9/19/2013
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Public–Private Partnership accelerates Anderson Corner improvements that begin Monday
BOISE - Work will begin Monday (Sept. 23) on reconstruction of the U.S. 95 and U.S. 20/26 junction at the Payette and Canyon county line – known as Anderson Corner – the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The work is expected to finish in late October.
Crews will construct a new northbound right-turn lane onto Anderson Corner Road and will extend the southbound acceleration lane by one-quarter mile, providing additional space for safer merging onto U.S. 95.
“Two-lane U.S. 95 has no turn lane at the intersection, so full-speed drivers sometimes contend with motorists in front of them who have slowed or stopped to turn,” explained ITD Project Manager Dave Barrett. “We're making the intersection safer by separating the turning traffic from the full-speed through traffic.”
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Nunhems USA Inc. is headquartered near the junction and is participating financially in the project. The project is a cooperative effort involving ITD, Nunhems (part of Bayer CropScience), the Idaho Department of Commerce and the Western Alliance for Economic Development. The work was accelerated several years because of the partnership.
Click here for Picture 1, Picture 2 and Picture 3 of the intersection. The intersection was named after the store located on the northwest corner. The Nunhems USA plant is across the highway.
The speed limit in the work zone will be reduced from 65 mph to 45 mph; flaggers will guide traffic. Two lanes will open during most of the construction, but there will be times when the highway will be reduced to one lane and alternating traffic. Delays will be no more than 15 minutes.
The junction serves local agriculture traffic, major trucking transportation operations and local traffic vehicles.
Eleven crashes have been recorded at the location since 2006.
Idaho Sand & Gravel, of Nampa, is the contractor on this $239,416 project. Nunhems and the Western Alliance will contribute $75,000 each, with the balance covered by ITD.