6/10/2014
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
U.S. 95 improvements from Trail Creek Bridge to Pinehurst begin June 23
BOISE - A brief project on U.S. 95 in Adams County between the Trail Creek Bridge and Pinehurst is scheduled to begin June 23 and finish by mid-August, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
Crews will be installing a welded, wire-reinforced retaining wall to support the highway’s shoulder. Work will begin at milepost 177 and head north to milepost 181.7. Click here for a map of the location.
This area of the highway is bordered on one side by the Little Salmon River. The project will address retaining-wall instability and add stream barbs to protect the roadway embankment.
Stream barbs are rock structures extending into a stream to modify flow patterns. They are commonly used to minimize erosion by steering the fastest current away from the eroding bank.
Crews will then replace the roadway pavement removed to fix the walls and slope. The project also will include about 900 feet of guardrail repair.
Excavation, backfill and repaving will take approximately 10 days at each of the three locations in this 4.7-mile stretch of roadway. Flaggers will control traffic while project preparations are made and a temporary traffic signal is placed. The traffic signal will control traffic around the clock at the first location, then move to the second and third locations as work is completed.
Debco Construction, of Orofino, is the contractor on this $762,000 project.
