A highway crossing in Wasatch County
US 189 in Heber City, Utah, runs through a stretch of ordinary commercial ground in Wasatch County where a small building went up on this parcel in 2003 and a neighbouring building dates to 1973. The highway corridor has also been the site of fatal multi-vehicle crashes, including one on June 7, 2021, that killed three people.
A commercial strip grew up along the Heber City highway
You're standing on US 189 in Heber City, a stretch of commercial ground in Wasatch County. The lots along this road are plain working buildings, not landmarks. The county's own records show a small commercial building going up on this exact parcel in 2003, just under half an acre in size.
A few steps away, on South Highway 40, another commercial building has stood since 1973, more than 5,000 square feet of it. They are simply part of the ordinary commercial strip that grew up along the highway as Heber City expanded through the late twentieth century.
Daniel, a small town on record since 1874, lies about a mile and a half away, across the valley floor.
Fatal crashes have struck this stretch of US 189
The building beside you at S Highway 40 went up in 1973, over 5,000 square feet on just under an acre, built for ordinary commercial use. County records name no business and no first owner, just a working building on a working strip of road in Heber, Wasatch County.
On June 7, 2021, three people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash at US 189 and 2400 South in Heber City. A Jeep slowed suddenly and was struck from behind by a truck, then collided with oncoming traffic including a Ford Escape and a Chevrolet Trailblazer. Both the Escape and the Trailblazer caught fire.
On March 14, 2026, two men in their 30s died in a head-on collision on State Route 40 east of Strawberry Reservoir near Heber City. A box truck traveling eastbound failed to maintain its lane and crossed the center line. It collided with a westbound pickup truck.
The lot still holds a working commercial building facing the highway traffic on US 189.
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