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State Route 143 (SR-143) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The entire highway has been designated the Brian Head-Panguitch Lake Scenic Byway as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program. This road has also been designated as Utah's Patchwork Parkway as part of the National Forest Scenic Byway program. At just over long, it connects Parowan to Panguitch while providing access to Brian Head, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and Panguitch Lake. It is also the second-highest paved road in the state at above sea level. The western section of the road from Parowan started as a logging road for nineteenth century Mormon pioneers and was designated a state highway in 1933. Twenty years later, the route was extended to Cedar Breaks National Monument, and again in 1985 to its present-day eastern end in Panguitch. ==Route description== State Route 143 begins at Interstate 15 in Iron County just west of Parowan as 200 South and travels through the center of town before turning south into Parowan Canyon. From here, the route climbs past the Vermillion Cliffs,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scenic Byways and Backways )〕 named for their reddish color produced by iron oxides.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pioneer History and Scenery on Utah's Patchwork Parkway )〕 Farther up the canyon, the highway passes by the White Cliffs as it enters Dixie National Forest, and begins a steep climb up to Brian Head. With the grade reaching 13% in places, precipitous enough that travel by RVs or semi trucks is not recommended.〔 As the route climbs onto the Markagunt Plateau at an elevation of nearly , it enters the town of Brian Head, Utah's highest incorporated city and the home of Utah's highest ski resort, Brian Head Ski Resort.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brian Head-Panguitch Lake Scenic Byway )〕 From the top of this plateau, vistas open up allowing for views of over in every direction. The area is populated with Engelmann spruces, aspens, and alpine meadows full of wildflowers. SR-143 continues climbing southward, passing the northern edge of Cedar Breaks National Monument, a natural amphitheater canyon eroded out of the western edge of the plateau similarly to Bryce Canyon.〔 Here, the route reaches its highest point at above sea level, the second-highest paved road in Utah behind the Mirror Lake Highway at . The route turns to the east here, while continuing south leads to the rest of Cedar Breaks National Monument and State Route 148 (the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway).〔 As the highway heads east, it descends through thick aspen forests interspersed with ancient lava fields.〔 Distant views to the Escalante Mountains, Sevier Plateau, and the Pink Cliffs of Paunsaugunt Plateau are visible to the south and east.〔〔 On this leg of the route, it passes around the south and east sides of Panguitch Lake, which is popular for summertime fishing as well as winter ice fishing.〔 SR-143 continues its descent, heading northeast alongside Panguitch Creek〔〔 as it enters Garfield County and exits Dixie National Forest.〔 The route ends at U.S. Route 89 in the city of Panguitch,〔 from Bryce Canyon National Park〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Panguitch Visitor Information )〕 and just east of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Utah State Route 143」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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