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I-15 to close in Lehi on Wednesday, Thursday nights

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) North frontage road and I-15 at the Thanksgiving Point exit in Lehi, one of the busiest exchanges in the state. Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) I-15 Tech Corridor project in Lehi will widen I-15 with two new lanes in each direction from Lehi Main Street to SR 92. It will also alleviate east-west congestion in this busy area by building a bridge at Triumph Boulevard, adding a one-way frontage road system from 2100 North to S.R. 92 and reconstructing those two interchanges. In addition, the project will construct 17 bridges and include several bike and pedestrian improvements.

  | Oct. 16, 2018, 4:39 p.m.
| Updated: Oct. 17, 2018, 1:33 a.m.

Interstate 15 is scheduled to close two nights — Wednesday and Thursday — in Lehi for bridge construction.

Southbound I-15 is scheduled to shut down Wednesday between 2100 North and Lehi’s Main Street at 11 p.m. and reopen by 4 the next morning, according to the Utah Department of Transportation. Northbound I-15 will close in the same area and hours on Thursday night.

During the closures, traffic will be detoured off and on the freeway via Lehi’s Main Street, 2100 North and 850 East. UDOT urges drivers to allow extra time and to expect delays along the detour route — and to consider alternative routes.

The closures will allow crews to place beams for the new 800 East bridge over I-15 in Lehi as part of the I-15 Technology Corridor project. That work is widening I-15 from four to six lanes in each direction and rebuilding the freeway with new concrete pavement between Lehi’s Main Street and State Road 92.

Closures are dependent on the weather and subject to change. Updated information is available online at udottraffic.utah.gov or through the UDOT traffic app for smartphones.