Bonneville Boulevard (Salt Dome)
Location: 651 Bonneville Blvd, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
STATUS: Construction is in progress. The estimated completion date is end of November 2024.
The Bonneville Boulevard Trailhead is located at the existing “salt dome lot” above Memory Grove on the east side of Bonneville Blvd. The area hosts a large pavilion utilized in the winter months for road salt storage for SLC’s Streets Division. The Bonneville Boulevard Trailhead will serve as a major Foothills Trail System access point for the Avenues neighborhood, the Utah State Capitol, and downtown Salt Lake City to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, City Creek Canyon, and the Upper Avenues trails.
The Bonneville Boulevard Trailhead will include:
- Paved parking for 50 designated spaces including 3 ADA spaces from April to October and 17 year-round spaces including 1 ADA space. The back half of the parking lot and covered pavilion is gated off during the winter months by the Streets Division for road salt operations and storage.
- Rope and timber fencing and irrigated landscaping
- A welcome plaza with a trailhead information kiosk and a seat wall and picnic table
- Sspace for two portable restrooms with privacy screening (no sewer connection at this location)
- A crushed gravel path and benches along the perimeter of the trailhead connecting soft-surface and paved trails
- A native plant garden filled with Utah native plants
- A “Be W.I.L.D.” care station including dog waste bags, waste receptacles, invasive weed cleaning brush
- 6 bike racks (designed by SLC Arts Council) and a bike maintenance station
- Event space under the pavilion for summer use
- Site lighting
Note: The pavilion will continue to be used for wintertime road salt storage and the main lot will be closed to public vehicular traffic. Wintertime parking will include 4 to 15 parking spaces.
Existing Conditions
Construction Design
These documents are the 100% drawings submitted to the Engineering Division for publication to bidding contractors. The Engineering Division will select contractors for the trailhead projects in collaboration with the Public Lands Department. Contractors should be selected and contracts completed in March so that construction can occur at a TBD timeline from April to June 2024.