{
  "id": 5736694,
  "title": "Utah recycled 15,000 cubic yards of old highway concrete for new interchanges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/utah-recycled-15-000-cubic-yards-of-old-highway-concrete-for-new",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-05T06:23:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2024-utah-recycled-15000-cubic-yards-of-30-year-old-highway-concrete-on-site-enough-to-fill-two-goodyear-blimps-became-road-base-for-new-interchanges/articleshow/133789032.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Utah's Bangerter Highway saw old concrete recycled for new road base. Approximately fifteen thousand cubic yards of concrete were crushed on site. This material formed the structural layer beneath new highway interchanges. The recycling process reduced truck journeys and avoided waste disposal. This initiative gave a thirty-year-old highway a significant second life.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}