Route Description
State Route 103 begins at an intersection with SR-126, locally known as Main Street in Clearfield. At this intersection, 650 North, which continues the right-of-way, lengthens from a two lane local street into a four lane arterial boulevard at SR-126. State Route 103 begins its progression eastward, passing to the south and north of two commercial complexes. After a small crossing of the Davis Weber Canal, the highway turns to the northeast, intersecting with the southbound on-ramp and off-ramp to Interstate 15. After this intersection, State Route 103 expands to five lanes, and crosses under the southbound and northbound lanes of I-15.
After the overpasses, State Route 103 intersects with the northbound on-ramp and off-ramp from I-15. The highway progresses straight for several hundred feet before reaching the opening gate of the Hill Air Force Base, which is the designated eastern terminus of State Route 103. From there, the right-of-way continues on the arterial in the base itself.
SR-103 serves the important function of connecting the town of Clearfield, and residents along I-15 to Hill Air Force Base. The base, as of 2002, was the fifth largest employer in the state of Utah. It is the second largest employer which is neither the state government or a state-funded higher education institution. For the year 2007, a daily average of 22,525 cars traveled along SR-103, representing only a slight growth from previous years (in 2006, the average was 22,215; in 2005, 21,275). Three percent of this traffic was composed of trucks.
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