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The Utah Central Railway is a Patriot Rail operation that switches a handful of industrial parks around Ogden. Their roster includes some former Frisco GP15-1s, two of which are seen here.
State Route 261 is a state highway located entirely within south-central San Juan County, Utah. It runs 34 miles (55 km) north, from the junction of U.S. Route 163 (3 miles (5 km) north of Mexican Hat), to the junction with State Route 95, just east of Natural Bridges National Monument.
The highway is part of the Utah section of the Trail of the Ancients, a National Scenic Byway. It includes steep switchbacks as it traverses the Moki Dugway.
Route description
From its southern terminus north of Mexican Hat, SR-261 commences in a westerly direction. After turning north, the route encounters the Moki Dugway, becoming an unpaved road for its ascent up onto Cedar Mesa, only to return to being paved for the rest of the route to its terminus at SR-95 just east of Natural Bridges National Monument.
History
The Moki Dugway was constructed in 1958 by Texas Zinc, a mining company, to transport uranium ore from the "Happy Jack" mine in Fry Canyon to the processing mill in Mexican Hat. The State Road Commission added SR-261 to the state highway system in 1957, following its present alignment from SR-47 (now US-163) north of Mexican Hat to SR-95.
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Der Moki Dugway ist ein Abschnitt der Utah State Route 261 im San Juan County im Südosten des US-Bundesstaats Utah. Die Straße überwindet hier eine rund 335 Meter hohe Steilwand auf einer Strecke von 4,8 Kilometern. Die Straße liegt seit 2016 im Bears Ears National Monument.
Name
Der Name Moki (auch Mokee oder Moqui) stammt vom spanischen Wort Moqui, mit dem die spanischen Entdecker dieser Region die Pueblo-Indianer und die untergegangene Kultur der Anasazi bezeichneten. Das Wörterbuch des amerikanischen Westens definiert Dugway als „eine Straße durch ein Bergland, die für schwere Transporte gebaut wurde“. Es handelte sich um die Überwindung eines Steilhangs auf Wagenrädern. Tiefe Furchen verhinderten ein seitliches Abrutschen der Räder.
Streckenverlauf
Von Norden kommend erreicht die Utah State Route 261 die Abbruchkante der Cedar Mesa, die dort über 330 Meter nahezu senkrecht abfällt. Die Straße verläuft hier mit rund 11 % Gefälle und engen Spitzkehren in der Steilwand und kommt nach rund 5 Kilometern am Talboden an. In ihrem oberen Teilstück ist die Straße unbefestigt, im unteren Bereich jedoch asphaltiert. Die meisten Fahrzeuge können die Strecke befahren. Vorsicht ist allerdings bei Wohnmobilen und Wagen mit Anhängern geboten. Die Straße besitzt mindestens die Breite von zwei Fahrspuren, doch sie hat keine Seitenstreifen und erscheint dadurch schmaler.
Von einem Parkplatz am höchsten Punkt der Straße, dem Moki Dugway Overlook, gibt es einen guten Blick auf das Valley of the Gods in der Tiefe. Das kleine einsame Haus in der Ebene ist das Bed and Breakfast im Valley of the Gods. Ursprünglich hieß es Lee’s Ranch und ist das einzige Wohnhaus in der 1460 km² großen Cedar Mesa Cultural and Recreational Management Area („Kultur- und Freizeitwirtschaftsgebiet Cedar Mesa“). Am Horizont ist der Sleeping Ute Mountain bei Cortez in Colorado zu erkennen. Im Südosten liegt der Shiprock in New Mexico und im Süden entdeckt man die Carrizo Mountains, während die typischen Tafelberge des Monument Valley im Südwesten auftauchen.
Am Beginn des unbefestigten Straßenabschnitts führt eine weitere unbefestigte Straße in westlicher Richtung zum etwa acht Kilometer entfernten Muley Point, von dem sich ein Ausblick auf die Goosenecks des San Juan Rivers und die weiten geschwungenen Täler in der Tiefe bietet. Die Tafelberge des Monument Valley liegen am Horizont und John’s Canyon ist im Vordergrund zu erkennen. Es gibt Warnschilder: „Besondere Vorsicht ist an der Kante des rund 400 Meter hohen Kliffs geboten. Die Straße besitzt an dieser Stelle keine solide Basis. Wenn Pfützen oder feuchte Stellen erkennbar sind, sollten Sie diese umfahren. Ist die Straße insgesamt feucht oder nass, fahren Sie nicht weiter.“
Geschichte
Der Moki Dugway wurde in den 1950er Jahren von der Firma Texas Zinc Minerals erbaut, um Uranerz und Vanadium von der Happy Jack Mine im Fry Canyon auf der Cedar Mesa über den Moki Dugway zur Weiterverarbeitung in einen Betrieb in Halchita bei Mexican Hat zu transportieren. Heute gibt es keine Begegnungen in den Kurven mit erzbeladenen Lastwagen mehr.
(Wikipedia)
Here is another comp of the rainbow ... the double showing up here at this time with the setting sun in Arches National Park.
For over a century, the State Capitol has been one of Utah’s most prominent landmarks. Designed by local architect Richard K. A. Kletting, the Capitol has been home to state government since its opening in 1916.
Early morning light cuts across the base of Factory Butte in Utah.
During my last outing we made a stop here to grab some early morning light on the Butte.
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We just got back from a very quick trip out to southern Utah. Mostly mountain biking but we took time to visit Canyonlands and Arches National Park. This shot was taken behind the North and South Window Arches. Lots of folks there. We had this formation to ourselves. The light was magical.
I took this at a vista point along I-70 in Utah. I used this to explore the use of the new masking tools in Adobe Lightroom 2022. There is a halo along the skyline that may be an artifact of using the select sky feature; their is a very slight halo in the raw file. They are quite impressive IMO. I also used the Enhance tool to quadruple the pixel size from this photo that was originally taken with a Canon Rebel model camera.
This beautiful male gave us a few passes flying against the snow covered mountains near Salt Lake City. Join us in Utah this winter!
View towards Zion, the smoke is from the northern California fires and has traveled quite a distance going north to southern Oregon turning east through Idaho, before heading south though Utah and reaching southern Utah late last night
The Salt Lake City and County Building, usually called the "City-County Building", is the seat of government for Salt Lake City, Utah. The historic landmark formerly housed offices for Salt Lake County government as well, hence the name.
The Salt Lake City and County Building's central clock tower is topped with a statue of Columbia and rises 256 feet (78 m) from the ground. The building's primary axis runs north-south, and large entrances mark each cardinal direction. On the south wing (over the Mayor's office) is a bronze statue of the goddess Justice. Originally, the building had statues depicting Commerce, Liberty, Justice, and Columbia, but the others were removed following a 1934 earthquake. Columbia and the other missing statues were replaced on top of the building when it was renovated in 1989.
The building's surface is elaborately carved from the gray Utah Kyune sandstone it's made of. To the right of the entrance on the south side is the face of Father DeSmet, a Jesuit Priest who preached to Native Americans and had contact with the Latter-day Saints before and after they traveled to Utah. To the left is Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas who explored Southern Utah by 1540. Above the granite columns on the east and west sides of the building are carvings of pioneer women. Between the portal and balcony are portraits of Chief Joseph and Chief Wakara and Jim Bridger. Above the west entrance left-to-right are R. N. Baskin, Salt Lake City mayor circa 1894, Jedediah M. Grant, Salt Lake's first mayor, and Jacob B. Blair, federal judge. The north side features a depiction of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition which entered Utah in 1776 and named many of the state's physical features. Gargoyles, eagles, sea monsters, beehives, Masonic icons, suns, and other symbols dot the building's rich exterior.
Walter Baird and Oswald Lendi carved most of the building's features. Lindi, a French sculptor, whimsically carved his face between the words "City" and "Hall" above the north entrance.
The building has five floors and over one hundred rooms. Onyx lines the hall of each lavishly decorated floor. The third floor houses the mayor's office in the south wing and the city council chambers in the north.
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As the sun sets over the Utah Canyonlands, the sky ignites with a breathtaking display of colors that paints the horizon in a fiery glow. With every passing moment, the rugged beauty of the park transforms into an otherworldly landscape, leaving you spellbound by the power and grandeur of nature.
Bear Lake is about half in Idaho and half in Utah. This photo was taken from the west side of the Utah end of the lake between Laketown and Garden City. The rocky bottom can be easily seen through the crystal clear water and there are sandy areas nearby that make it popular with swimmers in the summer. Of course everyone tries to see the famous Bear Lake Monster from here.
The Cathedral of the Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was completed in 1909 and currently serves as the cathedral, or mother church, of the Diocese of Salt Lake City. It is the only cathedral in the US under the patronage of St. Mary Magdalene.
The cathedral was built under the direction of Lawrence Scanlan, the first bishop of Salt Lake. It was designed by architects Carl M. Neuhausen and Bernard O. Mecklenburg. The outside is predominantly a Neo-Romanesque design, while the inside tends more toward the Neo-Gothic. Construction began in 1900 and was completed in 1909. It was dedicated by Cardinal Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore.
The interior of the cathedral was created under the direction of Joseph S. Glass, the second bishop of Salt Lake. Bishop Glass enlisted John Theodore Comes, one of the preeminent architects in the country, to decorate the interior of the cathedral. His plans for the interior were largely based upon the Spanish Gothic style. The colorful murals and polychrome were added at this time, as were the ornate shrines.
In the 1970s, the exterior of the building was restored, and between 1991 and 1993, the interior of the Cathedral was renovated and restored under Bishop William K. Weigand. This included not only the removal of dust and dirt and restoration of the interior but also changes to the liturgical elements of the cathedral to bring them into conformity with certain widespread changes in liturgical practice that developed after the Second Vatican Council.
This included building a new altar, moving the bishop's chair, providing a separate chapel for the Blessed Sacrament, and adding a more ample baptismal font. The major restoration of the interior of the cathedral was accomplished through the vision of Monsignor M. Francis Mannion.
The Cathedral is home to the only co-educational Catholic Choir School in the United States. The Madeleine Choir School, established in 1996, now serves over 350 students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight.
Composer Amédée Tremblay notably served as the church's organist from 1920 to 1925.
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Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. With a population of 189,899 as of the 2011 estimate, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,145,905. Salt Lake City is further situated in a larger urban area known as the Wasatch Front, which has a population of 2,328,299. It is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada), and the largest in the Intermountain West.
The city was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young, Isaac Morley, George Washington Bradley and several other Mormon followers, who extensively irrigated and cultivated the arid valley. Due to its proximity to the Great Salt Lake, the city was originally named "Great Salt Lake City"—the word "great" was dropped from the official name in 1868. Although Salt Lake City is still home to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), fewer than half the population of Salt Lake City proper are members of the LDS Church today.
Immigration of international LDS members, mining booms, and the construction of the first transcontinental railroad initially brought economic growth, and the city was nicknamed the Crossroads of the West. It was traversed by the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway, in 1913, and presently two major cross-country freeways, I-15 and I-80, intersect in the city. Salt Lake City has since developed a strong outdoor recreation tourist industry based primarily on skiing, and was host to the 2002 Winter Olympics. It is the industrial banking center of the United States.
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A beautiful Utah Mlik Snake (Lampropeltis Triangulum Taylori) found under a rock in eastern Utah. This specimen has yellower bands than is typically seen in this species.
Northbound #611 departs Provo for Ogden with 27 cars. I love this paint scheme and am glad there are a couple engines still painted in it.
It was a cold, wet morning when we spotted this guy working some horses.
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Just renewed my annual national park pass. Heading out to southern Utah in a couple weeks, hoping for a combined photography / mountain biking loop around the state.
Pic is from Zion about this time last year
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