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New ‘Energy Corridor’ opens with smoother roads and, hopefully, fewer wildlife crashes

By Utah News Dispatch · September 3, 2026 · 1 min read
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A smooth, newly paved asphalt road cutting through the red desert landscape of San Juan County under a warm sunset sky.
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Bumpy roads in a 53-mile stretch of rural San Juan County are smoother now that the Utah Department of Transportation has finished its “Energy Corridor” project. Also, motorists’ possibilities of hitting a horse or cattle during their commute are lower.

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