5/14/2015
Pair of Idaho 46 projects through Wendell start in June
WENDELL – The Idaho 46 facelift through Gooding County continues with two more projects beginning in June, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The highway will ultimately feature a smoother surface from Interstate 84 to the south end of Gooding.
Following the Memorial Day holiday, the first project will begin by applying an asphalt overlay between Wendell and Gooding. Work will start at the north city limit of Wendell and continue north to the south end of Gooding where, in areas of curb and gutter, the work will first include milling off the top two inches of existing pavement and then applying the new surface.
Paving is expected to finish by the end of June, with a chip-seal coat expected to finish before the end of August. Western Construction Inc., of Boise, is the contractor for the $2.16 million project.
After the Wendell Dairy Days Parade in mid-June, reconstruction of Idaho 46 (Idaho Street) through Wendell will begin. Work will close half of the roadway and the adjacent sidewalk while excavation and construction take place. West Main Street — a spur route of Idaho 46 — will be resurfaced near the end of construction.
Work is expected to finish by mid-September. Idaho Materials and Construction (formerly Idaho Sand and Gravel), of Jerome, is the contractor for the $2.13 million project.
Other projects on Idaho 46 this year include the nearly completed roadway realignment and bridge reconstruction at the intersection of Bob Barton Road and Rex Leland Highway, the bridge maintenance and resurfacing of the Ken Curtis Bridge over the Snake River, and the replacement of two canal structures south of Wendell expected to begin this fall.