SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, May 5, 2017 (Gephardt Daily) — The Interstate 80 exits at Foothill Drive will be closed starting Monday, and may remain closed for as many of four months, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.
The exits will be closed to allow crews to reconstruct several bridges at the I-80/Foothill Drive interchange.
While these closures are in place, drivers will be detoured onto the I-215 east belt, where they will turn around at the 3300 South exit, and then take northbound I-215 to the Foothill Drive/Parleys Way exit.
UDOT recommends that drivers plan extra travel time to follow the detour, and consider using alternate routes to get to Foothill Drive.
Several unrelated closures also are scheduled over the next coming days. Here’s UDOT’s list:
- S.R. 201 will close at I-215 for two nights for bridge demolition. Eastbound S.R. 201 will close Friday night, May 5, at 9 p.m. The following night, westbound S.R. 201 will close beginning at 9 p.m. The freeway will reopen each morning by 6 a.m.
- Eastbound I-80 will be reduced to one lane at the I-15 interchange near downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 6, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastbound drivers traveling into downtown Salt Lake City for the Utah Jazz playoff game should allow extra travel time and plan for minor delays.
- The collector ramp from westbound I-80 to 2100 South/1300 South/900 South, at the Spaghetti Bowl, will be closed for approximately five nights starting Monday, May 8, at 9 p.m. Westbound drivers should use State Street as an alternate to access those streets while the ramp is closed.
- Construction has begun on the future Bangerter Highway interchange at 7000 South in West Jordan. Bangerter Highway is reduced to two lanes during daytime, non-commute hours, and to one lane during overnight hours to accommodate construction of new temporary pavement and widening for the future off-ramps. As early as Friday, May 5, crews will begin removing the continuous flow intersection at Bangerter Highway and 7000 South. By Sunday, May 7, left turns will be made from the center lanes at the intersection.
- I-84 is reduced to one lane in each direction near Taggart (Exit 108) 24 hours a day, through May 13. Crews are completing pavement repairs on the bridges over the Weber River and the Union Pacific railroad. Drivers should plan for narrowed lanes and expect delays.
- Southbound Legacy Parkway will be reduced to one lane starting Monday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. Crews will remove and replace the top layer of pavement. This is the first repaving project to take place on Legacy Parkway since it opened in 2008.
Construction schedules are weather dependent and subject to change. For the latest information on traffic conditions, visit udottraffic.utah.gov or download the UDOT Traffic app for iPhone or Android.
