South of the reservoir, the dam is visible on the left and the road loses elevation quickly before abruptly connecting to an exurban non-freeway segment with frequent curb cuts and building frontage.

US-40 continues south and east through mountains and the Uintah Basin to the Colorado border near Dinosaur National Monument.

To the west, it split from the Lincoln at Mills Junction, and took a straight path across the Great Salt Lake Desert on the proposed Wendover Cut-off to Nevada.

The east split with the Lincoln was at Kimball Junction, where the Victory turned to the southeast over the old Heber to Fort Duchesne trail that led past Heber City, over Daniel's Pass, and along the north side of Strawberry Reservoir to Million dollar pass.

The road continued due east leaving Starvation flat over a sandstone laden ridge three miles west of city of Duchesne.

[8] In 1974, with its replacement - Interstate 80 - almost complete across California, Nevada, and Utah, the three states applied to AASHO to truncate US-40 to Silver Creek Junction.

East of Duchesne the new road was moved south of the river along the southern bench, bypassing Bridgeland and into Myton.