The intersection had an unusually high number of crashes, so Utah wanted to do something about it.
Not far from the mouth of Sardine Canyon, State Route 23, which doubles as Wellsville’s Center Street, meets U.S. Highway 89/91. The national road is often cruised by drivers still riding the high of coasting through the canyon or gearing up to face its winding roads.
Between 2019 and 2023, the Utah Department of Transportation found that 51 crashes happened within a half-mile of that intersection. Nine happened at the crossing itself, and one of those was fatal…