 State Route 313 | ||||
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| Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway | ||||
 SR-313 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by UDOT | ||||
| Length | 22.506 mi[1] (36.220 km) | |||
| Existed | 1975–present | |||
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| West end | Dead Horse Point State Park | |||
 Canyonlands National Park | ||||
| East end |  US-191 near Moab | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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State Route 313 (SR-313) is a 22.506-mile-long (36.220 km) state highway in San Juan and Grand Counties in the U.S. State of Utah. The highway has been designated the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway.[2] The highway is an access road for both the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park. The highway is a toll road in Dead Horse Point State Park. Westbound traffic is charged a state park entrance fee at the park boundary.
The route was assigned north of Moab in the 1975 in place of SR-278, a proposed but never constructed access to Dead Horse Point. The original alignment of the highway featured steep grades and blind corners. The highway was completely rebuilt in the 1980s after sustaining damage while crews rebuilt the access road to Canyonlands National Park.
- ^ "Highway Reference Information- Route 0313". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
- ^ "Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway". Utah Office of Tourism.