It is composed of three non-continuous segments, which combined consist of all the state-maintained roadways on the University of Utah campus.

Shortly thereafter, the Red Line of the Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail system begins running in the median.

It then passes the Jon M. Huntsman Center before coming to an end at the junction with Mario Capecchi Drive, which carries the third SR-282 segment.

This road was previously known as Wasatch Drive, but was renamed after Mario Capecchi, a researcher at the University of Utah, after he won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

It continues past the Fort Douglas station on the Red Line and passes underneath the Eccles Legacy Bridge before veering to the northeast, along with the light rail.

The portion along 1500 East was removed from the description at this time, as that roadway had been replaced by a parking lot and a pedestrian walkway.