Project Description

UDOT is completing the final design for US-189 roadway improvements to address vehicle capacity and safety deficiencies between mile reference posts 22.3 and 25.5 in Wasatch County, near Deer Creek Reservoir.

Project improvements include:

  • Widening US-189 to include two travel lanes in each direction, for the northbound and southbound traffic.

  • Intersection and roadway curvature safety improvements.

  • Significant hillside excavation and rock cutting to accommodate the road widening.

    • Note: The excavated hillside soils would be placed along the east side of US-189 and then shaped and vegetated to match the surrounding hillside conditions. Click this link to see a visual example of how the excavated hillside soils would look.   

  • Signalizing the US-189 and SR-113 intersection.

  • Enhancing the Island Beach Day Use Area entrance.

  • Installing wildlife protection measures.

UDOT held a public hearing as part of the environmental documentation process in January 2024. See the "Public Hearing (January 31, 2024)" tab to review preliminary design information presented at the public hearing.  

 

 

UDOT PIN 15731

Project No. S-0189(69)23