{{short description|State highway in Utah, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=UT |type=SR |route=96 |alternate_name=Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=250|zoom=10|stroke-width=3|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Utah State Route 96}}}} |map_custom=yes |section=115 |length_mi=22.759 |length_ref=<ref name="highway reference">{{cite web |url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6672514921172736 |title=Highway Reference - Route 0096 |publisher=Utah Department of Transportation |format=pdf |access-date=2008-07-22}}</ref> |established=1935<ref name="1935 law">{{cite UTSR law|year=1935|quote=Route 96. From Colton on route 8 via Scofield to Clear Creek.}}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a=Clear Creek |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=UT|US|6}} near Soldier Summit |junction={{jct|state=UT|SR|264}} near Clear Creek |previous_type=SR |previous_route=95 |next_type=SR |next_route=97 }}
'''State Route 96''' ('''SR-96''') is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting SR-264 and the town of Scofield to US-6 in a span of {{convert|22.76|mi|km|2}}. The route is known as the '''Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway''', part of The Energy Loop, a National Scenic Byway.
==Route description== [[File:South on SR-96 at Carbon County line, Dec 16.jpg|thumb|left|South on SR-96 at Carbon County line, December 2016]] The highway begins in the town of Clear Creek, Utah and heads north as a two-lane undivided highway. The route then reaches SR-264 and turns east on the Eccles Canyon Scenic Byway as a continuation of SR-264. Past this intersection, the road turns north-northwest and soon enters Scofield. Past Scofield, the route continues northwesterly to pass the west shore of the Scofield Reservoir. On the northwestern side of the Reservoir, SR-96 passes on the Scofield Dam and then heads north, north-northwest, and due east to terminate at US-6, south of Soldier Summit and northeast of Helper.<ref name="gmaps">{{cite web | title=Google Maps | publisher=Google | url=https://maps.google.com }}</ref> {{clear left}}
==History== [[File:Southeast on SR-96 entering Clear Creek, Utah, Dec 16.jpg|thumb|right|Southeast on SR-96 entering Clear Creek, December 2016]] The highway was relocated during the construction of the Scofield Dam in 1943 by the W.W. Clyde Company of Springville, Utah. During 1945, SR-96 was completed crossing the old spillway and connecting it with the dam. From the south end of the dam, it connected to the old route, continuing into Scofield.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/scofieldh.html#Construction%20History |title=Scofield Project – History<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=July 22, 2008 |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516032050/http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/scofieldh.html#Construction%20History |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="highway reference"/>}} {{UTint |county=Carbon |cspan=2 |location=Clear Creek |mile=0.000 |road=''End of Maintenance'' sign |notes=Southern terminus }} {{UTint |location=none |mile=2.996 |road={{jct|state=UT|SR|264}} }} {{UTint |county=Utah |location=none |mile=22.759 |road={{jct|state=UT|US|6|city1=Price|city2=Provo}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== {{portal|U.S. Roads|Utah}} * List of state highways in Utah
==References== {{reflist|22em}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{commons category-inline|Utah State Route 96}}
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