6/30/2011
Motorists will experience a major traffic revision on the Sand Creek Byway project beginning July 7
COEUR D’ALENE – Motorists traveling northbound on U.S. 95/Idaho 200 at Sandpoint will experience a major traffic revision on the Sand Creek Byway project beginning Thursday (July 7), the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
Motorists will access the new 91-meter bridge at the northern interchange by using the newly completed clover leaf on-ramp. The bridge will be one-lane, one-way traffic. Click here for a map of the route.
Southbound traffic on U.S. 95 will be reduced to one lane at the intersection. Motorists will be able to turn left or right, but there will be no merge lane.
The new traffic signals will be used in a temporary mode to control some of the traffic movements. Other movements will be controlled by stop signs. Flaggers will also be initially used to guide motorists through the work zone area.
The speed limit will remain 35 mph.
The traffic revision is necessary to complete the intersection and mitigation requirements at the north end of the project.
The contractor for this $98 million project is Parsons RCI, of Sumner, Wash. The project is expected to be complete by Fall 2012.