Utah State Route 181 (1935-2007)
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| 1300 East | |
SR-181 from 1969 – 17 October 2007 (delineated in red)
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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-124 | |
| Maintained by UDOT | |
| Length: | 6.904 mi (11.111 km) |
| Existed: | 1935 – 2007 |
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| South end: |
 SR-152 near Holladay
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 SR-171 near Salt Lake City I-80 in Salt Lake City |
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| North end: |
 SR-186 in Salt Lake City |
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State Route 181 (SR-181) was a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah connecting SR-152 in Murray and Holladay north to SR-186 in Salt Lake City at its peak, the former being suburbs of the latter. The route was 6.9 miles (11.10 km) for thirty-eight years before being truncated in 2007 and decommissioned entirely later in the same year.
When the route was formed in 1935, it went from U.S. Route 89/U.S. Route 91 (US-89/US-91) near North Salt Lake southeast to the Utah State Capitol, then south on State Street, east on South Temple, and south again on 1300 East to US-40 in Salt Lake City. The route was eventually truncated south to SR-186 and extended south to SR-152, then decommissioned north of SR-171 in 2007 and deleted entirely the same year.
The residential and institutional land uses along the route contrast sharply with the nearby and nearly parallel route formed by 1100 East and Highland Drive (part of former SR-152), which has commercial and retail uses along a very high percentage of its length, and SR-181 in effect served as a bypass of the congestion associated with that commercial development.
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