called lane highway western state utah stretching miles great salt lake desert cut primary link nevada state line salt_lake_city vehicles cut near western terminus average day roadway great salt lake desert completed single lane highway added utah state highway system replacement plans begun arise soon current cut approved construction opened traveling public brought arrival designation highway day agreed abandon southerly route route cut later cut designated alternate completion parallel interstate previous designations deleted cut turned county route description begins intersection concurrent utah state route business eastern portion south cut travels east north railroad tracks south pass road exit provides access north interstate pass road highway designated south rest area built southern road access provided rest area cut metaphor built northern middle salt flats east rest area terminating highway north forms diamond interchange unincorporated community frontage road continues northern interchange land cut built compared flat table unlike traditional steel iron cut uses timber salt metal ones quickly maintained road network portion cut designated surveyed measure traffic volumes expressed terms average annual daily traffic aadt measure traffic volume average day year calculated vehicles cut near western terminus comparison traffic parallel nevada state line pass road exit end cut ranges vehicles day history line feather river route parallels cut built filling causeway rock gravel great cost route great salt lake desert railroad served communities served new road merged december roads modern interstate highway completed great salt lake desert quickly succeeded completion route miles south present day inaccessible lies inside military areas terminated original route west travelers disabled near told set fire seen miles away december approved newly constructed single lane victory highway state highway system mile long interstate highway linking new_york_city san_francisco honor served great war road constructed thousand equivalent million approved legislature thousand equivalent million approved september heavy equipment nearby company construction single lane roadway originally proposed new gravel road salt flats replace single lane highway met resistance county residents citing lack necessity current road secretary approved construction current lane provided discounted freight rate bring construction materials construct cut road construction october thousand equivalent million road opened secretary agriculture commissioner june cost road estimated billion equivalent billion mile long road network united_states opening ceremony highway held engineering news record called road remarkable piece construction lobbied route added passage selected instead called cut shortest feasible route great salt lake desert designation applied october day conceded approved routing cut abandoning southerly route designation applied cut designation given way radiation clouds crossed cut spreading radiation nuclear tests conducted nearby proving ground estimates news exposure comparison mile island accident released radiation construction cut identified frontage road new controlled access highway thousand dollars equivalent million spent cut construction designation deleted transportation officials august designation deleted august effect turning cut county road major intersections entire route
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