Megan Sausser – Idaho Transportation Department - Tue December 17, 2019
ITD Remembers 1995 Noseeum Creek Flooding on U.S.-12
When 400,000 tons of mud, rock, trees and other debris obliterated 1,200 ft. of highway on Nov. 20, 1995, it created "the biggest slide of my career," said Mark Schuster, maintenance foreman of U.S.-12 for the last three decades....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
New Design of U.S. 95 Corridor Coming Soon to Idaho
Several roads at the southern end of the Garwood-to-Sagle U.S. 95 corridor north of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, are being reconfigured as part of a multi-year project to improve traffic flow and safety. The intersection with ID 53 junction near Hayden, Idaho, will be replaced with a unique interchange, while the intersection at Garwood Road will be replaced with an overpass, leaving Lancaster Road as the last signal on U.S....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 27, 2019
Population Growth Sparks $340M Treasure Valley Project
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has kicked off a $340 million project on the largest highway in the state. The work is happening over 11 miles of I-84 in Ada and Canyon Counties, an area known as the Treasure Valley, the population hub of the state....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 01, 2019
Idaho Transportation Department Oversees $17.5M St. Maries, St. Joe Bridge Replacements
Construction crews are finishing work on two bridges in a design-build project in Northern Idaho. The project aims to replace the original structures on Idaho Highway 3 (ID-3) over the St. Maries Railroad and the St....
Idaho State University - Tue June 04, 2019
ISU Receives $150K Grant to Test Seismic Resiliency of Precast Concrete Bridges
The Idaho State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received a $150,000 grant from the Idaho Transportation Department to test the seismic resiliency of precast concrete bridges....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 07, 2019
ITD Finds Innovative New Method to Replace 17 Bridges
When the Idaho Transportation Department identified 17 bridges in Eastern Idaho that did not meet current safety and geometry standards, the agency decided to try a new construction approach that ultimately saved taxpayers millions of dollars and more than a decade in time....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue May 07, 2019
Work Under Way on Lorenzo Bridge
Construction began April 29 on the Lorenzo Bridge on U.S.-20 in Madison County. The bridge rehabilitation is expected to be completed this fall. "This rehabilitation will entail re-surfacing of the bridge deck, replacing the guardrail, improving the bridge approaches and finishing with new pavement," said ITD Project Manager Alecia Johnson....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue April 09, 2019
Idaho Transportation Department Begins Bridge Replacements
The Idaho Transportation Department will begin work April 1, 2019 on two bridge construction projects along U.S.-20. The new crossings will be located over Willow Creek in Camas County (MP 164) and Rock Creek in Blaine County (MP 173)....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue February 12, 2019
ITD Merges Ideas in Post Falls Design
Following a public meeting in November 2018, the Idaho Transportation Department developed a different alternative for the Interstate 90 and Idaho Highway 41 interchange in Post Falls. The new design merges the advantages of the two alternatives that were developed by a special planning team and presented to the public last fall....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue December 18, 2018
Idaho Airports Receive Nearly $53M in Federal, State Grants for Improvements
Federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants of about $39.5 million will help seven primary (commercial) airports across the state with needed improvements to their passenger and aviation facilities....
