Winter weather and heavy Thanksgiving travel is expected to bring delays to Utah freeway travel this week — and has led to the closure for the year of many seasonal roads.
Adding to the holiday travel travails is that gasoline prices in Utah are currently among the highest in the nation, about 36 cents a gallon higher than the average nationally.
The Utah Department of Transportation warned Monday that its engineers project delays of up to 30 minutes on Interstate 15 on Wednesday as many people travel early for the Thanksgiving holiday. They expect 15-minute delays on Sunday when many people return.