BLACKFOOT – Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) maintenance crews will make repairs to the Blackfoot bridge on I-15 at Exit 93 for your safety and mobility. Repairs will begin Monday, Oct. 7, with plans to be completed by Oct. 17.
Crews will be sandblasting and resurfacing the bridge deck, replacing guardrail and completing shoulder work. This repair project is intended to temporarily fix the bridge until ITD is able to begin the bridge deck rehab project planned for the summer of 2020.
Construction will be performed on northbound I-15 from Oct. 7-9. Traffic control will be removed and traffic will resume as usual after Oct. 9 until southbound construction begins. Traffic control will continue for southbound I-15 construction from Oct. 15-17.
Drivers can expect traffic delays for the duration of the project. Reduced speed limits will be in effect and traffic will be shifted over periodically to single-lane, two-way traffic. Click here to see the pdf explaining the traffic-control plans.
Oversized loads will need to use appropriate alternative routes as there will be a 12-foot lane restriction through the construction zone.
Visit 511.Idaho.gov for current road conditions and information.
POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department will direct all traffic on southbound I-15 to use Exit 98 on the nights of Sept. 19-20 during construction at the Rose Road Interchange.
A detour will be in effect from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. both nights. All traffic on southbound I-15 will be directed to use the off-ramp at Exit 98, and then to use the southbound on-ramp at Exit 98 to continue on I-15. All Exit 98 ramps and Rose Road will remain open.
The nighttime restrictions will allow contractors to demolish the southbound side of the old Rose Road Bridge over I-15. In early October, the contractor will demolish the northbound side.
This work is a part of a project to reconstruct the interchange at Rose Road (Exit 98) on Interstate 15. The interchange is expected to open later this year with additional construction activities to be completed in spring 2020.
More information about the $10.8 million I-15, Rose Road Interchange project is available at itdprojects.org/rose. Citizens may sign up for email updates by texting INTERSTATE 15 to 22828 or emailing I-15construction@itd.idaho.gov.
POCATELLO – The southbound Interstate 15 off-ramp to Malad at Exit 13 will close starting on Monday (Sept. 9) as crews realign the ramp, eliminating a free-running right to improve safety.
This graphic shows the current interchange configuration overlaid in blue with the new configuration.
Drivers will need to use Exit 17 as the detour during this work, and loop back to Malad via Old Highway 191.
Idaho Materials & Construction is the contractor on this project.
Motorists can visit 511.idaho.gov for project details and updates on this and other roadwork in the area.
POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department will close the Rose Road Interchange (Exit 98) for paving on Tuesday, September 3 from 7 a.m. to Thursday, September 5 at 7 p.m. The north and southbound off-ramps will also be closed during this time.
Traffic will be detoured around the closure and will be notified with digital messaging boards prior to the closures. See detour map.
This work is a part of a year-long project to reconstruct the interchange at Rose Road (Exit 98) on Interstate 15 to maximize the safety and mobility for motorists using this interchange. Construction includes widening the Rose Road overpass and increasing its vertical clearance, reconfiguring and lengthening the interchange ramps, and replacing two canal structures to support current traffic loads.
The interchange is expected to open later this year with additional construction activities to be completed in Spring 2020.
More information about the I-15, Rose Road Interchange project is available at itdprojects.org/rose. Community members may sign up for email updates by texting INTERSTATE 15 to 22828 or emailing I-15construction@itd.idaho.gov.
CHUBBUCK – The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will partner with the city of Chubbuck to replace a damaged signal cabinet at the intersection of Chubbuck Road and Yellowstone Avenue (US-91) on Sunday, August 11.
The signal cabinet to be replaced was heavily damaged last winter due a car accident. The cabinet was in working condition, though, and has been used until this replacement.
Work is expected to take just one day, beginning at 5 a.m.
The traffic signal at the intersection will be turned off until the replacement is complete. Appropriate traffic control will be set up and flaggers will be present to direct traffic.
ITD advises drivers to pay attention to the traffic control and please use an alternate route until the project is complete.
POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will divert Interstate 15 northbound traffic onto US-91 on Tuesday night, August 6, while girders are placed at the new Northgate Interchange from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Drivers will exit on Interstate 86 at Exit 61 (Chubbuck interchange) and re-enter I-15 at Exit 89 (South Blackfoot Interchange). Pictured are pillars used to hold the girders.
Traffic control will continue for those same hours Wednesday night, August 7, as ITD diverts southbound traffic on US-91. Drivers will exit I-15 at Exit 89 and re-enter at Exit 61 on I-86. ITD will also have traffic control set up at the Fort Hall Interchange to divert traffic as needed.
Girders are the massive concrete structures that will support the new bridge. The contractor will be placing 12 girders each night, 24 total, that are 85 ft. long and weight 120,000 lbs. each.
This work is part of a year-long project to construct the new Northgate interchange on I-15. The project is expected to be completed in late fall 2019.
AMERICAN FALLS – The Idaho Transportation Department has invited members of the community to review plans for a new roundabout at the intersection of Pocatello Avenue (I-86B) and State Highway 39 at an open house on Thursday, Aug. 1.
The drop-in event will run from 4 to 7 p.m. at the American Falls District Library (308 Roosevelt St.).
In response to concerns about safety and operations, ITD considered many alternatives for improving the intersection. Each alternative was evaluated based on factors such as cost, traffic capacity, delays, safety, right-of-way needs and community input.
Community members were invited to give comments at a series of workshops in 2018.
“We would like to thank every person who participated in the design process,” said ITD Engineering Manager Dan Harelson. “We received valuable input that helped us ensure the new intersection will serve both commercial and local traffic.”
The new roundabout will allow a continuous flow of traffic without requiring drivers to wait for a light or a stop sign. A video of a similarly sized roundabout, as well as background materials about this project, is available at https://itdprojects.org/pocatelloave_i86b.
Construction is expected to begin in 2022.
POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department will close the Interstate 15 Rose Road Interchange (Exit 98) for paving on Friday, July 26 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The northbound and southbound off-ramps will also be closed during this time.
Construction includes widening the Rose Road overpass and increasing its vertical clearance; reconfiguring and lengthening the interchange ramps; and replacing two canal structures to support current traffic loads.
Traffic will detour around the closure and will be notified with digital messaging boards prior to the closures.
This ongoing reconstruction of the interchange at Rose Road (Exit 98) is expected to be completed in late 2019.
More information about the project is available at itdprojects.org/rose. Community members may sign up for email updates by texting INTERSTATE 15 to 22828 or emailing I-15construction@itd.idaho.gov.
POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department will move interstate traffic to the southbound side of Interstate 15 on Sunday, July 14 while girders are placed at the Rose Interchange (Exit 98). Girders are the massive concrete structures that will support the new bridge.
Traffic will be shifted starting at 6:30 a.m. The off-ramp and all lanes of I-15 will reopen by 8 p.m.
The contractor will be placing five girders that are 117 ft. long and weigh 140,000 lbs. each.
I-15 will be reduced to one lane in each direction. The northbound I-15 off-ramp at Rose Road will be closed. Traffic will be detoured to Exit 93 and will be notified with digital messaging boards prior to the off-ramp closure.
This work is part of a year-long project to reconstruct the interchange at Rose Road (Exit 98) on I-15. Construction includes widening the Rose Road overpass and increasing its vertical clearance, reconfiguring and lengthening the interchange ramps, and replacing two canal structures to support current traffic loads. The project is expected to be completed in late 2019.
More information about the I-15, Rose Road Interchange project is available at itdprojects.org/rose. Community members may sign up for email updates by texting INTERSTATE 15 to 22828 or emailing I-15construction@itd.idaho.gov.
POCATELLO – All northbound and southbound lanes will open Tuesday, (July 2) on Interstate 15 from the I-15/I-86 junction north of Pocatello to the Fort Hall boundary, as the project has been completed earlier than anticipated.
Not expected to be completed until the end of July, Western Construction has finished the approximately four miles of roadway rehabilitation early, before the holiday weekend.
The Northgate Interchange project also will continue toward completion by the end of October. The speed limit will be maintained at 65 mph throughout the construction zones.
Please check 511.idaho.gov for current road conditions as you travel.
