UDOT opens new bridge at Nicholls Road and US 89
Photo supplied, Utah Department of Transportation
Officials from Layton and the Utah Department of Transportation on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, officially opened the new Antelope Drive interchange at U.S. 89, shown in this undated photo, looking south, before completion. The interchange received the improvement as part of the larger U.S. 89 upgrade through northern Davis County.FRUIT HEIGHTS — Reconstruction of U.S. 89 through Davis County is inching toward completion, with the Utah Department of Transportation announcing the opening of a new bridge over the highway at Nicholls Road.
The Nicholls Road bridge is one of six new bridges along the corridor providing drivers with improved access to U.S. 89.
For the past 18 months, access to neighborhoods in eastern Davis County has been restricted with various road closures, detours and lane shifts for the U.S. 89 highway project, the second-largest UDOT project currently underway in Utah.
Restoring community connections along the 9-mile section of the highway helps residents on both sides of U.S. 89 get set around easily and more safely, said UDOT Region One Director Rob Wight.
“It helps us accomplish one of our most important goals for this project: making the local transportation system work better for the people who live and work here,” he said.
Bridge traffic, while open to vehicles and cyclists, remains closed to pedestrians until late December for finishing work on both sides of the bridge.
A new frontage road system and three tunnels built under the highway are among changes created by UDOT to improve local accessibility and safer routes for cyclists and pedestrians, connecting them to the east bench and its trails.
The U.S. 89 highway project is scheduled to be complete in late 2023, weather permitting. During this time, crews will be working to finish the Crestwood Road bridge in Kaysville, installation of signage, sidewalks and driveways along with final paving.