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State leaders are pictured at the Mountain View Corridor opening celebration Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Bluffdale.

Jacob Nielson, Daily Herald

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The new Mountain View Corridor freeway is pictured Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.

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Utah Sen. Stuart Adams speaks at the Mountain View Corridor opening celebration Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Bluffdale.

Jacob Nielson, Daily Herald

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When Eagle Mountain resident and Utah Rep. Stephanie Gricius began her legislative service in 2023, she said she reached out to the Utah Department of Transportation with one request: “I’m drowning in cars. I can’t go anywhere. Traffic is insane. Please help.”

As of Friday, UDOT can let Gricius know — and the thousands of others who commute to or from Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs and west Lehi — that help has begun.

Part one of a $1.8 billion investment from the state of Utah in northwest Utah County, the $466 million Mountain View Corridor freeway between Salt Lake County and Utah County, opened to traffic Friday evening.

Running between Porter Rockwell Road in Herriman and 2100 North in Lehi, the road offers commuters an alternative to Redwood Road and Interstate 15 and is considered the first step in alleviating traffic concerns in the region and improving the lives of residents who live there.

“Drive times for people living out in the Cedar Valley have gotten long enough that we’ve had people who have even been on the verge of losing their jobs,” Gricius told the Daily Herald. “Anything we can do to relieve some of that traffic and give people an additional option for getting to work is going to make a huge difference in their lives.

“This is just the first of many to come. We have a historic investment headed our way. There’s going to be a lot more orange cones, but we’re going to get it done, and it’s going to be awesome.”

State and local leaders gathered on the new Mountain View Corridor Friday afternoon, prior to its 7 p.m. opening, to celebrate the milestone.

The four-mile-long freeway has two lanes in each direction, wildlife fencing and a 12-foot-wide multiuse trail with five pedestrian bridges.

UDOT said construction finished several months ahead of schedule, lauding the effort of contractors Jordan Narrows Constructors, Ames Construction and Staker Parson.

“I’m absolutely thrilled that they were able to finish ahead of schedule,” Gricius said. “I really do think it’s a great Christmas present to the community. Hopefully the next ones can be ahead of schedule, too.”

In early 2026, UDOT is scheduled to start construction on turning 2100 North in Lehi into a freeway, connecting Interstate 15 and the Mountain View Corridor.

In 2027, UDOT plans to begin construction on extending Mountain View Corridor from 2100 North to Cory Wride Highway, and the east-west Cory Wride Freeway between Mountain View Corridor and Ranches Parkway.

UDOT also began construction on Pioneer Crossing flex lanes in September.

UDOT Region 3 spokesperson Wyatt Woolley said people living in Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain are “desperate” to have free-flowing traffic to get where they need to go, and these projects will provide that.

Utah Sen. Wayne Harper said Cedar Valley used to be a place where he would ride his bike and hunt for rabbits. Now it’s full of subdivisions.

According to Saratoga Springs Mayor Jim Miller, the city grew by 52% from 2020 to 2024 to an estimated 69,293 residents. Eagle Mountain estimates a population of more than 65,000, up from 43,623 people in the 2020 U.S. Census, approximately a 49% growth rate in five years.

“There is tremendous growth here,” Harper said. “And we recognize the growth that is here. … It is so exciting to be here to drive this, to see what’s going on. This is the start. We have some great things that need to happen in order to help out the southwest part of Salt Lake County and the northwest quadrant of Utah County.”

“We’re not done here,” Utah Sen. Stuart Adams added. “A couple of billion dollars more is going to be spent here. It’s really exciting, and it’s fun to be in Utah, because I don’t think anywhere else on the planet is doing this type of expansion.”