9/14/2015
Intermittent lane restrictions on Broadway Avenue, from University Drive to Myrtle Street, through October
BOISE – Lanes will be intermittently restricted on Broadway Avenue between University Drive and Myrtle Street through October. For approximately six weeks, lanes will be closed overnight, and sometimes during the day, as crews relocate utilities near the Broadway Avenue Bridge.
The utility work is being done in preparation for removing and rebuilding the Broadway Avenue Bridge over the Boise River. Construction of the bridge could begin as soon as this December.
Lane restrictions will begin tonight (Sept. 14). Northbound Broadway Avenue will be reduced to one lane between University and Myrtle from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Closing the lane will allow crews to dig trenches for relocating utilities underneath the roadway.
“ITD has looked at hourly traffic counts, and based the timing of these intermittent restrictions on this data so drivers experience minimal impacts,” said ITD Resident Engineer Daris Bruce. “Most of the utility work will occur at night. If lanes must be closed during the day, it will be done during non-peak hours.”
Click here for an updated map of current impacts related to utility-relocation activities near the Broadway Avenue Bridge.
Signs will be placed along Broadway Avenue to notify drivers and pedestrians of lane restrictions and sidewalk closures.
The existing Broadway Bridge is more than 50 years old and needs to be rebuilt so that the structure and function meet today’s standards. When complete, it will include more lanes for traffic, wider sidewalks, bicycle lanes and improved access to the Greenbelt