State route 157 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in Carbon County

Carbon County, Utah

Carbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for the major coal deposits in the area, the county seat and largest city, is Price. Carbon County is the second largest natural gas producer in Utah , with 94 billion cubic feet produced in 2008. As of 2010 the population was...

 in the U.S. state of Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

. Spanning 5 miles (8 km), it connects Helper

Helper, Utah

Helper is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States about 120 miles southeast of Salt Lake City and northwest of the city of Price. It is also known as the "Hub of Carbon County". The population was 2,025 at the 2000 census....

 and Spring Glen with Kenilworth

Kenilworth, Utah

Kenilworth is a census-designated place in northern Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census. It lies along State Route 157 north of the city of Price, the county seat of Carbon County. Although it is unincorporated, Kenilworth has a post office, with the ZIP...

 to the northeast.

Route description

State Route 157 begins on SR-244 at the intersection of Poplar Street and Main Street in the town of Helper. From there the route travels south 1.2 miles (1.9 km) along Main Street toward Spring Glen, parallel to US-6/US-191, before turning east onto Kenilworth Road. The route then travels ENE along Kenilworth road about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to Kenilworth, turning north onto Main Street for about 0.2 mile (0.321868 km), which then turns back to the west for the last 0.2 mile (0.321868 km), ending at Main Street and 1st Avenue.

History

State Route 157 was established in 1933 as connecting what was then SR-8 (now US-6) between Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth. In 1959, the route's west end was extended north to SR-244 in Helper, reflecting its current alignment (south from Helper to Kenilworth road, thence northeast to Kenilworth).

Major intersections