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Eastbound Interstate 80 will close this weekend between 2300 East and Foothill Boulevard.

The closure is scheduled to occur between 9 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday — and is expected to cause delays of 30 minutes or more. A similar closure for westbound lanes last weekend caused long backups and delays of 45 minutes or more.

The Utah Department of Transportation says all traffic there this weekend will be detoured onto Interstate 215. Drivers will then need to exit at 3300 south, get onto northbound I-215 and then follow the signs to eastbound I-80.

Workers plan to break up the existing concrete and pave the area with new asphalt as part of a major maintenance project.

As part of that same project, UDOT says drivers should keep in mind that I-80 is reduced to one lane in each direction overnight and on weekends between 1300 East and the I-80/I-215 split.

Construction schedules are weather dependent and subject to change. Updated information is available online at udottraffic.utah.gov or through UDOT's traffic app for smartphones.