Legacy Highway

This article is about a proposed road. For the similarly named road currently open, see Legacy Parkway
Legacy Parkway
Legacy Parkway is a four-lane freeway completely within Davis County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, running from Interstate 215 in North Salt Lake to Interstate 15 and US-89 in Farmington. Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2008, with the freeway opening in September...

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The Legacy Highway is a proposed freeway in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

that is planned to run from Brigham City

Brigham City, Utah

Brigham City is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 17,899 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Box Elder County. It lies on the western slope of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range at the western terminus of Box Elder Canyon...

in the north down the western side of the Wasatch Front

Wasatch Front

The Wasatch Front is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. It consists of a chain of cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from approximately Santaquin in the south to Brigham City in the north...

to Nephi

Nephi, Utah

Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,733 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851, and is the principal city in Juab Valley, an...

in the south. It was proposed in 1996, but due to lawsuits over issues with the completeness of the environmental impact statement construction was delayed. Construction of one segment began in 2006. That segment, known as the Legacy Parkway

Legacy Parkway

Legacy Parkway is a four-lane freeway completely within Davis County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, running from Interstate 215 in North Salt Lake to Interstate 15 and US-89 in Farmington. Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2008, with the freeway opening in September...

, opened on 13 September 2008 and is the only segment started or completed.

The Legacy Highway is a proposed freeway in the U.S. state

U.S. state

of Utah

Utah

that is planned to run from Brigham City

Brigham City, Utah

in the north down the western side of the Wasatch Front

Wasatch Front

to Nephi

Nephi, Utah

in the south. It was proposed in 1996 by then-Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt. Because of delays and the length of the freeway, it may be 2025 or later until construction on the entire portion is finished, although officials have stated that the complete proposal may, in fact, never be finished.

Legacy Parkway

The first portion built was the Legacy Parkway

Legacy Parkway

, or South Davis Segment, which runs from Farmington

Farmington, Utah

Farmington is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,255 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Davis County...

to North Salt Lake

North Salt Lake, Utah

North Salt Lake is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,749 at the 2000 census.-Geography:North Salt Lake is located at ....

. Construction on the Legacy Parkway began in 2004 after many delays. The interchange with Interstate 15 and US-89 was mostly completed before the highway was delayed again as a result of lawsuits over the completeness of the environmental impact statement

Environmental impact statement

An environmental impact statement , under United States environmental law, is a document required by the National Environmental Policy Act for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment". An EIS is a tool for decision making...

. Construction began again in 2006 and was completed in September 2008.

Mountain View Corridor

Another portion of the Legacy Highway is the Mountain View Corridor

Mountain View Corridor

The Mountain View Corridor, numerically designated as State Route 85 , is an expressway currently under construction that will run along the western periphery of Salt Lake County and northwest Utah County in northern Utah. A spur of the eventual freeway to Interstate 15 opened in northwestern Utah...

, which is planned to span the entire length of western Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County, Utah

Salt Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It had a population of 1,029,655 at the 2010 census. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. It occupies Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west...

and northwestern Utah County

Utah County, Utah

Utah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 368,536 and by 2008 was estimated at 530,837. It was named for the Spanish name for the Ute Indians. The county seat and largest city is Provo...

. Construction on this corridor is expected to begin no earlier than 2009.

The Utah Legislature has considered whether or not to make this portion of the Legacy Highway a toll road

Toll road

A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...

so that it will be funded for construction sooner. If so, the land would be acquired by the state government and the construction would be funded by a private company. The revenue would be shared between the state and the private company. It has been stated that if the road is not built as a toll road that they don't know when money could be found for the project, but if the road is constructed as a toll road that construction could begin as early as 2009.

Legacy North

Legacy North is planned to run north from US-89/I-15 in Farmington

Farmington, Utah

through the west end of Weber County

Weber County, Utah

Weber County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a stretch of the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the population was 196,533, an increase of 24.1% over its population in 1990. By...

Legacy Highway and Parkway

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