UDOT warns drivers of serious Memorial Day journey delays

The Utah Department of Transportation is urging drivers to plan forward for heavy Memorial Day site visitors throughout Utah, particularly on US-6. 

Delays on US-6 in Spanish Fork Canyon may attain as much as 90 minutes throughout peak journey intervals this weekend.  

Drivers travelling Friday, May 22, can count on the next delays:

• Southbound I-15 from Spanish Fork to Nephi: Up to half-hour of extra delay between 10 a.m. and eight p.m., with peak delays occurring at 3 p.m. 
• Eastbound US-6 from Spanish Fork to Soldier Summit: Up to 90 minutes of extra delay between 10:30 a.m. and 10 p.m., with peak delays occurring at 7 p.m.
• Northbound US-89 from Logan to Bear Lake: Up to half-hour of extra delay between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m., with peak delays occurring at 7 p.m.
• Eastbound US-40 from Heber to Duchesne: Up to fifteen minutes of extra delay between 1 p.m. and eight p.m., with peak delays occurring between 2 and 6 p.m. 
• Southbound US-6/US-191 from Spanish Fork to Moab: Up to 90 minutes of extra delays between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m., with peak delays occurring at 5 p.m. 

Return vacationers on Monday, May 25, can count on the next delays: 

• Westbound US-6 from Soldier Summit to Spanish Fork: Up to 90 minutes of extra delay between 10 a.m. and eight p.m., with peak delays occurring at 3 p.m.
• Northbound I-15 from Nephi to Spanish Fork: Up to 40 minutes of extra delay between 10 a.m. and seven p.m., with peak delays occurring at 3 p.m.
• Southbound US-89 from Bear Lake to Logan: Up to half-hour of extra delay between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with peak delays occurring between midday and three p.m.
• Westbound US-40 from Duchesne to Heber: Up to fifteen minutes of extra delay between 11 a.m. and eight p.m., with peak delays occurring between 2 and 6 p.m.
• Northbound US-191/US-6 from Moab to Spanish Fork: Up to 90 minutes of extra delay between 11 a.m. and seven p.m. with peak delays occurring at 5 p.m. 

Across the state, most UDOT tasks will droop building and open all lanes to site visitors to assist cut back delays over the vacation weekend. However, sure current lane restrictions or site visitors shifts will stay in place as wanted to guard the work zone and guarantee security.    

This features a work zone spanning two miles of US-6 close to Thistle Junction (the US-6 and US-89 intersection) in Spanish Fork Canyon. Traffic will stay decreased to 1 lane in every course as crews work to construct a safer grade-separated interchange earlier than winter. 

Immediately following the vacation weekend, drivers commuting to downtown Salt Lake ought to concentrate on a Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities mission starting on US-89 (Beck Street). On Tuesday, May 26, southbound Beck Street between Everett Avenue and Victory Road might be decreased to 1 lane for roughly ten days. Utility crews might be changing manholes and a sewer pipe.