State Route 130 is a state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Utah

Utah

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. Spanning 43 miles (69.2 km), it connects the town of Minersville

Minersville, Utah

Minersville is a town in Beaver County, Utah, United States. The population was 817 at the 2000 census.-History:Minersville was settled in 1859 at the direction of Brigham Young so a lead mine could be operated on the site where Jesse N...

 in Beaver County

Beaver County, Utah

As of the census of 2010, there were 6,629 people, 2,265 households, and 1,697 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.56 people per square mile . There were 2,908 housing units at an average density of 1.12 per square mile...

 with the cities of Cedar City

Cedar City, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,527 people, 6,486 households, and 4,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.8 people per square mile . There were 7,109 housing units at an average density of 353.9 per square mile...

, Enoch

Enoch, Utah

Enoch is a mostly rural and agricultural city in Iron County, Utah, United States, and is located approximately 6 miles northeast of Cedar City. The population was 5,803 at the 2010 census....

, and Parowan

Parowan, Utah

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 to the south in Iron County

Iron County, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 33,779 people, 10,627 households, and 8,076 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 13,618 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

.

Route description

State Route 130 begins at the south Cedar City interchange with I-15. Following Main Street through the city, it starts to the northeast before turning north through the center of the city. As the route reaches the north end of town, it intersects I-15 in another interchange, continuing north through Enoch as the Minersville Highway. After leaving Enoch, the route continues north through sparsely populated areas, intersecting Gap Road, an extension of the old Lund Highway

Lund Highway

Lund Highway is a road connecting Cedar City to the ghost town of Lund in Iron County, Utah. Although it is presently classified as a minor collector, it was once an important connection between the Union Pacific Railroad at Lund and the national parks of southern Utah and northern...

 about 12 miles (19.3 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

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. State Route 130 continues in a generally north-northwest direction through the Black Mountains, crossing over into Beaver County and arriving in Minersville, ending at its intersection with SR-21.

History

State Route 130 was originally established in 1933 as the Minersville Loop on SR-21. In 1953, one of the legs of the loop was deleted, turning the highway into a short 0.4 mile (0.643736 km) spur connecting SR-21 to the center of Minersville. 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, bringing its total length to about 37 miles (59.5 km). 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.

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