With more than three decades of public service, Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Chief Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer Dan McElhinney has announced he is leaving state service. McElhinney focused on relationships and working with local leaders and community members to improve safety on Idaho’s transportation system. A significant advocate for stakeholder … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department is conducting rock scaling work to stabilize the slope above U.S. Highway 12 near Arrow Bridge between mileposts 15 and 16. This effort began today and is expected to continue through the middle of next week. Work will intermittently affect traffic. Scaling involves wedging and prying debris loose … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department will close State Highway 55 (Karcher Road) between Florida Avenue and Lake Avenue from Friday at 10 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m. This will allow crews to replace an irrigation pipe just east of the SH-55 and Florida Avenue intersection, which must be completed before paving the … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department will close the Karcher Overpass Bridge on Monday, and Tuesday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m each night. Crews will be removing the large steel structure that holds the signs over the bridge to make room for new signs that will support the new lane configuration. Detours signs … Read more
Starting Monday the Idaho Transportation Department will begin a two-week project to micro mill and re-paint the Flying Wye connector linking Interstate 84 and Interstate 184. This work will take place in two phases: Phase 1: Nighttime micro milling Between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. crews will remove the top layer of pavement … Read more
From October 20-24, a group of POE inspectors from District 1’s Huetter Port of Entry collaborated on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s nationwide Interstate 90 Corridor Hotshot effort. A hotshot refers to a specific vehicle towing configuration. The purpose was threefold — to ensure safety of the driving public, educate drivers in the proper … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department will close a section of eastbound traffic on Interstate 84 between the Twin Falls Interchange (exit 173) and the Kimberly Interchange (exit 182) to continue reconstruction of the Vinyard Bridge. The closure will be between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. tomorrow night. Additional nighttime closures may be necessary … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department will shift northbound Interstate 15 traffic between the Northgate and Fort Hall interchanges (Exits 73 and 80) the night of Wednesday, Nov. 12. Northbound traffic will move into the newly constructed lanes in the median to allow crews to begin work on the east side of I-15. During … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department is seeking input on long-range planning for transportation across the state through a series of public meetings in the next month. Comments will inform the update to ITD’s Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan, a federally required strategy document that is updated every five years and is used by the Idaho Transportation Board … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department will host an open house next week in Coeur d’Alene to share information and gather input on a revised design for the Interstate 90 and U.S. Highway 95 Interchange. Following an open house in March, ITD revised the design based on public feedback to accommodate better access between US-95 and Appleway … Read more
