Highway 89 Collection
Digital Archives
About the Collection
Roads are an integral part of the American experience...While U.S. 89 has hardly received the nostalgic attention given fabled thoroughfares like Route 66 or the Lincoln Highway, it is nevertheless central to the identity of the American West. It travels from high mountains to low desert; across five states: Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana; and through or adjacent to seven national parks: Saguaro, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Glacier. It is no wonder that University of Wisconsin geographer Thomas R. Vale once called U.S. 89 “a cross section of the West.”
Department of Public Safety Thistle landslide photographs
This series documents the Thistle landslide, the effects of the landslide, and some of the repair and construction efforts following the slide. This documentation was conducted by the Department of Public Safety.
Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations Official photographs: Thistle disaster documentation
Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Community Relations personnel documented the Thistle Disaster of 1983-1984. Thistle, originally the name of a town, became a term used to describe a massive mud slide which created a natural dam across the Spanish Fork River and destroyed the town of Thistle.
Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations Subject Photographs
The Department of Transportation (UDOT) documents its activities and construction projects with photographs. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the bulk of these photographs were taken, the Department (then organized as the State Road Commission) was highly involved in the construction of Interstate Highways throughout the state. Selected photographs online include the bridge over Glen Canyon.
Road Commission. Department of Highways Outdoor advertising sign inventories
This series contains outdoor advertising sign inventories conducted by the Department of Highways for a highway beautification program. The inventories contain various pieces of information pertaining to date, sign size, sign ownership, land ownership, sign message, comments, and location. It is typical for each sign inventory to have an accompanying photograph of the sign being inventoried.
Page Last Updated December 29, 2021.
About this Collection
Originally published in December 2021. Digitized by Jim Kichas. Metadata by Jim Kichas and Gina Strack. Highway 89 Digital Collections was created through a cooperative effort among special collections and archives in Utah and Northern Arizona. This collection contains copies of contributions by the Utah State Archives originally published in 2015.