Utah State Route 35
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State Route 35 is a highway in northern 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...

 connecting SR-32
Utah State Route 32
State Route 32 is a state highway in Wasatch and Summit Counties in the U.S. state of Utah. Most of the highway is an old routing of U.S. Route 189 that became disconnected from the rest of US-189 during the construction of the Jordanelle Reservoir. SR-32 runs for 29.053 miles from US-40 and...

 in Francis
Francis, Utah
Francis is a town in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 698 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Francis is located at ....

 to SR-87
Utah State Route 87
Utah State Route 87 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Over a span of , it connects the communities of Altamont, Boneta, Bluebell, and Upalco to Duchesne and US-40/191 in Duchesne County.-Route description:...

 in Duchesne
Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Duchesne city is located at . just west of the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah...

 in a span of sixty-two miles.

Route description

From its western terminus in Francis, the highway runs southeast to the junction of Soapstone Basin Road, where it turns south. Afterwards it heads in an easterly direction to Hanna
Hanna, Utah
Hanna is an unincorporated community in western Duchesne County, Utah, United States, on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. It lies along State Route 35 northwest of the city of Duchesne, the county seat of Duchesne County. Its elevation is 6,765 feet . Although Hanna is...

, where it turns southeast and then east to the eastern terminus near Duchesne
Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Duchesne city is located at . just west of the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah...

. Located less than an hour from Downtown Salt Lake City, this route is a favorite day ride for many Wasatch-front locals.

History

The road from Wanship
Wanship, Utah
Wanship is a census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, United States. The population was 400 at the 2010 census.Wanship is located at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Utah State Route 32, at the junction of Silver Creek and the Weber River. It is from Salt Lake City, and from Coalville...

 south to Kamas was added to the state highway system in 1910 as part of the route from Salt Lake City to Echo via Park City Junction. In 1914, a branch was added from Kamas southeast to Stewart's Ranch (beyond Woodland
Woodland, Utah
Woodland is a census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census.Woodland was first settled in 1874.-Geography:Woodland is located at ....

); it was extended to Stockmore in 1918. The legislature extended it farther to Tabiona
Tabiona, Utah
Tabiona is a town in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 149 at the 2000 census.-History:Tabiona was named for a Ute chief, Chief Tabby-To-Kwanah. The nearby town of Hanna was named after the first postmaster, William P. Hanna...

 in 1927 and assigned the SR-35 designation to the entire route from (US-530, eventually US-189, now I-80) at Wanship to Tabiona. In 1931, it was extended to US-40 in Duchesne, where it would end for many years. A regional renumbering in 1964 saw the east end cut back to the junction with SR-87 north of Duchesne, as SR-87 was extended south to that city.

State Route 241 was a loop along Bench Creek Road east of Woodland
Woodland, Utah
Woodland is a census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census.Woodland was first settled in 1874.-Geography:Woodland is located at ....

. It was created in 1947 and existed until 1969.

When US-189 was created in 1938, it overlapped US-40 between Heber and Kimball Junction, but it was soon modified to leave US-40 at Hailstone
Hailstone, Utah
Hailstone, Utah was a town in Wasatch County. It was submerged in 1995 by the waters of Jordanelle Reservoir along with Keetley, Utah.Hailstone was located at the junction of US-40 and US-189, seven miles north of Heber....

 (now under the Jordanelle Reservoir
Jordanelle Reservoir
Jordanelle Reservoir is a reservoir in Wasatch County, Utah, United States, just north of Heber City.Jordanelle Reservoir is fed and drained primarily by the Provo River, and is impounded by the Jordanelle Dam, an Earthen dam. The construction of the dam resulted in the reroutings of U.S. Route 40...

) and mostly follow the present SR-32 through Kamas to Wanship (including what was then SR-35 north of Francis
Francis, Utah
Francis is a town in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 698 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Francis is located at ....

). For a time, US-189 was moved back to the 1938 routing, with US-189 Alternate on the Kamas route, but by the 1977 renumbering it was back in Kamas, and SR-35 was removed from the Francis-Wanship roadway (where it had not been signed for many years). In 1989, SR-35 became part of a new SR-32 as one of many changes caused by the flooding of the Jordanelle Reservoir, but the changes were partially reverted in 1990, and SR-35 was restored to its 1977 alignment.

Major intersections

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