10/11/2007
Weekend work on Broadway Overpass will require I-84 lane and ramp closures
BOISE - Work begins tonight (Oct. 11) to demolish a span of the Broadway Overpass over eastbound I-84 and will cause weekend lane and ramp closures, the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) announced.
Beginning at 8 p.m. this evening and ending at 6 a.m. Oct. 15, one lane of eastbound I-84 will be closed, and the eastbound I-84 on- and off-ramps at Broadway Avenue will be closed. One northbound lane will remain open on the Broadway Avenue Overpass.
Motorists may access Broadway south of the bridge via Federal Way. Traffic north of the bridge can access eastbound I-84 at the Vista Avenue or Gowen Road interchanges.
The bridge was damaged in a truck accident last month. Demolition will be confined to the section of southbound lanes that extend over eastbound I-84. The damaged span will be lifted by crane. The new supports and deck will then be rebuilt.
The southbound lanes on the Broadway Avenue Overpass will remain closed to traffic until bridge repairs are complete in early November.
The bridge repair coincides with the 6.1-mile I-84 Broadway to Eisenman rehabilitation project, which began in September. ITD has added the bridge repairs to its agreement with Western Construction of Boise, the contractor for the Broadway to Eisenman Project.
As part of the pavement rehabilitation project, the westbound on- and off-ramps at Gowen Road will close to all traffic starting Oct. 15. The ramps will reopen in early November. I-84 lane restrictions will be in effect at night near the Broadway Interchange, and 24 hours a day near the Gowen and Eisenman interchanges.
For current driving conditions on Idaho highways, call 5-1-1 or visit 511.idaho.gov.