Eighty-mile-an-hour clear sailing should return in the next week or two on Interstate 84 across the Magic Valley. Much of the last year and a half has seen 70 mph limits and, since July, just 65 mph on two-lane, two-way ...
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Demolition and construction of a new Cloverdale Road bridge over Interstate 84 is expected to go out for bid Oct. 1, an Idaho Department of Transportation official said. The ambition is to demolish the fire-damaged bridge in mid to late ...
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August 29, 2018
Comments Off on I-84 will be widened between Franklin Boulevard and Karcher Road in Nampa
Construction to widen Interstate 84 in Nampa to three lanes between Franklin Boulevard and Karcher Road should start sometime in October after an Aug. 29 confirmation of a $90.2 million federal grant. This $150 million projects widens another 2.8 miles ...
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June 7, 2018
Comments Off on Idaho may get $90 million to widen I-84 in Nampa
A $90.24 million federal grant may come Idaho’s way to fund a large share of widening Interstate 84 in Nampa. The Idaho Transportation Department and Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho were notified that the region was in line for ...
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January 19, 2017
Comments Off on ITD will use $14 million to repave pothole-riddled I-84 in Nampa
The Idaho Transportation Department has accelerated the repair of Interstate 84 between Franklin Road and Karcher Road in Nampa and Caldwell to sometime this year, rather than the original scheduled 2018. The Idaho Transportation Board on Jan. 18 approved $14 ...
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September 9, 2015
Comments Off on I-84 will shrink to two lanes in each direction through Meridian
Interstate 84 will be déjà vu all over again starting the week of September 14 as both directions of the freeway are reduced to two lanes through Meridian. Drivers will use only two lanes – as had always been the ...
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February 5, 2015
Comments Off on I-84 lane changes complicate the drive from Boise to Meridian
Westbound Interstate 84 drivers heading to Meridian will have to pay closer attention than usual to their lane starting Feb.6. After a couple months of clear driving on four lanes of I-84 between Boise and Meridian, construction is set to ...
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November 6, 2014
Comments Off on Clear sailing lies ahead on Treasure Valley’s I-84
In about a year, drivers will have four lanes of clear sailing on 16 miles of Interstate 84 between Nampa and Broadway in Boise. That sounds like an obvious statement with all the freeway construction in Treasure Valley in the ...
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October 20, 2014
Comments Off on State and region disagree about I-84 project in Canyon County
The region’s transportation planning agency has hit the ball back to the Idaho Transportation Department regarding a $13.35 million project to rehabilitate Interstate 84 between US Highway 20/26 in Caldwell and Franklin Boulevard in Nampa. ITD dropped the proposed I-84 ...
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September 17, 2014
Comments Off on I-84 will have new pavement for last 12.5 miles to Oregon
Interstate 84 will be about 3 inches higher for the last 12.5 miles before reach the Snake River once a three-month repaving project wraps up in mid-October. Traffic has been reduced to one lane in each direction since mid-July to ...
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