Cove Fort - Transportation

Transportation

The first highway to traverse Cove Fort was the Arrowhead Trail, which connected Salt Lake City with Los Angeles. When the U.S. Highway system was formed, this route became became U.S. Route 91, and is today Interstate 15. When the Interstate Highway System was in the planning stages, planners noted that there was no direct connection between the central United States and southern California. The result to fill this gap was a new freeway that would be built west from Green River, Utah towards Cove Fort, along a path that previously was inaccessible via paved roads. Since that time Cove Fort has also served as the western terminus of Interstate 70.

In 2004, the Federal Highway Administration was testing a new typeface, Clearview, designed to have improved readability at night with headlight illumination. One test sign was placed at Baltimore, Maryland – the eastern terminus of Interstate 70 – that listed Cove Fort as a control city with a distance of 2,200 miles (3,500 km). One employee stated with the number of queries the department received about Cove Fort, the test was a success. The sign prompted a series of stories about Cove Fort to be published in the Baltimore area. Since that time there has been a small effort by people in both states to lobby the Utah Department of Transportation to reciprocate by placing a sign at Cove Fort listing the distance to Baltimore.