Tag: Idaho Transportation Department (ITD)

Roadbuilding

Idaho road worker captures footage of large landslide as it blocks highway

Idaho Transportation Department workers were out near Elk City performing some simple maintenance on Idaho Highway 14 when part of the mountain gave way to a huge landslide that blocked the highway. The landslide left the main route to the small town of Elk City blocked off for nearly a week. ITD transportation technician Bret Edwards was […]

March 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Idaho selects road and bridge projects to be funded by General Fund surplus

Idaho is taking some of the extra money it had at year’s end and is putting it toward roads and bridges. And the state recently announced the projects getting a piece of the $54 million. According to the Idaho Transportation Department, the state has selected 17 road and bridge projects to be funded by the general […]

December 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

Idaho joins Washington and Colorado DOTs in replacing Mile 420 markers

Milepost 420 isn’t exactly a common sign in America. Most states don’t even have roads that reach 420 miles in length, but for those that do, the signs have become a target for fans of marijuana. According to the Spokesman Review, Idaho just joined Washington and Colorado in replacing the signs with one that’s not featuring the […]

August 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Chemicals and Concrete: ‘Where’s the Beef?’

This article was contributed by Dan Williams, a retired Highway Maintenance Reviewer from the Montana Department of Transportation In this last decade, there have been a number of research efforts looking to define the impacts of long-term and repeated chemical applications to concrete. These accelerated tests have determined that there will be damage to concrete […]

July 12, 2011