H.B. 70 Enrolled

UTAH NATIONAL PARKS HIGHWAY DESIGNATION
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Keele Johnson
DeMar Bud Bowman
Thomas Hatch
Brad King
Dennis H. Iverson
John W. Hickman
Bradley T. Johnson
Michael R. Styler
Daniel H. Tuttle
James R. Gowans
Eli H. Anderson
Jordan Tanner
Mary Carlson
Craig W. Buttars
Beverly Ann Evans
Evan L. Olsen
Bill Wright
Bryan D. Holladay

AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS; DESIGNATING CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AS THE
UTAH NATIONAL PARKS HIGHWAY.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
27-12-162, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 27-12-162 is enacted to read:
27-12-162. Utah National Parks Highway.
(1) There is established the Utah National Parks Highway comprising the existing highway
from Route 89 at the Utah-Arizona border near Big Water westerly on Route 89 to Route 9 near
Mount Carmel Junction then westerly on Route 9 to Route 17 near La Verkin then northerly on
Route 17 to Interstate Highway 15 then northerly on Interstate Highway 15 frontage roads, the
Veterans' Memorial Highway, to Route 14 near Cedar City then southeasterly on Route 14 to
Route 148 near Cedar Breaks National Monument then northerly on Route 148 to Route 143 near
the north end of Cedar Breaks National Monument then northeasterly on Route 143 to Route 89
near Panguitch then southerly on Route 89 to Route 12 near Red Canyon then northeasterly on
Route 12, the Clem Church Memorial Highway, to Route 24 near Torrey then easterly on Route
24 to Route 95 near Hanksville then southeasterly on Route 95, the Bicentennial Highway, to
Route 191 near Blanding then northerly on Route 191 to the junction with Interstate Highway 70
near Crescent Junction.

(2) In addition to other official designations, the Department of Transportation shall
designate and highlight the portions of the highways identified in Subsection (1) as the Utah
National Parks Highway on all future state highway maps.

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