{{Short description|State highway in San Juan County, Utah, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state = UT |type = SR |route = 211 |section = 126 |map={{maplink-road|from=Utah State Route 211.map}} | map_custom = yes | map_notes = SR 211 highlighted in red |length_mi = 18.915 |length_round = 3 |length_ref = <ref name=description/> |established = 1971 |direction_a = West |terminus_a = Dugout Ranch |direction_b = East |terminus_b = {{jct|state=UT|US|191}} near Church Rock |previous_type = SR |previous_route = 210 |next_type = I |next_route = 215 }} '''State Route 211''' is a state route in Utah that is an access road for Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument and the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park. The entire length of the highway has been designated the ''Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway''.<ref name=utahdotcom>{{cite web |url=http://www.utah.com/byways/indian_creek.htm |title=Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway |access-date=2007-11-17 |publisher=Utah Office of Tourism }}</ref>
thumb|Route 211 runs west to Photograph Gap thumb|US 191 & Utah Route 211 Markers
==Route description== The highway begins near Church Rock, a notable rock formation along U.S. Route 191 between Moab and Monticello. It runs past the ruins of the utopian religious community called Home of Truth, and through Photograph Gap. The highway then descends Indian Canyon. Once exiting the canyon the highway passes by Newspaper Rock, directly off the shoulder of the highway. The highway also passes by Sixshooter Peaks, notable peaks near the entrance to Canyonlands National Park. The highway ends at Dugout Ranch just shy of the National Park boundary.
The descent down Indian Canyon between US-191 and Newspaper Rock features a steep descent and sharp curves. As a result, the Utah Department of Transportation mandates that all vehicles using Route 211 that exceed {{convert|10|ft|m}} in width or {{convert|80|ft|m}} in length have an accompanying pilot car escort.<ref name=umc>{{cite web |url = http://www.utahmc.com/trucking_guide/pdf/secondary_restrictions.pdf |title = State of Utah, Secondary Highways with Additional Restrictions |access-date = 2007-11-17 |publisher = Utah Motor Carrier Division / Utah Department of Transportation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080910045646/http://www.utahmc.com/trucking_guide/pdf/secondary_restrictions.pdf |archive-date = 2008-09-10 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
==History== In 1968, the Utah State Road Commission came to an agreement with the National Park Service and San Juan County to improve the then-unpaved<ref>H.M. Gousha Company, [http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/gousha_ra_1967_024.html Road Atlas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208174017/http://www.broermapsonline.org/members/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/NorthernRockies/gousha_ra_1967_024.html |date=December 8, 2008 }}, 1967</ref> access road to the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park. The roadway left SR-9 (US-160, now US-191) near Church Rock and went southwest to near Newspaper Rock and northwest via Dugout Ranch to the park. SR-211 was deleted in 1969, but restored in 1971. After construction was complete, the portion between SR-9 and Dugout Ranch was designated SR-211. The rest from Dugout Ranch to the park boundary remained a county road.<ref name=resolutions-211>Utah Department of Transportation, [http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, Highway Resolutions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930165159/http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5285268476414239680:::1:T,V:1348, |date=September 30, 2008 }}: {{cite web |url= http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609191601301 |title= Route 211 }} {{small|(1.57 MB)}}, updated November 2007, accessed May 2008</ref>
Flooding caused by heavy rains destroyed a large part of the road on August 14, 2022. The road was reopened on September 26, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyle |first1=David |title=Hwy 211 reopens from Church Rock to Needles after flooding damage |url=https://sjrnews.com/san-juan-county/hwy-211-reopens-church-rock-needles-after-flooding-damage |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=San Juan Record |date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=UT|county=San Juan|location_ref=<ref name="Benchmark">{{cite map|publisher=Benchmark Maps|title=Utah Road and Recreation Atlas|url=http://www.benchmarkmaps.com|edition=2002|year=2002|scale=1:250000|isbn=0-929591-74-7}}</ref>|length_ref=<ref name=description>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:5546707862863886654:::1:T,V:814,|title=Route Descriptions|publisher=Utah Department of Transportation|access-date=2008-03-18}}</ref>}} {{UTint |location=none |mile=0.000 |road=Federal Route 2444 – Canyonlands National Park }} {{Jctint |location_special=Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument |lspan=3 |mile=5.912 |road=Campgrounds }} {{UTint |mile=6.607 |road=Rest area }} {{UTint |mile=6.681 |road=Campgrounds }} {{UTint |location=none |mile=18.915 |road={{jct|state=UT|US|191|city1=Moab|city2=Monticello}} }} {{jctbtm}}
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