8/22/2013
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Replacement of overhead electronic sign on Connector to close westbound lanes overnight Sept. 8
BOISE - Replacement of the overhead Dynamic Message Sign on the Connector will close the westbound (outbound) lanes of I-184 at 13th Street from 8 p.m. Sept. 8 through 5 a.m. the following morning, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
During the closure, drivers will need to detour to Grove Street, then travel on Main Street and back onto the Connector (I-184) at the Fairview ramp.
The sign, installed in the summer of 2000, was hit and damaged by a truck boom in early November 2012, and is being replaced at the insurance carrier’s expense. The sign is valued at $110,000.
The new sign will have the latest electronics and brighter LED lights for greater readability, but the main upgrade, according to ITD’s Gary Sanderson, is faster service. “It will operate via fiber optic cable rather than ethernet, similar to the traffic signals in town.”
ITD crews will provide traffic-control services on the replacement, but the actual sign replacement will be performed by Quality Electric, of Boise.