6/17/2016
Funded through new user fees, initial work begins Monday to extend lifespan of multiple bridges across the Treasure Valley
BOISE– Starting next week, the Idaho Transportation Department will initiate a summer-long project to maintain seven bridges across the Treasure Valley, funded through new user fees.
Five of the bridges are located on Interstate 84 between Boise and Nampa, and two are on Idaho 44 in Garden City and Eagle. This maintenance work will preserve mobility by extending the life of each structure.
On Monday (June 20), crews will begin surveying and preparing each bridge for maintenance construction. The following week, work will begin on resurfacing the bridge decks and conducting other routine maintenance. The project is expected to wrap up by early September.
“The initial survey work is expected to take about a week and should not have an impact on drivers,” said District 3 Project Engineer Dana Weiss.“Once maintenance construction begins, there will be nighttime lane restrictions, flagging, speed limit reductions and other traffic impacts at each bridge throughout the summer.”
Over the next week, drivers can expect to see construction crews and heavy equipment at the seven bridges, which are located at:
• I-84 Vista Ave. Interchange
• I-84 Orchard St. Interchange
• I-84 Garrity Blvd. Interchange
• I-84 Robinson Rd. Overpass
• I-84 Black Cat Rd. Overpass
• Dry Creek Bridge (on Idaho 44 west of Eagle Rd.)
• Glenwood St. Bridge (on Idaho 44 over the Boise River)
Click here for a map of the bridge locations and more details about traffic impacts.
To stay informed about ITD’s summer bridge-maintenance project visit www.itd.idaho.gov/D3BridgeRepair. To be notified of traffic impacts, sign up for construction email updates by texting BRIDGEREPAIR to 22828 or sending your email address to jennifer.gonzalez@itd.idaho.gov.
American Civil Constructors is the contractor for this $1.8 million highway improvement project.
The Idaho Transportation Board voted in May 2015 to move a group of 27 projects forward using funds recently allocated by the Idaho Legislature in the state’s first transportation-revenue increase in nearly two decades. Doing so enabled the advancement of dozens of other critically needed road and bridge projects statewide in the future. Several of those first 27 projects have already been completed.