Utah State Route 248
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| Kearns Boulevard | ||||
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| Defined by Utah Code §72-4-128 | ||||
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| Length: | 14.481 mi (23.305 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1953 – present | |||
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 SR-224 in Park City
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  US-40 / US-189 near Park City |
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| East end: |
 SR-32 in Kamas
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State Route 248 is a highway in northern Utah that connects Park City with Kamas. In Summit County it is known as Kearns Boulevard.
From its western terminus in Park City, SR-248 begins at State Road 224 and heads east towards Wasatch County. It has a grade-separated interchange with US-40. It then crosses into Wasatch County and terminates at SR-32 in Kamas.
The first state roads in the Park City area were designated in 1910, and met at Kamas Junction, a three-way intersection at 40°39′18″N 111°24′50″W / 40.655°N 111.414°W, now located between the Jordanelle Reservoir and the present alignment of SR-248 in Jordanelle State Park. One of these highways headed west to Park City Junction, north to Kimball Junction, and west to Salt Lake City, generally following the present SR-248, SR-224, and I-80. Another went east to Kamas and then north via Wanship to Echo near the present SR-248, SR-32, and I-80, and the third went south to Heber City through the valley now flooded by the reservoir and along US-40. A cutoff from Kimball Junction east to Wanship, added in 1917, shortened the distance between Salt Lake City and Echo. The State Road Commission assigned route numbers in the 1920s, with SR-4 (later US-530 east of Kimball Junction) running via Salt Lake City, Kimball Junction, Wanship, and Echo, and SR-6 (later US-40) splitting at Kimball Junction and running via Park City Junction, Kamas Junction, and Heber City. The roadway from Kamas Junction to Wanship via Kamas did not receive a number until 1927, when the state legislature labeled the Kamas Junction-Kamas portion as State Route 34 and the remainder as part of SR-35, which continued southeast from Kamas to Tabiona. At that time, the present extent of SR-248 - Park City Junction to Kamas — was part of SR-6 (US-40) and all of SR-34.
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