TRANSPORTATION / HIGHWAY TRAVEL

In Greater Salt Lake City, an excellent network of highways combines with a logical grid system and centralized residential sectors to ensure a commute of 30 minutes or less for most residents. Utah cities tend to be planned in checkerboard patterns with streets traversing true east/west and north/south. Each city designates a zero point from which addresses can be calculated. Temple Square is the zero point for Salt Lake City, so an address of 500 South 700 East is five blocks south and seven blocks east of Tempe Square.

The regional highway system includes more than 43,150 miles of state, county, and city roads and highways. The most important thoroughfares include:

• Interstate 15 (northbound toward Idaho and southbound into California)
• Interstate 70 (east-west route in the central part of the state that begins at I-15)
• Interstate 80 (east-west system through the Salt Lake City area, intersecting with I-15 near downtown district)
• Interstate 84 (northbound into Idaho)
• Interstate 215 (Salt Lake County belt route for westside industrial facilities)
• U.S. Highways 6, 89, 6/191, and 40/191


Useful Resources

Utah Department of Transportation
Salt Lake City
801-965-4000
https://www.udot.utah.gov/connect/

Travel Information Service
801-887-3700
Dial 511 Locally
www.commuterlink.utah.gov

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