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UDOT Construction Crews Deliver Bridge Slide Over I-80

The new bridge will provide a smoother ride for drivers and will enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians, with a new 14-ft.-wide path on the west side along with a new sidewalk and bike lane on the east side.

Overall, the many projects are focused on meeting current and future transportation needs in Utah while keeping existing roads, bridges, sidewalks and trails in good condition.

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) officially launched the 2022 construction season with a bridge slide over I80, marking one of the bigger construction projects slated for this year — the new 1700 East Bridge — in the Beehive State.

During this closure, crews demolished the 1700 East bridge over I-80 and slid a new bridge — which was constructed next to the existing bridge — into place. This innovative method of bridge construction, pioneered in Utah, reduces delays and traffic restrictions for drivers.

The 1700 East bridge was originally built in the 1960s and was due for replacement.

The new bridge will provide a smoother ride for drivers and will enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians, with a new 14-ft.wide path on the west side along with a new sidewalk and bike lane on the east side.

The project is one of 175 under construction in 2022, with a total value of $2.5 billion. The projects are focused on meeting current and future transportation needs in Utah — one of the fastest-growing states in the country — while keeping existing roads, bridges, sidewalks and trails in good condition.

Other projects that construction crews will start or have already started include: Crews from the Utah Department of Transportation executed a new bridge slide over I-80 during the weekend of April 8, 2022. Construction crews constructed the new bridge next to the existing bridge, an innovative method of bridge construction pioneered in Utah.

West Davis Highway (Davis County): $750 Million UDOT is building a new 16-mi., four-lane

divided highway through western Davis County between I-15 in Farmington and the future extension of S.R. 193 in West Point.

Six new interchanges will provide access to Farmington, Kaysville, Layton and Syracuse. The project also includes more than 10 mi. of new trails. Construction began in 2021 and is scheduled to be finished by 2024.

For more information, visit westdavis.udot.utah.gov.

U.S. 89 (Davis County): $473 Million UDOT is widening U.S. 89 from four lanes to six and removing stoplights between S.R. 193 in Layton and Main Street in Farmington. The project includes four new interchanges and two new bridges over the highway, along with new frontage roads, pedestrian underpasses, a multi-use trail and bicycle improvements. Construction began in 2020 and is slated to finish in 2023.

For more information, visit udot.utah.gov/us89.

S.R. 30 (Cache County): $75 Million This project will reconstruct and widen S.R. 30 in Cache County from the S.R. 23 junction near Mendon to 1000 West in see CONSTRUCTION page 6

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Crews Cause ‘Minor’ Damage On Dinosaur Tracks at Site About 112 million years ago, the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Utah was a muddy, drying lake, where ankylosaurs and theropods roamed and left footprints that have been preserved ever since.

But in January, a construction crew working to replace a boardwalk for viewing the dinosaur fossils left marks of their own, damaging some of the specimens and even repeatedly driving over one of them, according to an assessment recently released by the Bureau of Land Management, which staffed the crew.

The assessment, which was launched after the fossils were found to have been harmed, concluded that the overall damage was minor. Even so, “this damage should not have occurred,” Brent Breithaupt, a regional paleontologist of the Bureau of Land Management, wrote in the report.

If the project had not been stopped, “it is likely that much greater damage would have occurred with increased construction activities,” Breithaupt wrote.

He added that because the Bureau of Land Management failed to consult paleontologists on the plans, crews did not know which areas to avoid. Breithaupt called the incident “unfortunate” and said it “could have been avoided.”

The assessment, which was launched after the fossils were found to have been harmed, concluded that the overall damage was minor.

After releasing the report last week, the Bureau of Land Management said it would conduct an additional environmental assessment, take public input and work with paleontologists before resuming construction of the new boardwalk. The bureau “is committed to protecting plant and animal fossils on our public lands,” the agency wrote.

Patrick Donnelly, of the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental advocacy group, told The Washington Post that the agency’s findings were troubling.

The center was among the groups advocating for the construction to be halted after

Sand Ridge Constructors Will Build Portion of $16.5M Project Granite recently announced that Sand Ridge Constructors, a joint venture of Granite and W.W. Clyde & Co., has been awarded the $16.5 million construction manager portion of the 5600 South Progressive Design Build (PDB) project by Project scope covers the widening from three to five the Utah Department of lanes of approximately 3 mi. of 5600 South in Roy, Transportation (UDOT).

Utah, with work including hot mix asphalt (HMA), The project construction utilities, curb-gutter-sidewalk, cast-in-place barrier contract is anticipated to be and mechanically stabilized earth walls. $155 million, with Granite taking $93 million of the total (60 percent). The Haven HMA plant will supply approximateconstruction manager contract was included ly 85,000 tons of HMA for the project.

“Our relationship with UDOT over the in Granite’s 2021 fourth quarter CAP. Project scope covers the widening from past 25 years has been impeccable,” said three to five lanes of approximately 3 mi. of Jason Klaumann, Granite’s Utah region 5600 South in Roy, Utah, with work includ- manager. “We’ve worked extensively with ing hot mix asphalt (HMA), utilities, curb- their project teams and built a lot of mutual gutter-sidewalk, cast-in-place barrier and respect and trust. In addition, it is a win for mechanically stabilized earth walls. The Granite to secure another large progressive project will construct six bridges: one pedes- design build (PDB) project as our current trian bridge, one above grade crossing, two PDB, US-89, is winding down.”

The construction manager phase began in new mainline I-15 interchange bridges, one off-ramp bridge over railroad and one collec- February 2022, and construction is expected tor-distributor bridge. The Ogden West to start in Q2 2023. 

photos of the fossil damage appeared on social media.

“It could have been a lot worse,” Donnelly added. “But those tracks will never come back the way they were.”

Discovered in 2009, the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite is among the most studied sites in the world. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the site is unique because it offers a snapshot of life in the early Cretaceous period — a period when dinosaurs thrived and later went extinct — while other track sites in the area are from the earlier Jurassic period. There are more than 200 fossilized tracks on the site from at least 10 types of animals from the period.

While the subject of intense study, the site has also become a tourist destination.

Breithaupt noted in the report that improvements to the boardwalk were necessary for safety and accessibility. A project to replace the boardwalk began in late January, and crews drove a truck, trailer and a backhoe with a forklift onto the site to disassemble the old one, Breithaupt wrote.

Then paleontologists noticed marks from vehicles and were dismayed they had not been consulted, Science reported. “This was a bureaucratic screw-up,” Jim Kirkland, a

Utah geological survey paleontologist, told the journal.

As the fossil damage made headlines, the Bureau of Land Management halted construction while Breithaupt conducted an assessment. He found that a trace fossil left by a prehistoric crocodile “was repeatedly driven over,” resulting in fractures. At another area containing footprints from theropods, ornithopods and sauropods, there were tire tracks and signs of heavy foot traffic, Breithaupt wrote.

“Close examination of the trace fossils in this area shows signs of recent breakage and fracturing of the brittle impact rims around a few of the tracks,” he wrote.

Breithaupt noted that while other fossils appeared to have been harmed by the construction, they may have been previously damaged.

He also recommended the bureau have all future construction plans “reviewed, assessed and possibly monitored by a qualified paleontologist.”

Donnelly called the report “pretty forthright,” as it acknowledged the damage.

“They’re not making any more dinosaurs,” he said. “So these tracks in some ways are like an endangered species — and we really need to protect them like one.” 

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Crews Will Deliver 175 Projects Valued at $2.5B This Year

Valued at $750 million, a new 16-mi., four-lane divided highway through western Davis County between I-15 in Farmington and the future extension of S.R. 193 in West Point, is being built.

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Logan. The project also will include a new pedestrian underpass at S.R. 23.

Construction starts this spring and is scheduled to finish in 2023.

For more information, visit udot.utah.gov/go/sr30.

I-80 & I-215 (Salt Lake County):

The 1700 East bridge was originally built in the 1960s and was due for replacement.

$146.5 Million UDOT is removing the existing pavement and replacing it with new concrete on I-80 from 1300 East to 2300 East and I-215 from 3300 South to 4500 South. Crews also will add a new eastbound lane to this section of I80, and will replace or widen four bridges — including the 1700 East bridge that was most recently demolished. Construction began in 2021 and all lanes on the project are sched-

uled to be open by the end of 2023.

For more information, udot.utah.gov/saltlakeeast.

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Redwood Road (Salt Lake County): $14.4 Million This project will add a new northbound lane from 6200 South to the I-215 interchange and rebuild the 6200 South intersec-

tion to add a new continuous flow left-turn to the northbound lanes. Crews also will add lanes and ramp meters to the eastbound and westbound I-215 on-ramps. Construction will start later this year and is scheduled for completion in fall 2023.

For more information, visit udot.utah.gov/go/redwoodroadupdated.

I-15 (Utah County): $79.1 Million This project will build a new interchange between 400 South (S.R. 77) in Springville and Main Street (S.R. 156)/U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork. Crews also will widen 1600 South/2700 North from Spanish Fork Main Street to S.R. 51. Construction will start later this year and the project is scheduled for completion in 2025.

For more information, visit udot.utah.gov/i15springvillespanishfork U.S. 40 (Wasatch County): $11.9 Million UDOT is replacing sections of old pavement between the junction with S.R. 32 and the Wasatch/Summit County line and replacing the bridge driving surfaces over the Provo River. Construction started this spring and is scheduled to finish by 2023.

For more information, visit udotinput.utah.gov/us40improved

The 1700 East Bridge project is one of 175 under construction in 2022, with a total value of $2.5 billion.

U.S. 189, U.S. 40 (Utah, Wasatch Counties): $6.7 Million UDOT is replacing sections of guardrail see CONSTRUCTION page 7

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in Provo Canyon with new concrete barriers, and adding rumble strips to a section of U.S. 40 from 800 North in Heber to the intersection with S.R. 32. Construction began in 2021 and is scheduled to finish this fall.

For more information, visit udotinput.utah.gov/provocanyonbarrier.

U.S. 40 (Wasatch, Duchesne Counties): $5.5 Million This project will improve approximately 30 mi. of U.S. 40 between Soldier Creek (near Strawberry Reservoir) and Duchesne.

Work will include crack sealing, asphalt repairs, the placement of a new road surface (chip seal) and road sign updates.

Construction on this project will start this spring and end this summer.

I-15, I-70 (Millard, Beaver, Iron Counties): $20.1 Million This project will repave three sections of I-15 from Beaver through Cedar City and replace the driving surface and barrier walls

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on the I-70 bridge over I-15. Construction starts later this spring and will continue through fall.

U.S. 191 (Grand, San Juan Counties): $15.9 Million This project will construct a new 2.5-mi. southbound passing lane on U.S. 191 just south of the I-70 junction. Work also includes repaving the highway from north Moab to the S.R. 313 junction and from south Moab to the La Sal junction (S.R. 46).

Construction will start later this summer and is scheduled to be finished by 2023.

For more information, visit udot.utah.gov/go/us191corridor.

S.R. 14 (Iron, Kane Counties): $13.5 Million This project will build a new 2-mi. eastbound passing lane in Cedar Canyon east of Cedar City and repave several miles of the highway farther east in Kane County.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer and end in 2023. 

The Next Closing Date is May 11, 2022

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UTAH PUBLISHING 2022 Issue# 11 13 15 17 19 The projects are focused on meeting current and future transportation needs in Utah — one of the fastest-growing states in the country.

Closing May 11 June 8 July 6 August 3 August 31

Publishing May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11

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in Provo Canyon with new concrete barriers, and adding rumble strips to a section of U.S. 40 from 800 North in Heber to the intersection with S.R. 32. Construction began in 2021 and is scheduled to finish this fall.

For more information, visit udotinput.utah.gov/provocanyonbarrier.

U.S. 40 (Wasatch, Duchesne Counties): $5.5 Million This project will improve approximately 30 mi. of U.S. 40 between Soldier Creek (near Strawberry Reservoir) and Duchesne.

Work will include crack sealing, asphalt repairs, the placement of a new road surface (chip seal) and road sign updates.

Construction on this project will start this spring and end this summer.

I-15, I-70 (Millard, Beaver, Iron Counties): $20.1 Million This project will repave three sections of I-15 from Beaver through Cedar City and replace the driving surface and barrier walls

on the I-70 bridge over I-15. Construction starts later this spring and will continue through fall.

U.S. 191 (Grand, San Juan Counties): $15.9 Million This project will construct a new 2.5-mi. southbound passing lane on U.S. 191 just south of the I-70 junction. Work also includes repaving the highway from north Moab to the S.R. 313 junction and from south Moab to the La Sal junction (S.R. 46).

Construction will start later this summer and is scheduled to be finished by 2023.

For more information, visit udot.utah.gov/go/us191corridor.

S.R. 14 (Iron, Kane Counties): $13.5 Million This project will build a new 2-mi. eastbound passing lane in Cedar Canyon east of Cedar City and repave several miles of the highway farther east in Kane County.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer and end in 2023. 

The Next Closing Date is May 11, 2022

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UTAH PUBLISHING 2022 Issue# 11 13 15 17 19 The projects are focused on meeting current and future transportation needs in Utah — one of the fastest-growing states in the country.

Closing May 11 June 8 July 6 August 3 August 31

Publishing May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11

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