Utah

[Kniwt]

The new George Washington Blvd. interchange with SR 7 (Exit 12) has opened.
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2024/08/12/sdw-moving-traffic-keeping-up-with-growth-new-southern-parkway-interchange-gives-drivers-bypass-option/

Traveling between the eastern and western portions of Washington County has become smoother with the completion of the interchange at Southern Parkway and George Washington Boulevard.

Jordan Hess, a spokesman for Washington City, told St. George News the project was years in the making. The interchange will make it easier to access the Washington Fields, Sand Hollow and Hurricane areas via the parkway, also known as state Route 7.

Hess said the project was initially estimated to cost about $8 million. However, with inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic, the price tag was closer to $13 million. So the city of Washington went to the Utah Legislature and asked for an appropriation, and lawmakers responded with $2.5 million to help cover the price increase.

[The Ghostbuster]

Exit 12 on UT 7 is not shown on Google Maps, although the latest update to Google Maps Street View has some good images of the then-nearly complete interchange.

[roadman65]

Is the Mountain Range I-80 between I-84 at Echo to the Wyoming Border part of the Great Wasatch Mountains or is it part another range connected to it?

Rand McNally shows that particular mountain range to be north of I-80 but Wiki says it extends into Central Utah being the boundary between the Rockies and the Great Basin to the west of it. Plus pretty much the topography changes all along I-15 south of Salt Lake where one side is flat while the other side rugged.

Also mountains do change names at certain points as well.

[kernals12]

Were there ever any plans to build a freeway roughly along Wasatch Blvd between Draper and Cottonwood Heights? Seems like a pretty big gap in the network

[Rothman]

Were there ever any plans to build a freeway roughly along Wasatch Blvd between Draper and Cottonwood Heights? Seems like a pretty big gap in the network

Wut.