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"State Route 95" or Bicentennial Highway is a state highway located in west-central San Juan, eastern Garfield, and central Wayne counties, in the southeast of the U.S. state of Utah. The highway is called the bicentennial highway as its dedication coincided with the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. The highway forms part of the Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway.

Route description

It runs 124-miles west from the junction of U.S. Highway 191 (4.3 miles south of the town of Blanding), to the junction of SR 24 in the town of Hanksville. It crosses Cottonwood Wash just west of the US-191 junction; follows and crosses White Canyon; and crosses the Colorado River and the northeast end of Lake Powell, near the confluence of the Dirty Devil River, which it crosses just two miles later.

29 miles west of the US-191 junction it meets Utah SR-261, 2 miles west of there Utah SR-275 spurs off to the northwest to Natural Bridges National Monument, and it intersects with Utah SR-276 twice, on either side of Lake Powell.

It passes through the small community of Fry Canyon. Fry's Canyon (also referred to as Fry's Gulch) contains the only gas station between Hanksville and Blanding.

History

The highway has existed since 1935, mostly as a dirt road from Blanding to Natural Bridges National Monument. A dirt route crossing the Colorado River near the confluence with the Fremont River was added in 1949. The highway went through a series of upgrades and improvements starting in 1965. The highway was included in a series of projects to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial and was dedicated in 1976. Since this time it has been known as the Bicentennial Highway

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Taken on: June 3, 2007

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