4/23/2014
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
RESCHEDULED: Bridge girder work closing eastbound I-84 tonight at Broadway
BOISE – Eastbound traffic on Interstate 84 will be detoured across the Broadway interchange tonight Wednesday (April 23) while the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) places girders for the new interchange bridge. Westbound I-84 will remain open.
Additional eastbound girders will be placed later in the project. Westbound girders will be placed in early May.
The
detour will begin at 8:30 p.m. tonight and end at 5 a.m. tomorrow
morning, Thursday (April 24). Drivers will exit eastbound I-84 at the
Broadway interchange. Flaggers will direct interstate traffic across
Broadway Avenue and back onto the eastbound I-84 on-ramp.
The
closure will allow crews to set five concrete girders for the new bridge
over I-84. ITD is replacing the current bridge and ramps with an
interchange to accommodate more traffic.
Broadway
interchange construction began in March and will continue until late
2015.
ITD encourages drivers to slow down and pay attention in the work zone. The Gowen interchange and I-84 also are under construction.
Electronic
message signs between Orchard Street and Vista Avenue, and at the end
of the Vista on-ramp, have been in place since late last week to alert
motorists to the upcoming work.
The speed limit is 55 mph on I-84 and 25 mph on Broadway Avenue.
Concrete Placing Co. Inc., of Boise, is the contractor on this $26.7 million project.