Utah Road Cycling Restrictions ?

[jim51]

Looking for information on any restricted roads in Utah. At the moment, I'm especially interested in I 70. I've been on the UDOT web site and can't find it. thanks in advance for any assistance. Jim

[adventurepdx]

I googled "Utah bicycle restrictions on highways" and got this post from a Utah bike lawyer from a few years ago:
http://www.utahbicyclelawyers.com/riding-restrictions-and-safety
I'm assuming that the info is still valid.

In a nutshell, state highways are rideable, except freeways in urban areas. Most of the restrictions are Salt Lake metro and the other cities along I-15 in the northern part of the state, along with restrictions on I-15 around St. George and Cedar City. It doesn't say anything about I-70, but that freeway doesn't touch anything that can be considered "metro", so you should be good to go.

As a general rule of thumb, interstate highways in the West allow cyclists on the shoulder, unless it's through a metro area or there's a significant stretch of shoulderless highway.

[ggwbikemt]

http://uplan.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicGallery/map.html?appid=eab60f3437d3478f91f5f90816ddacef&group=3b0d54153dbc46709a38b0cdc44c58e0&webmap=3b09f82f90a64933a152120e0c0a25e6

http://uplan.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicGallery/index.html?appid=eab60f3437d3478f91f5f90816ddacef&group=3b0d54153dbc46709a38b0cdc44c58e0

I don't how well the links will work. They are links to Utah DOT maps, one of which will show the state highways that prohibit bicycles. The entire route of I-70 in Utah permits bicycling since it is all rural.  In Zion National Park, the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel is closed to bicycling.

[JHamelman]

And if you don't get your questions adequately answered by the resources already offered, you can contact the Utah Bicycle and Pedestrian staff. Contact information (and more links) found here:

http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/data/state.cfm?ID=45#state

Jennifer

[jim51]

Thank you very much Jennifer, Road Warrior and Global Traveller

[Slowroll]

Hi Jennifer!

Hey I just wanted to let you know that I tried emailing the bicycle coordinator and got a bounce back message that it's an invalid email. I will try to call this week to find out what's up, but for now, that email doesn't seem to be working.


(the one I used:
Evelyn Tuddenham
State Ped/Bike Coordinator
 ph: 801-964-4564 fx: 801-965-4551
etuddenham@utah.gov
 OT Systems Planning and Programming
 Box 143600  | Salt Lake City, UT   84114-3600 )

[JHamelman]

Thanks, Slowroll for letting me know about the bounce back. I'll let others know who might be able to get it updated.

Jennifer

[Slowroll]

No problem Jennifer, just an FYI I got the following reply back from Daniel Page from UDOT:

Evelyn retired a while back, but I have listed the bicycle contact for udot below.
Heidi Goedhart
tel:801-783-8426
mailto:hgoedhart@utah.gov

--
Daniel Page, S.E.
UDOT Region 2
East District Engineer
801-975-4851 (work)
dpage@utah.gov

I've sent out an email to Heidi but yesterday was a government holiday and I haven't heard back from her yet. It didn't bounce back though so at least the email appears to be working. I'll give it a day or so and then will give her a call if I don't get a reply.

[JHamelman]

Excellent. I'm glad you got the updated information. I was just about to post the same contact info when I saw you'd already received it. Yay!

Jennifer