8/13/2010
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Southwest Idaho highway construction report for Aug. 13-20
BOISE - The following projects are part of the GARVEE Transportation
Program in southwest Idaho, which uses funds from Grant Anticipation Revenue
Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds to expedite highway projects.
BOISE
- Interstate 84, Vista Avenue Interchange Reconstruction*
ITD
is finishing the last stage of reconstruction on the Vista interchange. The
project will reduce congestion and accommodate more lanes on I-84.
Sunday
(Aug. 15) through Saturday (Aug. 21) overnight lane restrictions will begin on
Vista Avenue between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. each night with flaggers directing
traffic. Crews will pave Vista Avenue, Airport Way and the I-84 on- and
off-ramps.
Sunday
night (Aug. 15) crews will remove bumps in the pavement and apply a final layer
of asphalt at the Vista Avenue and Elder Street/Sunrise Rim intersection.
Crews
will repeat the smoothing and paving process Monday Night (Aug. 16) at the
Vista Avenue and Airport Way/Wright Street intersection.
Tuesday
to Saturday nights (Aug. 17-21) crews will pave the final layer of asphalt on
Vista Avenue, Airport Way and the I-84 on- and off-ramps.
The Vista
Interchange will be permanently striped by the end of the following week. All
lanes will be open by Sunday (Aug. 22) morning.
The speed limit
on I-84 is 55 mph and shoulders are restricted in the project area. The speed
limit on Vista Avenue is 25 mph. ITD advises motorists to be cautious of trucks
and equipment.
Construction on the $17.8
million project is expected to be complete in late
summer or early fall 2010.
* Design for the project was
funded by GARVEE, but project construction is funded through the federal
stimulus program, created to generate jobs and help boost Idaho's economy while
upgrading the states foundation for future economic growth.
BOISE
- Interstate 84, Cole Road to Broadway Avenue widening
ITD is rebuilding and
widening east- and westbound I-84 between the Cole and Broadway interchanges in
Boise. When complete, the interstate will have four lanes in each direction.
Between
the Cole and Broadway interchanges, one east- and westbound lane will continue
to have intermittent lane restrictions overnight between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
through Aug. 17.
Crews will pave new lanes in
the median during the closures.
In late August, westbound motorists will
be shifted to the eastbound side of I-84 while ITD rebuilds the old westbound
lanes. A map of the traffic shift is available at www.itd.idaho.gov.
This $35.9 million project is
expected to be complete in summer
2011.
MERIDIAN
- Interstate 84, Ten Mile Interchange construction
Work continues on a project to construct a new interchange with
on- and off-ramps at Ten Mile Road. The project includes several improvements
to Ten Mile Road.
Ten Mile Road is closed
between Franklin and Overland roads during construction.
The $33.8 million project is
expected to be complete in summer
2011.
NAMPA - Franklin to 11th interstate
widening
Work is progressing on the project to
widen Interstate 84 to three lanes from Nampa's Franklin Boulevard to Garrity
Boulevard.
Between Franklin Boulevard and 11th Avenue, nighttime lane reductions continue
for eastbound traffic, 10 p.m. 5 a.m., Sunday evenings through Friday
mornings. These lane reductions allow crews to safely work along the shoulder,
excavating, grading and performing pipe work.
Crews will build and pave temporary lanes near the shoulders. Later this month,
all traffic will shift to these temporary lanes. Crews will then begin
rebuilding and widening the new westbound lanes.
Once these interstate improvements are complete, I-84 between the Franklin and
Garrity interchanges will be widened to three lanes in each direction, with an
additional auxiliary lane for eastbound traffic. The auxiliary lane will allow
motorists to enter I-84 at Franklin, remain in the lane farthest right, and
exit at Garrity - never having to merge with interstate traffic.
The project also includes replacement of the Union Pacific Railroad and Phyllis
Canal bridges. Bridge projects at Garrity and 11th are already under way to
accommodate the additional lanes on I-84.
Construction is expected to be complete by early summer 2012.
Concrete Placing Company, of Boise is the
contractor on this $22.2 million project.
NAMPA 11th Avenue Bridge
Work continues to progress on the 11th
Avenue Bridge in Nampa. Crews are installing light pole bases, sidewalk, curb
and gutter. Ongoing activity includes construction of retaining walls and
bridge approaches.
Bridge paving is planned for late August, and traffic would be allowed
to begin using the bridge by early September. Also in late August, crews will
remove brackets and temporary structures used to support the bridge during the
construction process. Expect lane reductions on I-84, which will be necessary
to allow crews to safely remove these materials.
Some additional work, including minor clean-up and final construction
activities, are anticipated to be complete by mid-September.
The 11th Avenue Bridge closed to all traffic in May. Reconstruction of the
bridge is required to allow the addition of one lane in each direction on I-84
between Franklin Boulevard and Garrity Boulevard.
McAlvain Civil Constructors the
contractor on the $4.1 million 11th Avenue Bridge project.
NAMPA - Interstate 84, Garrity
Interchange Bridge reconstruction
Construction
on the I-84 Garrity Interchange improvement project continues. The project will
replace two bridges on I-84 at the Garrity Interchange with a single bridge
that will accommodate three lanes in each direction on the interstate.
Work
also includes reconstructing the interstate about a mile east of the
interchange to tie into the widening of I-84 between the Garrity and Meridian
interchanges, and removing the bridge piers in the roadway at Garrity
Boulevard.
Pile driving on
the west side of the bridge should be done by Saturday (Aug. 14). Next week
(Aug. 16-20), crews will move to the east side and it is anticipated to take
two days to pile drtive there as well. Pile driving doesnt begin until after 8
a.m.
The westbound bridge should be ready to set girders in the middle of September,
requiring an overnight closure of Garrity.
ITD will supply
extra flaggers at Garrity and I-84 tonight (Friday, Aug. 13) for the Vans
Warped Tour. About 8,000 attendees are expected.
This
project is part of ITD's plans to improve I-84 between the Franklin and Garrity
interchanges in Nampa.
The
completed improvements will include three lanes in each direction from the
Franklin to Garrity interchanges, and eventually four lanes in each direction
from the Garrity to Meridian interchanges.
The
project is being constructed in three stages:
Currently Under Way
Step
1 - Build the median section of the bridge between the existing bridges.
Traffic will remain on existing bridges, with two lanes open in each direction.
Step
2 - Remove the existing westbound bridge and build a new westbound portion of
bridge. Westbound traffic will be moved onto the new median section. Two lanes
will remain open in each direction.
Tentatively starts Dec./Jan.
Step
3 - Remove the existing eastbound bridge and build a new eastbound portion of
bridge. Westbound traffic will be shifted onto the new westbound portion of the
bridge, and eastbound traffic onto the median section.
Completion - By summer 2011, three
lanes will be open in each direction over the bridge, eventually connecting
with a fourth lane in each direction east of the interchange.
Concrete
Placing Co. Inc., of Boise, is the contractor on the $15 million project.
Following
is an update on non-GARVEE state highway construction projects in southwest
Idaho.
ADA COUNTY
BOISE - Broadway Avenue resurfacing
A resurfacing project on Broadway Avenue
(U.S. 20) from the Ridenbaugh Canal to the south side of the I-84 junction is
under way. The project is expected to finish in late August.
Work at the Broadway Avenue/I-84 bridge scheduled for last weekend was pushed
back to this weekend (Aug. 14-15). The work will require the reduction of
Broadway to one lane in each direction at the bridge, and will mean the closure
of one I-84 off- and on-ramp at a time through Monday morning. Crews will
reconstruct the approaches to the I-84 bridge and intersections.
Ramp traffic will be detoured to the Gowen and Vista interchanges during the
closures.
Crews have completed all resurfacing work through the Federal Way ramps and
from the New York Canal to the Ridenbaugh Canal.
Crews also will be updating the traffic
signals at the Federal Way and I-84 ramps to include a video-detection system.
Broadway was resurfaced from Rossi Street to the Ridenbaugh Canal in fall 2008,
including pedestrian ramp reconstruction. Broadway was resurfaced from the
Boise River Bridge to Rossi Street in summer 2003.
Central Paving Co., of Boise, is the contractor on this $556,000 project.
BOISE COUNTY
NORTH OF HORSESHOE BEND HILL SUMMIT -
spot repair
Repairs
to a slight depression on Idaho 55 on the north side of Horseshoe Bend Hill
continue.
Crews
will shore up an area about 400 feet long near the Horseshoe View Subdivision
at milepost 60.4, which is about halfway down from the summit on the Horseshoe
Bend side of the hill. The work is expected to be complete within the next few weeks.
Crews have
completed repairs to the roadway base at milepost 60.6 and will pave the area
next week (Aug. 16-20). We are also doing some grader patching on the hill to
fill in some minor settling areas. Grader patching is the repair of asphalt
deficiencies such as broken edges, gators or cracking, rutting of wheel tracks,
rough roads caused by overweight vehicles or spring breakup, or isolated
settling of the road usually caused by poor compaction.
This
section of roadway has settled about 18 inches since it was paved in the early
1980s. Crews will grind the pavement off, add about 1,500 cubic yards of road
base to restore the road level, re-compact it and pave over the new surface.
The damaged area extends across both directions of travel.
The speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph through the work zone. The road will
be reduced to one lane in each direction. ITD will separate the work zone from
traffic with concrete guardrail.
This $22,000 project will be done by State of Idaho forces, with assistance
from Western Construction for the rotomilling and Idaho Sand & Gravel on the
paving. Knife River is contracted to supply the road base material for
compaction.
CANYON
COUNTY
MIDDLETON- road improvement projects
Two road improvement projects in
Middleton began on Monday (Aug. 9). Crews will widen a 0.3-mile section of
Middleton Road from Idaho 44 to Mill Slough, and a 0.15-mile section of
Cemetery Road is being realigned.
Middleton Road near Idaho 44 is a growing
residential area with increasing vehicle and pedestrian use.
To accommodate the growing demand on this section of roadway, crews will widen
the road in that area to include wider roadways, center turn lanes, curb,
gutter and sidewalk.
Traffic on this stretch of road is
projected to grow from nearly 3,900 vehicles per day in the most recent count
(Oct. 2006) to 11,200 per day by 2035.
Mill Creek Elementary School is on
Middleton Road within the construction area, so the project also will promote
pedestrian and student safety with improved sidewalks and crosswalks.
During construction, the contractor will establish detours around the project
area, using local roads.
Work is planned to be complete in late
December.
Nampa Paving & Asphalt Co. is the
contractor on this $884,000 combined project.
GEM COUNTY
EMMETT - Main Street resurfacing
Work
is finishing on a project to resurface and improve a mile of Main Street in
Emmett.
This
project, from the intersection of Boise Avenue to the intersection of
Washington Street (Idaho 52), includes pavement rehabilitation to remove
excessive rutting and cracking, with pothole repair and slope work included for
proper drainage. Sidewalks also will be replaced, maintaining the current
11-foot width, along with curb and gutter work.
Lighting
and adjustments to the traffic signal at the intersection of Main and
Washington also will be included.
Crews have
finished placing sidewalk placement on the north side of Main Street. Paving is
anticipated to be done this weekend (Aug. 14-15). Any remaining work at that
point will include final clean up items, electrical, planting and striping. A
ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Aug. 27.
WF
Construction & Sales LLC, of Meridian, is the contractor on this $475,000
project.
The city of Emmett is the local sponsor for this project.
A pair of pavement-preservation projects
near Emmett are expected to begin soon:
Ola Highway, Kirkpatrick Road North
Crews have substantially completed work on a 3.7-mile pavement preservation
of Ola Highway, a two-lane rural roadway that runs north and south starting at
Kirkpatrick Road and proceeding north. This was a stimulus-funded overlay.
Gem County was the local sponsor of the
Local Highway Technical Assistance Council project.
C&A Paving Company, of Boise, was the contractor on this $385,000 project.
Idaho
52, Emmett to Sweet-Ola Highway seal coat
A 13-mile stretch of Idaho 52 from Emmett to the junction with the Sweet-Ola
Highway was recently seal coated.
The SAFLEA (Stress-Absorbing Fiberglass
Layer with Emulsified Asphalt) seal coat and striping has been completed.
The seal coat, from milepost 31.8 to milepost 45, will protect the existing
roadway against water damage, add traction to the surface and prolong the
highways life.
Kloepfer Inc., of Paul, was the
contractor on this $994,000 project.
OWYHEE COUNTY
DUCK VALLEY State Line to Sheep Creek
Road resurfacing
A
pavement resurfacing project on approximately 20 miles of Idaho 51, from the
Nevada State Line to Sheep Creek Road in Owyhee County, is now under way.
Paving is complete. The seal coat started
on Thursday (Aug. 12) and is expected to be completed this weekend, with
re-striping by Monday or Tuesday (Aug. 16 or 17)
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, was applied to the first eight
miles.
Crews are waiting for the scrub coat to cure, and will resume paving operations
on Monday. All lanes are open to traffic, but the speed limit is still
reduced to 45 mph.
Traffic will be directed when necessary
by flaggers and pilot cars.
Valley Paving & Asphalt Co., of Cottonwood, is the contractor on this $1.92
million project.
PAYETTE
COUNTY
WEST OF CALDWELL - I-84 resurfacing, Black Canyon to Sand Hollow
The pavement resurfacing
and repair project on I-84 west of Caldwell continues. The project, funded
through stimulus savings, begins west of the Black Canyon Interchange and
extends for five miles, to east of the Sand Hollow Interchange.
Crews continue replacing damaged concrete
slabs, grinding concrete and installing new guardrail end terminals on
eastbound I-84. By the end of this month, crews should complete slab repair on
the eastbound side and begin working in the westbound lanes.
During the majority of the work, only one interstate lane will be open in both
directions.
The speed limit is 45 mph over the median crossovers, and 55 mph between them.
The project is expected to be complete in
September. It is about a month ahead of schedule.
Several badly damaged concrete slabs in that stretch will be removed and
replaced. Repairs also will include resealing pavement joints, repairing
pavement cracks and chips, grinding portions off of the existing pavement
surface and completing guardrail safety improvements.
A highly competitive construction environment led to significant savings on the
eight original projects funded by the federal stimulus program ARRA (American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act). This is one of nine smaller projects financed
through those initial bid savings.
Multiple Concrete Enterprises, of Ogden, Utah, is the contractor on the $6.9
million project.
FRUITLAND, PAYETTE - pavement
resurfacing
Work
is under way on several pavement rehabilitation projects encompassing about six
miles of U.S. 95 from north Fruitland to north Payette as well as about
one-half mile of U.S. 30 between the Snake River and Fruitland. In addition to
resurfacing, pavement cracks also will be filled throughout the project area.
Standard work hours will be 7 a.m. to dusk Monday through Thursday, and to noon
on Friday. No weekend work is expected. There may be some overnight (10 p.m. to
5 a.m.) work when the contractor is working on the signalized intersections at
U.S. 95 and U.S. 30 (Gayway Junction) and the U.S. 95/95 Spur intersection
south of Payette. The traffic signals at those intersections will be upgraded
to video detection-based operating systems.
Crews completed paving through Payette
this week (July 19-23). Approach paving (public and private) has been completed
to the 7th Avenue North intersection in Payette. The remaining approaches will
be paved next week (July 26-30). Speed limit reductions will remain in place
until all work is completed.
The contractor is expecting to have
approximately five to six days of bump grinding, followed by restriping.
Knife
River, of Boise, is the contractor on this $2.1 million project.
Idaho 52, Idaho 72 Resurfacing
A
resurfacing project is expected to begin in late July on about 14 miles of
rural highway on Idaho 52, from Payette's east city limits to its junction with
Idaho 72, and on Idaho 72, from the junction with U.S. 30 to the junction with
Idaho 52. The project is expected to take about two months to complete,
finishing in late September.
In addition to the thin overlay to be applied to the roadway surface, the
project also includes guardrail upgrades.
Traffic control is expected to consist of a pilot car and
flaggers when needed.
Paving on Idaho
52 is expected to be completed by the end of the day today (Friday, Aug. 6). Paving on Idaho 72 should be done next
week. Traffic delays of up to 15 minutes are expected, with a pilot-car operation
in affect.
Western
Construction of Boise is the contractor on this nearly $2 million project.
PAYETTE U.S. 95, Payette River Bridge
replacement
The project to
improve the U.S. 95 bridge over the Payette River south of Payette is now under
way. It is expected to take about two years to complete, finishing in fall
2012.
Crews will replace the existing northbound truss bridge (built in 1927) located
on U.S. 95 between Fruitland and Payette. The new bridge will be two feet
higher off the water. It will have no overhead bracing or struts as the current
one does and will be 84 feet in width, eliminating current safety concerns
regarding both width and height restrictions.
The new bridge will be constructed next to, and will attach
to, the existing southbound bridge. The project also includes minor roadway
realignment to tie into the new bridge location.
U.S. 95 is the main route connecting northern and southern Idaho. About 18,000
vehicles use this portion of the highway daily. By 2026, the volume is expected
to be more than 25,000.
Traffic will utilize the southbound bridge while the new bridge is constructed.
Traffic will then be switched to the new bridge while modifications to the
southbound bridge are made and it is connected to the new bridge.
Removal of the bridge deck from the truss
bridge is in progress. The next step is the removal of the steel truss sections
of the bridge.
JC Constructors Inc. of Meridian is the contractor for this
$6.17 million project.
VALLEY
COUNTY
Idaho
55, Donnelly North City Limits to Deinhard Lane in McCall
An 11-mile pavement preservation/resurfacing project between Donnelly's north
city limit and Deinhard Lane on the southern end of McCall is now under way,
using the Cement Recycled Asphalt Base Stabilization (CRABS) resurfacing
method. The existing surface will be removed, crushed and mixed with cement,
then reapplied to the highway as a base for the new surface.
The project is expected to take about two months to complete. During
construction, one lane will be closed in the project area, with flaggers
directing traffic.
The work from milepost 132 to 143 also involves some drainage improvements.
Crews are
working a 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
schedule, with no weekend work and crews must be done and off the roadway by
noon on Fridays to accommodate weekend recreational traffic.
The initial work on the project included
the installation of fiber waddles (an erosion-control measure). Early work also
is replacing deteriorated culverts that cross the roadway as well as to add
some longitudinal drains to convey water. Pipe installation will precede the
CRABS operation by three weeks. Paving on the project is not expected until
after Labor Day.
Culvert replacement will require traffic-control measures (such as a speed limit
reduction to 45 mph, flaggers and pilot cars if needed) while crews trench
across the highway.
Idaho
55, Gold Dust Road Turn Bay, south of Cascade
Work is expected to begin Monday (Aug. 16) to construct a left-turn bay on
Idaho 55 for Gold Dust Road, about 1.5 miles south of Cascade. The roadway will
be widened in that location (milepost 112) to accommodate the turning lane.
The project is expected to take about a month. During construction, one lane
will be closed in the project area, with flaggers directing traffic.
Knife River Corp., of Boise, is the contractor for both projects. The Gold Dust
Road Turn Bay is a $177,000 project, and the Donnelly to Deinhard contract is
$3.6 million.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
WEISER - Snake River Bridge replacement
The
project to replace the Snake River Bridge on the U.S. 95 Spur in Weiser
is
nearly finished.
The
original bridge was built in 1903, with an additional span added in 1911.
Traffic signals were added in 1949. The bridge was replaced in the 1950s - that
one is being replaced in this project. Once completed, the bridge will be 16
feet wider and able to carry greater traffic volumes. The highway on both sides
of the bridge also will be reconstructed.
This past week
(Aug. 9-13), fencing was installed as was permanent signage. No construction is
planned for next week.
Sletten Construction, of Boise, is the contractor on this $10 million project.
The project is expected to be completed by
the end of the month. Final clean-up items continue until then.
ITD and the Idaho State Police caution
motorists to slow down and pay attention when driving in work zones, where
increased speeding fines and other penalties apply. Motorists are encouraged to
plan ahead and dial 5-1-1 or visit 511.idaho.gov for information on the state
highway or interstate system.