The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council administered this project.

Project Description: The project is located on Turner Road, a farm to market road approximately 0.2 miles west of Grace, Idaho. The Turner Road Penstock Bridge carries Turner Road over eleven foot diameter wooden penstock enclosed pipe that feeds a PacifiCorp owned power generation plant. The penstock is four and one half miles long beginning at the Grace Dam Complex on the Bear River and ending at the Grace Power Plant.

This project consisted of reconstructing Turner Road Penstock Bridge with geosynthetic reinforced soil integrated bridge system (GRS-IBS) technology.

Status: The project is substantially complete. The bridge was opened to the public on June 1, 2016.

ITD and the Office of Highway Safety created a public service announcement to raise awareness of safety in roadway construction zones. ITD employees and their children are featured in the PSA, urging motorists to leave early, slow down and pay attention. Work Zone Awareness Week was April 11-15, but vigilance must extend beyond the week. Watch PSA

Beginning July 1st, routes in Idaho that allow 129,000 pound loads will be expanded to include the interstate system.  With this expansion, more local roads will be accessible to these large load trucks. With that, producers and carriers are wishing to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce shipping costs by increasing the weight of each load, thereby reducing the number of needed trips.  (more…)