the road from sr-29 at orangeville junction south through orangeville (along main street) to sr-10 was added to the state highway system in 1927 as a spur of sr-29, and in 1931 it was split off as sr-57. in 1978, the utah transportation commission adopted a realignment onto a bypass of orangeville, with a new northern terminus on sr-29 at the county road to the wilberg mine. an interchange was built at the new sr-29 junction in 1978, and said county road became an extension of sr-57 in 1982.