Massive multiyear widening project begins this week on I-15

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise and photograph from nan Idaho Transportation Department.

POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department is opening building to widen Interstate 15 to 3 lanes successful each guidance betwixt nan Northgate and Fort Hall interchanges to accommodate projected increases successful postulation volumes. This starring Idaho multi-year task includes widening I-15, constructing a median obstruction to abstracted opposing lanes of postulation and reconstructing span structures, including overpasses and underpasses, to accommodate nan further lanes.

Motorists tin expect to spot postulation power devices successful nan task area arsenic early arsenic Monday morning. Work has been phased to support 2 lanes of postulation successful each guidance during nan time for astir of nan project. However, motorists should beryllium alert immoderate nighttime activity will require single-lane closures.

This fall, crews will displacement postulation to create nan abstraction they request to build a median wall, reconstruct structures, and demolish and reconstruct nan existing northbound lanes of nan interstate.

During construction, motorists should expect:

• Nighttime activity originates nan week of August 19 and will proceed for nan first mates weeks of construction. Work will hap from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Nighttime single-lane closures whitethorn hap occasionally aft this period.
• Daytime activity is expected to statesman early this autumn and will hap betwixt nan hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• Lane restrictions will hap connected I-15. Most activity requiring lane restrictions is anticipated to hap astatine night.
• Ramp adjustments will hap astatine nan Fort Hall Interchange (Exit 80) to lucifer nan people of nan caller mainline.
• Variable velocity limit signs will beryllium installed successful nan task area, allowing ITD to little speeds erstwhile crews are moving adjacent traffic.

Construction is anticipated to beryllium completed successful 2027. The task will summation capacity and amended information connected I-15 to service East Idaho’s increasing proscription volumes for years to come.

Due to nan ample task area, nan widening of this agelong of I-15 has been divided into 2 projects pinch abstracted contractors. These contractors will activity simultaneously to complete nan projects. Western Construction, Inc. and Sundt Construction are nan contractors for nan northbound and southbound task areas, respectively.