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Southbound crash closes Mountain View Corridor near Old Bingham Highway

By gephardtdaily.com · May 23, 2026 · 1 min read
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A single orange traffic cone on a dark, wet highway at night with blurred streaks of passing car lights in the background, symbolizing a road closure or traffic disruption in Salt Lake County.
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, May 23, 2026 — A crash shut down traffic Mountain View Corridor early Saturday near Old Bingham Highway, according to the Utah Department of Transportation. UDOT reported the crash at approximately 2:31 a.m. on southbound state Route 85 at milepost 14 in southwestern Salt Lake County.

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