Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 05, 2018
Utilities 101: UDOT Digs Deep in St. George
Bluff Street (SR 18) in St. George, Utah, is a highly-traveled roadway tasked with carrying an increasing load as the population in the area continues to grow. More than 44,000 cars per day travel the route and this number is expected to grow to 65,000 by 2040....
Utah Department of Transportation - Tue June 05, 2018
UDOT Names Teri Newell as Additional Deputy Director of the Department
UDOT Executive Director Carlos Braceras announced he has named Teri Newell as an additional deputy director of the department. The additional deputy director will help guide the department as it moves to address issues relating to Utah's growing population, advances in technology and the evolution of the transportation industry....
Brady McCombs – Associated Press - Tue May 08, 2018
Utah's Rapid Bridge Construction
More than 200 bridges in Utah were built with the same rapid construction technique used in the Florida bridge that collapsed last month and killed six people, officials said. Carmen Swanwick, chief structural engineer for the Utah Department of Transportation, said the Miami collapse doesn't sway her confidence in the method or stability of Utah's bridges, which are inspected once every two years....
Tue May 08, 2018
$430M Project to Add More Lanes to I-15 Under Way
PROVO, UTAH (AP) Utah leaders said a project to add more lanes to I-15 and improve east-west connectivity has taken a big step forward. The Daily Herald reports that state and local leaders met April 25 as construction of the $430 million project to add more lanes officially began....
Tue April 10, 2018
UDOT Begins Construction Work on New I-80 Truck Lane
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began construction on I-80 west of Park City on April 2. Crews are building a new westbound truck lane between the Jeremy Ranch and Parleys Summit interchange, installing additional wildlife fencing and building a wildlife crossing over I-80 just west of Parleys Summit....
Tue April 10, 2018
DDI Work Begins
Beginning Feb. 22, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began a major project to improve operations at I-215 and Redwood Road in North Salt Lake City by building a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI)....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018
UDOT Reveals $1.46B in Projects for 2018
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) recently announced its list of Top 10 construction projects for 2018, which include 188 highway construction projects scheduled across the state with a combined value of $1.46 billion, said spokesman Zach Whitney....
Tue March 13, 2018
Sterling Wins $18M Project
Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company LLC (RLW) was selected by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to widen the westbound section of I-80 from Jeremy Ranch to Summit Park, Utah....
Tue February 13, 2018
UDOT Awards Sterling Construction $136M Salt Lake County I-15 Project
Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company LLC was selected by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to reconstruct and rehabilitate approximately 14 mi....
Mon November 20, 2017
Honeyville I-15 Bridge Demolition Work Under Way
The Utah Department of Transportation advises that the bridge over I-15, at the Honeyville (SR-240) Interchange in Box Elder County, closed Nov. 13, and east/west traffic on SR-240 will be embargoed until next spring....
