The East Bench of Salt Lake City, Utah is a relatively affluent neighborhood that climbs up the lower slopes of the Wasatch Range. It lies approximately east of 2100 East and south of the Federal Heights neighborhood to about Interstate 80. A prominent road through this neighborhood is Foothill Boulevard (Utah State Route 186), which lies on the top of a steep hill at the base of the mountains. The eastern half of the University of Utah lies on the East Bench. Several prominent attractions, including the Hogle Zoo, Red Butte Botanical Gardens, This Is The Place State Park, and the Foothill Village Shopping Center all lie on the East Bench. The area is very affluent, and the further up the mountain you go the more affluent the residences become. Aerial view of Temple Square of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... The Wasatch Range (also seen as Wasatch Mountains and Wahsatch Range) is a mountain range that stretches from southern Idaho and Wyoming south through central Utah in the Western United States. ... Federal Heights is a neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Interstate 80 as seen from an overpass in Davis, California Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U) opened under the name University of Deseret (see also University of Deseret) in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 28, 1850, only to be closed two years later for financial reasons. ... The This Is The Place State Park is a Utah State Park located outside of Salt Lake City. ...