5/9/2013
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Resurfacing to begin soon on Idaho 55 from Horseshoe Bend north to bridge
BOISE - A resurfacing project on Idaho 55 from the south city limits of Horseshoe Bend to the Payette River Bridge north of town is expected to start in late May or early June, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The project should take approximately four weeks to finish.
Crews also will repair soft spots in the highway before paving. The resurfacing covers a little more than two-and-a-half miles, from milepost 63.28 to 66.
Click here for a map of the project location.
It is anticipated that two lanes of traffic will remain open throughout daytime hours. A portion of the project, that cannot maintain two open lanes and a work zone, will be completed at night.Those sections are at the northern and southern ends of the project. The contractor has the option to complete the entire project at night.
C & A Paving, of Boise, is the prime contractor on this $618,329 project.