Bitner-Silver Creek connector road scheduled to open on Friday

Marina Knight
Oct 3, 2024

A new road connecting Silver Creek Estates and Bitner Ranch is slated to Open October 4, 2024. Photo: Summit County UT // Facebook

PARK CITY, Utah — Mammoth Drive, which connects Silver Creek Estates and Bitner Ranch, will open in both directions on Oct. 4, significantly cutting travel time between the two neighborhoods.

Why it matters: The two communities are only about a mile apart, but previously, motorists had to take a six-mile detour through Interstate 80 and Kimball Junction.

Details:

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Mammoth Drive has been open to westbound traffic for about a month. According to Summit County Special Projects Engineer Mike Kendell, it will be open both ways starting Friday afternoon.
The road links Bitner Ranch Road to Silver Creek Road with two new roundabouts and features a paved pedestrian and bicycle trail.

A full map of Mammoth Drive connecting Silver Creek Estates and Bitner Ranch. The new roadway is expected to fully open October 4, 2024. (Summit County)

The backstory: Announced last year, the road gets its name from the Ice Age-era remains found in the area, including a mammoth tooth discovered by Allan Lewis in his backyard in 1963.

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Marina Knight began her career in journalism working for The Stowe Reporter in 2003, where she was a staff writer and later the publication’s Web Editor. She covered the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and 2010, and has worked as a freelance writer covering outdoor topics as well as art criticism. Most recently, Knight was Editor-in-Chief of SkiRacing.com. She has won multiple awards from the New England Newspaper Association for environmental reporting, feature writing and art criticism. She lives with her family in Park City. In her free time you’ll find her in the mountains

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