State Route 148 ( SR-148 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah . The entire highway has been designated the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway as part of the Utah Scenic Byways and National Forest Scenic Byway programs.
6-459: The route starts at its intersection with State Route 14 in Cedar Canyon . From here it travels north approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north to its terminus at the south boundary of Cedar Breaks National Monument . While the route ends here, continuing north along the road into the park leads to Utah's Patchwork Parkway/Brian Head-Lake Panguitch Scenic Byway (SR-143). State Route 55
12-725: Is in rural Iron County . Utah State Route 14 State Route 14 ( SR-14 ) is a state highway in southern Utah , running for 40.995 miles (65.975 km) in Iron and Kane Counties from Cedar City to Long Valley Junction . The highway has been designated the Markagaunt High Plateau Scenic Byway as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program. As the ascent up the Markagunt Plateau features steep grades and sharp curves
18-871: The Utah Department of Transportation has prohibited all vehicles exceeding 12 feet (3.7 m) wide or 65 feet (19.8 m) long. All vehicles exceeding 8.5 feet (2.6 m) wide are required to have pilot escorts. SR-14 begins at an intersection with SR-130 in central Cedar City and heads east out of the city. It then turns southeast and climbs into the Markagunt Plateau , then intersects SR-148 to Cedar Breaks National Monument and Brian Head . It then continues generally southeast past Navajo Lake and through Duck Creek Village before ending at an intersection with US-89 at Long Valley Junction. The road from SR-1 (by 1926 US-91 , now SR-130 ) in Cedar City to SR-11 ( US-89 ) at Long Valley Junction
24-482: Was added to the state highway system in 1912 and numbered SR-14 in the 1920s. A branch from Cedar Breaks Junction to Cedar Breaks National Monument was added in 1927, but in 1931 it was renumbered SR-55 , and is now part of SR-148 . On October 8, 2011, a mountainside adjacent to the highway near mile marker 8 gave way and a landslide removed about 1300 feet of roadway, closing the highway for more than seven months. The road reopened to limited traffic on May 12 and
30-474: Was designated by the Utah State Legislature in 1927, connecting SR-14 at Cedar Breaks Junction with the southern boundary of Cedar Breaks National Monument . However, as part of a major realignment of state highways, SR-55 was deleted in 1969, and the route was designated as part of SR-143 . This left SR-143 as a non-contiguous highway, as the portion going through the national monument
36-490: Was not part of the highway designation. In 1985, the southern portion of SR-143 between SR-14 and the southern Cedar Breaks National Monument boundary was re-designated State Route 148, with no further changes to this highway. The route was designated as a Utah Scenic Byway as the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway, with a National Forest Scenic Byway designation following on February 6, 1991. The entire route
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