Tonight (Tuesday, July 6), Idaho Transportation Department crews will pour concrete supports to help
bear the weight of the bridge deck, requiring overnight lane reductions for interstate
traffic.
I-84 will be reduced to one lane in each direction from 10 p.m. tonight until 5 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.
The 11th Avenue bridge will remain closed until late summer. Reconstruction of the bridge is required to accommodate future lanes on I-84. A project to add one lane in each direction on I-84 between Franklin Boulevard and Garrity Boulevard began this week. Construction on the widening is scheduled to be complete by early summer 2012.
McAlvain Civil Constructors the contractor on the $4.1
million 11th Avenue Bridge project.
The bridge reconstruction and I-84 widening projects are
among several interstate improvements occurring in an 18-mile stretch of I-84,
funded by the GARVEE Transportation Program. The program uses proceeds from
Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle