Utah State Route 261
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| State Route 261 |
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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-132, maintained by UDOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 32.961 mi[1] (53.046 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |  US-163 near Mexican Hat |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR-316 near Goosenecks State Park |
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| North end: |  SR-95 near Natural Bridges National Monument |
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| Counties: | San Juan | ||||||||
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State Route 261 is a state highway located entirely within south-central San Juan County, Utah. It runs 34 miles north, from the junction of U.S. Route 163 (three-miles north of Mexican Hat), to the junction with State Route 95, just east of Natural Bridges National Monument.
The highway is part of the Utah section of the Trail of the Ancients, a National Scenic Byway.[2] It includes steep switchbacks as it traverses the Moki Dugway.[3]
[edit] Major intersections[1]
| County | Location | Mile | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| San Juan | Mexican Hat | 0.000 | U.S. Route 163 |
Begin SR-261 |
| San Juan County | 0.874 | State Route 316 |
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| 32.691 | State Route 95 |
End SR-261 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b State Route 261 Highway reference. Utah Department of Transportation.
- ^ Trail of the Ancients Features Map - Utah Section, from the website of the National Scenic Byway Program
- ^ Photo and description of the Moki Dugway from a U.S. Geological Survey website
[edit] External links
- Utah State Route 261 is at coordinates Coordinates:
