The route, which is 3.04 miles (4.89 km), is laid on the entire length of the Van Winkle Expressway and a portion of Highland Drive.

From there, SR-152 heads southeast as a four-lane divided highway with limited at-grade access through an undeveloped, low-lying, and wooded strip of land.

The route once again veers to the southeast before crossing the Jordan and Salt Lake Canal in a low-density residential area (including horse properties).

[4] In 1941, it was extended east in the forest to Brighton,[5] and in 1945 the connection from Highland Drive to the canyon was moved south to Fort Union Boulevard.

In order to provide access to the new Wasatch Mountain State Park, SR-152 was extended east from Brighton in 1963, following an existing county road over Guardsman Pass to end at SR-224.