Section 4 – 4700 South to 2100 South, projected for June 1970 to late 1972.Section 3 – 2100 South to Interstate 80, projected for March 1969 to late 1972.Section 2 – Interstate 80 to 2200 North, projected for 1972.Section 1 – 2200 North to I-15, opened in 1968.The original Nine Sections were as follows with their projected completion dates: 1 This portion was delayed until the 1980s, as where sections south of I-80 on the west side of Salt Lake City and the southeastern belt route due to public opposition. 1Ĭonstruction was scheduled for September 1968 to build Section Number 2, from 2200 South to I-80 with completion expected in 1970. Bids for work on the Belt Route from there to 4500 South were taken in March 1968. Land clearing was also underway in 1968 for I-415 southward from I-80 at Parleys Canyon. Work in 1968 included completion of the I-215 link between 2200 North and Interstate 15 at the north end of the Belt Route. ![]() A second section under construction by 1963 was the I-415 link with Interstate 80 at the mouth of Parleys Canyon. The initial segment of the Belt Route opened by 1963 as a two lane access road linking 2100 North with Utah State Route 68 (Redwood Road) to improve access to Salt Lake Municipal Airport. The $65 million freeway was separated into nine Sections and was expected to be completed in 1974. ![]() The original plan for the Salt Lake City Belt Route divided the freeway into a 17.5 mile long western quadrant, Interstate 215, and a 11.6 mile eastern portion, Interstate 415.
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