State Route 168 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the state of Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 that spans 1.16 miles (1.867 km) from Riverdale, Utah

Riverdale, Utah

Riverdale is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,656 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Riverdale is located at ....

 to Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force Base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air...

 in Weber County

Weber County, Utah

Weber County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a stretch of the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the population was 196,533, an increase of 24.1% over its population in 1990. By...

.

Route description

This route is essentially a short access road to the former north gate at Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force Base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air...

. The southern terminus of this route is at the now-closed north gate of Hill Air Force Base. From there it travels downhill and northeast before turning north and ending at SR-60

Utah State Route 60

State Route 60 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, serving local traffic in the Ogden area. It parallels I-84 from SR-26 in Riverdale to US-89 in South Weber, and was part of the first state highway into Weber Canyon.-Route description:...

(Riverdale Road).

History

The road from Hill Air Force Base's north entrance to SR-60 was added to the state highway system in 1962 by the state legislature and has remained essentially unchanged since.

Major intersections