The road travels northwesterly, bordered on the east by a large tailing pond owned by Kennecott Utah Copper and part of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad rail line,[2] which is now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP).

[4] Kennecott Utah Copper owns all of the land surrounding SR-202, except for the right-of-way for the railroad, and the highway itself.

[10] From 1961 to 1967, the name was used by Main Street between SR-201 (2100 South) and SR-171 in downtown Salt Lake City, which is now part of Utah State Route 186.

[13] On September 26, 2008, a sulfuric acid spill occurred, reported by people in vehicles traveling on Interstate 80.

[14] In 2015, as part of a federal-aid project, a traffic signal was installed at the junction with SR-201, which was moved slightly to the west; as a result, the south end of SR-202 was realigned, resulting in a net loss of approximately 0.21 miles (0.34 km) of state highway mileage.