10/27/2008
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Nighttime I-84 lane restrictions expected Wednesday through Friday (Oct. 29-31) near Orchard Interchange
BOISE - Motorists should expect lane restrictions at night in the area of the Orchard Interchange from Wednesday (Oct. 29) through Friday (Oct. 31), the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The restrictions, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weekday nights and 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekend nights, will be for moving the concrete guardrail closer to the wall.
Work is under way to build a soundwall north of westbound I-84 from Cole Road to Broadway Avenue. The wall will help reduce traffic noise for residents adjacent to I-84.
Crews completed the center segment of the wall (between Orchard Street and Vista Avenue) last week. Work is nearly complete on the west segment, and the first panels will be installed on the east segment this week.
The outside shoulder of westbound I-84 is closed to traffic. The speed limit is 55 mph.
Flaggers may stop daytime traffic on the Broadway, Vista and Orchard westbound ramps when construction vehicles enter or exit the work zone. The westbound I-84 on-ramp entrance from southbound Broadway Avenue is restricted for worker safety.
Record Steel and Construction Inc. (RSCI) of Meridian is the contractor on this $9.6 million soundwall project.
The soundwall is one of several improvements planned for the I-84 East corridor in the near future, including reconstructing the Orchard Street and Vista Avenue interchanges and widening I-84 between Cole Road and Broadway Avenue.