AASHTO - Tue September 25, 2018
Utah DOT's Carlos Braceras Elected AASHTO President
The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials elected Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, to serve as its new president and Missouri DOT Director Patrick McKenna as its vice president....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 28, 2018
UDOT Narrows Bridges Along Wasatch Front to Widen Road
A burgeoning population along Utah's Wasatch Front means traffic in the Salt Lake Valley on I-15 South can get pretty crowded, especially during rush hour. Engineers at the Utah Department of Transportation have been studying the issue for several years, aware that expansion of the Interstate was crucial....
Utah Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018
AASHTO Awards UDOT for Cottonwood Canyon Project
Once again, the Utah Department of Transportation is a winner in the annual America's Transportation Awards competition sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)....
Utah Department of Transportation - Mon July 02, 2018
Gov. Appoints Zeenati to State Transportation Commission
Gov. Gary R. Herbert has appointed St. George realtor Naghi Zeenati as chairman of the Utah State Transportation Commission. A member of the Commission since 2013, Zeenati replaces J. Kent Millington, whose term of service as Commission chair has expired....
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)....
