3/10/2011
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
REMINDER: Westbound ramps at Franklin and Garrity will be closed this weekend
NAMPA - Starting Friday (March 11) and continuing throughout the weekend, the westbound ramps at the Franklin Boulevard and Garrity Boulevard interchanges will be closed and motorists detoured in preparation for shifting traffic to the concrete center median, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
Work is
scheduled to begin on Friday night at 10 p.m. and conclude by Monday morning at
5 a.m. The eastbound ramps will remain open this weekend, but will be closed the following weekend (March 18-21).
During this weekend's closure, ramp traffic will be detoured to Birch Lane. Interstate 84
through-traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction in the evening. All I-84 lanes will remain open during the
day. The work schedule may be affected by weather.
To make the coming traffic shift possible, weekend closures of on- and off-ramps will allow crews to build new lanes and ramps connecting to the median.
Here's an overview of the impacts the next two weekends:
March 11-14 westbound ramps will be closed
Closed: Garrity Boulevard westbound on-ramp
Closed: Franklin Boulevard westbound off-ramp
March 18-21 eastbound ramps will be closed
Closed: Franklin Boulevard eastbound on-ramp
Closed: Garrity Boulevard eastbound off-ramp
Click here to view a map of the impacts and detour.
The ramp construction is planned during night and weekend hours to minimize traffic impacts to weekday commuters.
When the ramp work and traffic shift are complete, crews will begin work on existing travel lanes.
The widening of I-84 between Franklin and Garrity is expected to be complete by early summer 2012.
Concrete Placing Company, of Boise, is the contractor on this $22.2 million project.