive	Southern terminus
		0.075– 0.208	0.121– 0.335	I-15 – St. George, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City	I-15 exit 57
		0.305	0.491	Old Highway 91 south	Former US-91
		2.331	3.751	SR-14 east (Center Street) / University Boulevard west – Southern Utah University	Western terminus of SR-14; eastern terminus of University Boulevard
		2.579	4.150	SR-56 west (Freedom Boulevard) – Newcastle, Enterprise, Modena, Cedar City Airport	Eastern terminus of SR-56
		6.149– 6.334	9.896– 10.194	I-15 – St. George, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City	I-15 exit 62
	Enoch	8.835	14.219	Midvalley Road	Former SR-199
	​	19.484	31.356	Gap Road	Former SR-127
Beaver	​	43.154	69.450	SR-21 – Milford, Beaver	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. "State Route 130 highway reference" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
2. "State Route 130 highway resolutions" (PDF). Utah Department of Transportation. November 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
3. "Utah National Highway System". UDOT Data Portal. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
4. Utah State Legislature (1933). "Chapter 30". Session Laws of Utah. From junction with route 21, .4-mile southerly to Minersville, thence northerly 1.5 miles to junction with route 21.
5. Utah State Legislature (1953). "Chapter 45: Designation of State Roads". Session Laws of Utah. Route 130. From route 21, 0.4 Mile southerly to Minersville.

External links

Media related to Utah State Route 130 at Wikimedia Commons