10/5/2015
I-84 to be closed at Twin Bridges early Wednesday morning
DECLO – Early morning drivers should watch for a detour of Interstate 84 Wednesday (Oct. 7) as construction equipment is moved over the Snake River bridge at milepost 215 near the Declo Interchange. All traffic will be detoured on two routes through Burley and Rupert.
All traffic will be detoured using routes between the Heyburn Interchange (Exit 211) and the Declo Interchange (Exit 216) beginning at about 1 a.m. Wednesday (Oct 7). During the closure, the contractor for the Snake River bridge replacement project will be moving a crane over the bridge to set up on the west bank of the river.
Westbound traffic will be detoured off I-84 at Exit 216, south to Declo on Idaho 77, west to Burley on Idaho 81 and return to I-84 through Heyburn. Eastbound traffic will leave I-84 at Exit 211, detour north on Idaho 24 to Rupert, then east and south on Idaho 25 to I-84.
The detour is expected to last no more than two hours. The crane will drive piles to support the bridge abutment on the west bank of the Snake River.
The westbound bridge over the Snake River is expected to be open to traffic in early 2016. Demolition and construction of the eastbound bridge will follow, with final completion of the project expected in spring of 2017.
Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction, of Draper, Utah, is the contractor for the $17.88 million project.