Family, teachers remember Powell boys at Washington funeral

Interstate 15

Law enforcement officers from a number of different agencies, including the Utah Highway Patrol, Washington County Sheriff's Department, the Hurricane Police Department and the Washington City Police Department, keep their weapons trained on a maroon colored Scion, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 at mile marker 17 near Hurricane, Utah. Inside the vehicle, a man was holding his two sons at gunpoint as the car sits on it's rims in the middle of the southbound lane of Interstate 15 after having it's tires blown out by spikes during a chase with law enforcement officers. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)

9-hour I-15 standoff ends when man surrenders

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 5:22pm

ST. GEORGE, Utah — A man involved in a nine-hour standoff that shut down Interstate 15 in Utah was trying to keep his children from returning to their mother’s custody in California, police said.

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Negotiator attempts to end southern Utah standoff

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Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 3:33pm

ST. GEORGE -- A negotiator and a SWAT team are on the scene of a standoff in southern Utah that has closed a stretch of Interstate 15 in Washington County.

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Flooding forces I-15 closure in Box Elder County

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 6:37pm

PLYMOUTH -- Flooding has forced the closure Saturday afternoon of the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 15 near Plymouth in Box Elder County.

The closure began about 12:45 p.m. and crews are on the scene attempting to clear water from the roadway, said officials with the Box Elder County Dispatch Center. Traffic is being rerouted along State Road 13. Union Pacific Railroad has also halted train traffic because of water across tracks in the Riverside area.

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Dish soap to help slide I-15 bridges in place in Mesquite

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 5:30pm

MESQUITE, Nev. -- Road construction crews are set to slide a new bridge assembly into place on Interstate 15 in Nevada using no-slip rails, hydraulic jacks and liquid dish soap for lubrication.

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Legislative three-card Monte: Roads win, everyone else loses

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:56pm

We ran a scary story last week about how much highways are going to cost Utah over the next 30 years. The tab is $69 billion, a chunk of that just in the Top of Utah.

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Man drives wrong way on I-15 before deadly head-on crash

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 6:35pm

HARRISVILLE -- A man died after driving the wrong way on Interstate 15 and crashing into another car almost head-on.

Early Saturday morning, Larry Caldwell, 68, drove his 1987 Subaru station wagon onto I-15 near Smith and Edwards -- but he was going south in the northbound lanes, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

The Harrisville man drove half a mile before glancing off two vehicles. About 12:30 a.m., he hit a third vehicle almost head-on and the impact tore his station wagon in half, according to UHP.

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Kaysville, Farmington disagree on corridor interchange but UDOT to consider regional impact

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 6:49am

FARMINGTON -- While two neighboring cities continue to disagree on where a large interchange should be built for the West Davis Corridor, the Utah Department of Transportation is weighing the cost of each option.

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UDOT noise rules likely affect Top of Utah road projects

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 10:26pm

LAYTON -- Noise levels on state roads will be a little lower in the future.

The Utah Department of Transportation recently revised its noise-abatement regulations, adding new projects that will require noise studies and increasing the minimum noise-reduction levels that must be met for proposed noise walls.

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UDOT seeking federal grants for Weber, Box Elder roads

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 12:06am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Department of Transportation hopes federal money will benefit a few Top of Utah construction projects in 2012.

At Thursday's Utah Transportation Commission meeting in Salt Lake City, the state announced it is seeking money from the Federal Highway Administration to complete several projects next year that otherwise will have to wait.

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I-15 crashes in Clearfield causes traffic delays

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Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 8:47pm

CLEARFIELD -- Two separate roll-over accidents snarled southbound traffic on Interstate 15 tonight.

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FrontRunner service in Farmington disrupted by storm debris

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 6:26am

FARMINGTON -- Thursday's wind storm in the Top of Utah not only caused delays on Interstate 15, it completely shut down FrontRunner service through Farmington.

As overturned semitrailers and uprooted trees caused major traffic delays for motorists on I-15 and other Davis County roads, a pile of debris landed on the Utah Transit Authority's rail track in Farmington, making it impossible for the train to pass through the area.

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Crashed? Get off the road, say UDOT & UHP

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:09am

LAYTON -- Next time you get into a fender bender on the freeway, the state wants you to take it off the road.

The Utah Department of Transportation has begun a new campaign to alert motorists involved in minor traffic accidents to move off busy roadways when exchanging insurance information with other drivers or waiting for the police.

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UDOT to add another lane to Top of Utah on I-15

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 11:37pm

LAYTON -- The Utah Department of Transportation will add another lane to Interstate 15 in the Top of Utah this spring.

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Woman arrested after slow chase being evaluated

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 10:53pm

BOUNTIFUL — A woman is undergoing a psychological evaluation after a slow-moving car chase that started at 1:17 a.m. Monday.

A Davis County sheriff’s deputy spotted the woman traveling south on Interstate 15 near Bountiful at about 30 mph, said Davis County Sheriff’s Sgt. Sue Poulsen.

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Three I-15 bridges to be replaced at a cost of $20 million

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 6:27am

BOUNTIFUL -- The state plans to replace three bridges along Interstate 15 in Davis County -- but officials say the trick will be doing it with as little impact as possible.

At a Utah Transportation Commission meeting last week, Utah Department of Transportation officials said plans are in the works to perform major bridge deck replacements along I-15 at 500 South in Bountiful and 1500 South and 2600 South in Woods Cross.

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