1/8/2012
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Nampa I-84 lane reductions planned next week
NAMPA - Drivers on Interstate 84 in the Nampa area between Franklin and Garrity boulevards can expect intermittent day and nighttime lane reductions Monday through Friday (Jan. 9-13) as crews install overhead signs.
Work is scheduled in the eastbound lanes Monday through Wednesday (Jan. 9-11) and in the westbound lanes Wednesday through Friday (Jan. 11-13). The interstate will be reduced to two lanes periodically during the day and one lane overnight in the lanes where sign installation occurs. All lanes in the opposite direction will remain open.
Similar lane reductions for overhead sign work also will occur for the next several weeks on the stretch of I-84 between Cole/Overland and Broadway.
Traffic on I-84 westbound in Nampa shifted from the left two lanes to the right two lanes Thursday; that shift will remain in place through the completion of the project, which is scheduled for late this month or early February.
The I-84 eastbound on-ramp at Franklin remains closed until the project is complete. The permanent on-ramp will extend on a new bridge over the Phyllis Canal and provide a longer, safer merge onto I-84. Crews are currently pouring the concrete approach slabs. By mid-January, another critical section of concrete pour is scheduled; this will join two sections of the new bridge. After each pour, the concrete needs to cure for at least 10 days.
All work is weather dependent.