State 'moves mountains' to upgrade U.S. 6

Price (Salt Lake Tribune) » Ten years ago it was a startlingly familiar traffic report: Head-on collision in Price Canyon backs up traffic on a two-lane section of U.S. Highway 6. Three dead.

Michelle Huff was stuck in such a jam then, trying to get from the Wasatch Front to her home in the Carbonville area outside of Price. It was one of many times in those days that she counted her blessings when crossing Soldier Summit on what was considered one of America's deadliest highways.

Another anxious speed demon had forced a wreck in a spot where a passing lane might have made the difference.

"If I'd have left 30 minutes sooner, I'd have been ..." Huff paused. "Much closer to it."

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