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Utah State Route 179

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from Interstate 80 to the current SR-138, a distance of 4.5 miles (7.2 km). In addition, the existing SR-138 roadway will be realigned, and a new intersection will be constructed at Sheep Lane. Pre-construction work will begin in summer 2019, but major construction is not expected until 2021.
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The need for a highway running down the center of the Tooele Valley had been identified by 2001, when it was recognized that the existing SR-36 would not have enough capacity for future traffic volumes. Although initial remedies included widening SR-36 and a new 1000 North extension (now part of
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signed a resolution designating State Route 179 as the official number for the Midvalley Highway, defining SR-179 as the proposed highway from SR-138 north to I-80. The same resolution also mandated that SR-138 end at the Midvalley Highway; the segment between there and
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jurisdiction. However, these changes are contingent on the construction of the relevant segment of the new Midvalley Highway, and as such were not included in the 2019 Legislature's annual state highway amendments bill.
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By January 2011, UDOT released an Environmental Impact Statement defining a Preferred Alternative for the route. A Travel Demand and Crash Data Review was completed in November 2013.
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planned for Utah Avenue (former SR-112) and SR-36. Grade separations will be provided at the Union Pacific Railroad line, Erda Way, Sheep Lane, and the future Midvalley Trail.
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is currently working with Tooele County to design Phase 1 of the project. This phase will consist of a
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Plans call for the segment between I-80 and SR-112 to be eventually upgraded to a four-lane
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are proposed at I-80, SR-138, 1000 North (SR-112), and the future 3400 North parkway, with
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at 1000 North. The route will cross Sheep Lane and Erda Way before reaching
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This table reflects the full proposed routing. The entire route is in
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Northern terminus; signed as exits 3A (I-80 west) and 3B (I-80 east)
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Planned interchange; proposed southern end of freeway
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Index

SR-179 (UT)
Utah State Route 179 (1935-1969)
State Route 179 marker
SR-36
Tooele
SR-112
SR-138
Erda
I-80
Stansbury Park
United States
Utah
Interstate
US
State
Minor
Scenic
SR-178
SR-180
highway
U.S. state
Utah
Tooele Valley
Tooele County
SR-36
Tooele
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Industrial Depot
SR-112
SR-138

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