(St. George, UT) — Utah’s “100 Deadliest Days of Summer” is over with fewer car fatalities than in the past. Preliminary numbers show there were fewer traffic-related deaths between Memorial Day and Labor Day, dropping by roughly 18 percent. Law enforcement leaders told St. George News while the total number […]
The Utah Department of Transportation is going to rebuild and improve the pavement surface along a section of I-15 south of Nephi near mileposts 193 through 200. Work is scheduled to begin as early as Apr. 6 in the southbound lanes and will continue through June. Crews will work on […]
UDOT region four donated seven tons of food Nov 7 after winning the state wide UDOT can-gineering competition. Can-gineering is an opportunity for UDOT to apply engineering to provide food for the food bank. Each team uses cans of food to build large sculptures, then afterwards, donate the food used. […]
WELLS, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a train derailment that closed U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada for more than an hour (all times local): 12:35 p.m. A 60-mile (96-kilometer) stretch of U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada has reopened after a train derailment caused a potential hazmat scare. […]
LEEDS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a driver alone in a vehicle was killed when it struck a horse on Interstate 15 in southwestern Utah. The Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred near Leeds in Washington County early Thursday morning before troopers arrived in response to a report of horses […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah highway popular with outdoor recreation enthusiasts is fully reopening after being closed this year two weeks later than is normal because of accumulated snow. The Department of Transportation said the Monte Cristo Highway, also known as State Route 39, was set to reopen […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Two northern Utah mountain highways popular with outdoor recreation enthusiasts will remain closed past Memorial Day because of heavy snowpack and a state Department of Transportation spokesman says it’s not clear when they’ll be opened. The Standard-Examiner reports that State Routes 39 and 65 generally are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Department of Transportation officials say the agency is close to meeting its budget for snow removal and is set to dip into its contingency funds. KUTV reported Wednesday that UDOT spokesman John Gleason says the agency, as of last Friday, had spent about $24 million of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a fuel tanker fire on Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City (all times local): 10:35 a.m. A Utah Department of Transportation spokesman says crews need to do extensive repairs on Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City following a fuel tanker explosion and […]
Northbound Interstate 15 has reopened near Cedar City in southwestern Utah after being closed for several hours Tuesday morning due to hazardous weather conditions. The Utah High Patrol says troopers had reported that 15 tractor-trailer were blocking traffic after spinning out of control due to traveling too fast for conditions. […]
