SOUTH JORDAN — Drivers along Bangerter Highway can expect a smoother commute starting Friday. The Utah Department of Transportation said motorists will save about eight minutes thanks to the completion of four new interchanges — and a pedestrian bridge designed to keep local students safe.

The three-year project removed stoplights from I-15 in Draper to 4100 South in Taylorsville, creating a free-flowing highway. Stoplights have been eliminated from the following interchanges:

4700 South

9800 South

13400 South

2700 West

The price tag? $415.3 million. But UDOT leaders said you can’t put a price on safety.

“Students are top of mind for us. Their safety is paramount to UDOT. And so this pedestrian structure that you see behind me is really the safest way that we have to cross any of ou

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