Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway - Utah

Getting to the Byway: ##Salt Lake City, UT to Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway## * Take I-80 east just past Kimball Junction. * Get on US-40 and go southeast to Duchesne where you enter the byway. Navigating the Byway: ####UT/CO Border via I-70 to Moab#### * The Utah Section starts at the UT/CO border on I-70. Go west. * Take exit 212, the eastern Cisco exit, and turn left over the Interstate. * A mile and a half west of Cisco is the three-way junction with UT-128. *Turn left and head south toward the Colorado River, Castle Valley, and Moab. * At the intersection with US 191, turn left (south) to reach Moab, UT. ####Moab, UT to Green River, UT#### * Turn right (north) onto US 191 and cross the Colorado River. * Continue north to Crescent Junction and I-70. * Take I-70 west past Green River, UT. ####Green River, UT to Price, UT#### * Two miles west of Green River, UT turn north at exit 156 onto US 6/191. * Head north towards Price, UT, about 60 miles northwest. ####Price, UT to Duchesne, UT#### * From Price, continue north and west on US 6/191 through the town of Helper. * Four miles north of Helper is where US 6/191 splits. Take the right-hand turn onto US-191 that goes down and over the Price River, the railroad tracks, and around the coal-fired power plant you see there. * Continue on US-191 44 miles up Willow Creek Canyon, up and over Reservation Ridge with a pass at just over 9,000 feet above sea level, and down through Indian Canyon to the town of Duchesne, UT in the Uintah Basin. ####Duchesne, UT to Vernal, UT#### * A few blocks after crossing the Strawberry River, there is a stop sign that divides US 191 from US 40. * Turn right and head east on US 40 through Myton at the Duchesne River bridge and then through Roosevelt. * US 40 continues on into Vernal ending up on Main Street. ####Vernal, UT to UT/CO Border#### * Take US 40 east for 12 miles to reach Jensen, UT. * Continue east across the bridge over the Green River. * Travel 18 miles to UT/CO border where this the Utah section of the byway ends.