{"id":35792,"date":"2026-06-26T18:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/granite-lands-117m-utah-highway-extension\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:33:24","slug":"granite-lands-117m-utah-highway-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/granite-lands-117m-utah-highway-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Granite lands $117M Utah highway extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<\/p>\n<p>            <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/823909\/2026-06-26_13.52.45\/granite-construction-utah-highway-extension.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box\" data-source=\"snorkel-form\">\n<p class=\"ed-secondary-content-box__title\"><strong>Award: <\/strong>3-mile highway extension<br \/><strong>Value: <\/strong>$116.9 million<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> Davis County, Utah<br \/><strong>Client:<\/strong> Utah DOT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Granite Construction is sticking to its knitting with a $116.9 million highway <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/investor.graniteconstruction.com\/news-and-events\/press-releases\/granite-awarded-west-davis-corridor-expansion-project-utah\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>contract win on Utah\u2019s State Route 177<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to a Wednesday news release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Watsonville, California-based road builder will extend the recently completed four-lane highway in Davis County, Utah, about 40 minutes north of Salt Lake City, by approximately 3 miles.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The West Davis Corridor Expansion project will address <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/westdavis.udot.utah.gov\/project-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>unforeseen population growth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> that has occurred since the original project\u2019s environmental study was completed in 2017, according to Utah DOT. By 2050, the number of homes in western Davis and Weber counties is projected to increase by 74%, according to the agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Project scope for the job includes the construction of nine new bridges, two pedestrian crossings, approximately 70,000 tons of asphalt paving and placement of more than 1 million cubic yards of borrow material.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Granite\u2019s Wells Pit facility in nearby Willard will supply 400,000 cubic yards of borrow and 350,000 tons of mechanically stabilized earth, per the release, while the contractor\u2019s West Haven AC Plant will provide 70,000 tons of hot mix asphalt.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The win, though diminutive compared to megaprojects such as <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/gateway-funding-fight-construction-stop-hudson-tunnel-work\/814372\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New York\u2019s $16 billion Hudson Tunnel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, illustrates the civil infrastructure builder\u2019s business approach. In recent years, Granite has eschewed massive, multibillion-dollar projects <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/how-a-55m-alaska-highway-win-reflects-granites-new-strategy\/626788\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>in favor of smaller, more predictable work packages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Under that approach, it also targets jobs where it can tap its own material plants in the surrounding area for supplies, a tactic it refers to as its \u201chome market strategy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>It also follows Granite\u2019s April acquisition of Provo, Utah-based <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/granite-buys-Kenny-Seng-utah-infrastructure-contractor\/818777\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>infrastructure contractor Kenny Seng Construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThis project represents an important step in continuing the buildout of the West Davis Corridor, improving access and mobility for the growing northern Davis County region,\u201d Jason Klaumann, Granite regional vice president, said in the release. \u201cIt aligns with our core strengths in structures, paving, and materials, and our home market strategy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>UDOT expects the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/westdavis.udot.utah.gov\/faq\/#:~:text=construction%20start%20and-,how,-long%20will%20it\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>project to be complete<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> by 2028.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/granite-construction-utah-highway-extension\/823909\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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