UDOT Point Project director Tim Rose talks with KSL reporter Jed Boal next to a conveyor belt used to transport concrete to the construction zone in Draper on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015.
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is using a conveyor bridge to transport concrete over Interstate 15 to construction workers in the middle of the freeway. The conveyor eliminates the need for a driver to truck the concrete to the construction site, saving nearly 15 to 20 minutes in the process.
The nearly 200-foot-long conveyor belt carriers several tons of concrete from a site east of the interstate to the center of the freeway where the concrete breaks off and drops into a waiting bin.
However, the conveyor is not transporting normal, wet concrete. UDOT Project Director Tim Rose says the concrete is extremely condensed and stiff and probably stiffer than gravel.
