9/17/2012
Detour of I-84 starts Tuesday night for bridge work near Burley
BURLEY – The westbound lanes of Interstate 84 will be closed for two nights, beginning Tuesday (Sept. 18), as crews replace damaged girders on the 850 West Road bridge west of Burley, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The closure is required as crews remove and replace two girders above the westbound lanes of I-84 at about milepost 205. The section of I-84 between Burley and Kasota Road will be closed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday. All westbound traffic will be detoured onto Idaho 27 at the Burley interchange (Exit 208), north to Paul and west on Idaho 25 to the Kasota Road interchange (Exit 201).
Replacement of the girders will continue through mid-November. Drivers will experience intermittent, single-lane closures near the structure during regular work hours, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
Cannon Builders, of Blackfoot, is the contractor for the $142,000 repair project. The highway bridge was damaged when an illegal, over-height load struck three girders in December 2011. The operator's insurance company will be billed for the repair costs.