Utah State Route 22

State Route 22
SR-22 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by UDOT
Length	6.852 mi[1] (11.027 km)
Existed	1914 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-22–present
Major junctions
South end	John's Valley Road in Antimony
North end	SR-62 at Otter Creek Junction
Location
Country	United States
State	Utah
Highway system
Utah State Highway System Interstate US State Minor Scenic
← SR-21 → SR-23

State Route 22 (SR-22) is a state highway in southern Utah, running for 6.852 miles (11.027 km) in Garfield and Piute Counties from Antimony to Otter Creek Reservoir.

Route description

SR-22 begins in Antimony as a continuation of John's Valley Road and heads generally north through a canyon to Otter Creek Reservoir and Otter Creek State Park, where it ends at an intersection with SR-62.^[1]

History

The road from Widtsoe north to Antimony became a state highway in 1914, and in 1915 it was extended west to SR-11 (by 1926 US-89) in Junction. A forest road from Widtsoe south to SR-12 at Tropic Junction was added to the system in 1923,^[2] and in 1927 the legislature designated the entire route from Junction to Tropic Junction as SR-22.^[3] To improve route continuity on a shortcut between California and Colorado that included the portion of SR-22 between US-89 and SR-62 at Otter Creek Junction, that part was transferred to SR-62 in 1967. (With the completion of I-70 through the San Rafael Swell in 1970, this is no longer a popular route.) The legislature removed John's Valley Road from the state highway system in 1969, turning SR-22 into a short spur from SR-62 to the bridge over Antimony Creek just south of Antimony.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Garfield	Antimony	0.000	0.000	John's Valley Road	Southern terminus
Piute	Otter Creek Junction	6.852	11.027	SR-62 – Junction, Koosharem	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

This page was last edited on 16 February 2024, at 15:42