Broadway Bridge construction prompts detours near Boise State

The Idaho Transportation Department will post the new traffic patterns on its website.
The Idaho Transportation Department will post the new traffic patterns on its website. | File photo

Boise State has announced that traffic along Broadway Avenue and University Drive will be affected due to the final phases of the Broadway Bridge construction. The construction will impact these routes on the weekends of July 15-18, 22-25 and July 29 through August 1.

During these weekends, lanes will be restricted with some of the traffic signals turned off. Flaggers will be out in the work zones to direct traffic and the Greenbelt will be move on a temporary basis.

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will be working to pave Broadway Avenue through the end of July. The paving of Broadway will take place between Front Street and Myrtle Street, with alternate traffic patterns on the weekends.

Detours will be different on each weekend and construction on the following weekends will mainly affect Broadway Avenue north of the bridge.

The ITD will post the new traffic patterns on its website, www.itd.idaho.gov/Broadway_Bridge.