State Street

State Street is a wide street in Salt Lake County, Utah leading almost straight south from the steps of the Utah State Capitol Building, through Salt Lake City (including Downtown Salt Lake City), South Salt Lake, Millcreek, Murray (including the Murray Downtown Historic District), eastern Midvale, Sandy (including the Sandy Historic District and downtown Sandy), and northwestern Draper. Because it follows the most direct route from downtown Salt Lake City to the Point of the Mountain pass to Utah County, it was the undisputed main road south from Salt Lake City until Interstate 15 (I-15) was built to the west (but closely paralleling it). It retains the U.S. Highway 89 (US 89) designation for all but the northernmost seven blocks (which are part of State Route 186 (SR 186) instead) despite I-15's proximity. Due to its history as a route for long-distance travel, travel within the Wasatch Front region, and travel between the cities along the east side of the Jordan River, it has attracted a wide variety of retail and service businesses along its entire length, creating a nearly continuous commercial axis for the Salt Lake Valley. Route description Other than along a portion of its length in Midvale and southern Murray that is currently (as of 2012) being rebuilt and widened to match the rest, the entire length of State Street south of South Temple has sidewalks on both sides and is a uniform six lanes in width plus either a center turn lane or (occasionally) a low median barrier. There is also local Utah Transit Authority bus service along the entire length of the street. Draper Modern State Street starts in Draper near I-15's exit 291 with a connection to Utah State Route 71 (12300 South). It intersects Utah State Route 175 (11400 South) on the border with Sandy. Sandy