Central Federal Lands Highway Division

*****SR-153 is currently closed from milepost 11-14 (Mahogany Cove CG to Merchant Valley Reservior) due to construction oeprations and the unsafe conditions of the construction site. Please use alternate routes at all times.*****

*****See Updates to ROAD CLOSURES and TRAFFIC DELAYS starting 6/4/12 on tabs to the left*****

The Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in cooperation with Fishlake National Forest (FNF) and the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is proposing improvements to Utah State Route 153 (SR-153) near Beaver City, UT as shown in the project location map. SR-153 is located in Beaver and Piute Counties. The route is also designated as Utah Forest Highway 29 and is also known as the Beaver to Junction Road. The route begins in Beaver City at a junction with SR-160 and proceeds 40.5 miles easterly to the junction with US 89 in Junction Utah.

This project is the reconstruction of segment 3 (milepost 12.3 to 14.2). This 2 mile segment ends at the Merchant Valley Dam. This segment of roadway is composed of extreme rock cut faces and steep ravines and consists of 24' pavement width. The pavement is in poor condition. The roadway widths, geometry, and sight distance are substandard through this segment. This section of roadway also ranks in UDOT's top rockfall hazrd locations.

The purpose of this project will improve safety and ensure mobility by providing a roadway width consistent with adjacent segments, reduce rockfall hazards, increase sight distances, and lower the overall maintenance costs incurred by UDOT.

Construction began in September 2011 and will continue until October/November 2012