Road to Utah’s Capitol Hill closed, damaged by irrigation line break
Aug 12, 2025, 2:47 PM | Updated: 5:25 pm
FILE: The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. An irrigation line broke on Tuesday, closing a road that leads directly to Capitol Hill. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)
(Laura Seitz, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — An irrigation line broke Tuesday, closing a road that leads directly to Capitol Hill.
On X, the Utah Department of Transportation said road damage is impacting both directions of State Street at 300 North.
Road damage
Both Directions State St (SR-186) at 300 N Salt Lake Co.
Closed
Est. Clearance Time: 8/15/2025 12:00 PM
For updates: https://t.co/jaVMw7e9Jm— UDOT Traffic (@UDOTTRAFFIC) August 12, 2025
UDOT’s Director of Public Relations, John Gleason, confirmed that the damage was caused by a broken irrigation line underneath the road.
“There were two depressions,” Gleason said, “where the road is kind of sunk in due to that irrigation line that’s broken underneath the road.”
Gleason said the closure could last through Friday.
“We’re going to put in a hard closure to all traffic from the roundabout to about 2nd North, and then a local-only closure from North Temple to 2nd North.
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