Yesteryear's US 89 long ago lost its bucolic, rural character in Utah's Davis County between Farmington and South Weber. However, local residents opposed UDOT's plans to further widen US 89. The comment period ended in late September and few observers thought UDOT would scale back the $275-million project slated to get underway in 2019. Plans entail adding a third travel lane in each direction and turning the nine-mile U.S. 89 section into a limited-access, freeway-like roadway. The impacted section passes through parts of Farmington, Fruit Heights, Kaysville, Layton and South Weber.
The news article below contains many other links to learn about the project.
http://www.standard.net/Transportation/2017/09/11/U-S-89-upgrade-plans-though-worrisome-to-some-won-t-likely-be-stalled-many-say
Below is a clip from a 1940 Shell Utah road map showing how US 89 was configured back then.
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