Plan to expand 80 mph speed zones

Utah officials propose

more 80-mph speed
limit zones on rural
freeways plus
increasing limits by 5
mph on some trickier
sections to 70 or 75 mph.
The plan includes raising
limits on most of
Interstate 70 between
the Colorado state line
and Interstate 15.

CACHE
COU N TY

RICH
COU N TY

15

W EB ER
COU N TY

OGDEN
RIVERDALE

MORGAN
COU N TY

84

FARMINGTON

80

ECHO
JCT.
COALVILLE
80

Sections of I-84 west

of Echo Junction
would see smaller
speed increases.

S A L T 84
LAKE
CITY

WENDOVER
80

SU MMIT
COU N TY

80
15

DU CHESN E
COU N TY

PROVO

Proposed
70 mph
zones
Proposed
75 mph
zones

M ILLA RD
COUNTY

15

Proposed
80 mph
zones

SA NPETE
COUNTY

CARB ON
COU N TY
EMERY
COU N TY

SEV IER
COUNTY
PIUTE
COUNTY

U IN TAH
COU N TY

70

GRAN D
COU N TY

70

MOAB
W AY N E
COU N TY

15

CEDAR
CITY
N

ST. GEORGE
Source: Utah Department of Transportation

25 miles

The Salt Lake Tribune