The route connects SR-126 and I-15 to US-89 and SR-203 as it passes through the center of Ogden on Hinckley Drive and portions of 30th and 31st Streets.

It climbs a hill and crosses the former alignment of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, entering the city limits of Roy.

The highway turns slightly to northeast on Hinckley Drive and gains a center median, straddling the northern periphery of Ogden-Hinckley Airport.

Past Parker Drive the road again briefly turns northeast and climbs onto a viaduct over railroad tracks.

The two-lane highway continues east until reaching Harrison Boulevard (SR-203), where SR-79 ends.