Do trains still cross the Great Salt Lake?

Eventually, the settling caused the culverts to crack. In 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved filling and closing first one and then the other to maintain the causeway's structural integrity and to continue allowing trains to safely move goods across the lake.



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Recreation in, and around, the lake The best place to swim or float in the lake is at Antelope Island State Park, where white oolitic sand beaches provide easy access to the lake without the brine flies that are prevalent on other areas of the shoreline. The beach area also has showers to rinse off the salty water.

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Halophiles are extreme salt-loving microorganisms that have a unique pigment, giving the water its peculiar pinkish color. The South Arm of the lake averages about 12–15% salinity, while the North Arm averages around 26–30% and contains halophiles with a purple to pink hue.

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The rails were removed in 1942 for use in the war effort. Today cattle graze where once thousands labored to open the West to industry and commerce. The Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway is interpreted at over 30 sites along the grade.

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The crowd cheers as Governor Leland Stanford drives the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah to complete the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.

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