The Idaho Transportation Department is hosting a community open house on Tuesday, Feb. 18 to share updated design plans for the replacement of the Dry Creek Bridge located on U.S. Highway30.
The open house will run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Murtaugh High School Cafeteria (500 Boyd St. W. Murtaugh, ID 83344). An online option will be available at https://ITDProjects.idaho.gov/pages/US30DryCreek from Feb. 18 to Feb. 24, 2025, to give members of the public who cannot attend in person a chance to participate.
“The project team has been working hard since October to design the new bridge,” said ITD project manager Brent Brumfield. “We’ve designed a new bridge that will last a very long time and takes into account the feedback we got last year.”
Originally built in 1934, the existing bridge is a two lane, 60-foot long and 26-foot wide concrete arch structure that crosses Dry Creek just north of Murtaugh Lake. It is one of several open-spandrel arch bridges in Idaho and was state of the art for its time.
The new bridge will be a 111-foot pre-stressed concrete girder bridge. ITD will also repave the highway where it ties into the bridge, provide updated guardrails and build the bridge at a higher elevation to improve sight distance for motorists.
For more information, or to participate in the online open house, visit ITDProjects.idaho.gov/pages/US30DryCreek.