7/8/2010
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
UPDATE: Start of Idaho 51 resurfacing in Owyhee County to begin Monday (July 12)
BOISE - A pavement resurfacing project on approximately 20
miles of Idaho 51, from the Nevada State Line to Sheep Creek Road in Owyhee
County, has been delayed and is now expected to start Monday (July 12). The Idaho Transportation Department says that the project is
expected to take until late August to complete.
The work is about 70 miles south of Mountain Home and travels through the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
On this two-lane road, the
first 11.4-mile stretch will receive a thin overlay of asphalt (about 1.8
inches) and the entire 20-mile area will be seal coated. A half-inch scrub coat, to mitigate cracking, also will be applied to the first eight miles.
Valley Paving & Asphalt Co., of Cottonwood, is the contractor on this $1.92 million project.