3/16/2016
Watch for traffic control and oversize loads on Broadway Avenue through April as bridge girders delivered
BOISE – Crews will begin setting girders for the new Broadway Bridge in Boise on Thursday (Mar. 17). Crews will use Broadway Avenue and Myrtle Street to deliver the girders. The girders will be brought into the work zone at the north entrance, near Myrtle Street, and at the south entrance, near University Drive.
Drivers can expect traffic control and flagging on Broadway Avenue and Myrtle Street to accommodate the oversize loads delivering the steel girders. Intermittent rolling slowdowns also will occur on Interstate 84 in east Boise and on I-184 (Connector).
The girder-placement process will extend through mid-April. Work on the girders will occur during the day, and neighbors can expect to hear higher than normal noise volumes from heavy equipment.
In all, 30 steel girders are being placed to support the deck of the new Broadway Bridge. From end to end, the girders measure about 422 feet long.
Watch the girders being delivered and placed on ITD’s 24/7 work zone camera at www.itd.idaho.gov/broadwaybridge. The camera updates every 10 minutes.
The contractor has demolished the previous Broadway Bridge and finished driving steel piles into the riverbed for the new bridge’s foundation. This spring, crews will continue constructing the deck of the bridge and begin building new ramps and stairs to enhance Greenbelt connectivity at Broadway Avenue.
ITD reminds drivers, pedestrians and cyclists to leave early, know your route and plan extra time for travel. Sign up for ITD’s Broadway Bridge construction email updates by texting BROADWAYBRIDGE to 22828 and learn more at www.itd.idaho.gov/broadwaybridge/.