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Rebuilding Highway 16 from Highway 44 to Beacon Light Road is needed ASAP but so is Highway 16 from Highway 52 to Jackass Gulch Road, with all the 128,000 pound gravel trucks out of Emmett since the weight limit was increased. This should at least have been widened to 2 lanes uphill BEFORE the weight increase was allowed. These trucks generally cannot go more than 20-25 MPH up Freezeout Hill and have a difficult time ever going 65 the rest of the way to Highway 44 even though much of that distance is downhill. I have gotten behind 6 or more at a time going uphill, while seeing another 6 or more going into Emmett downhill ALL DAY LONG.

I live around a hour away and took a look through the uncompleted interchange a couple days ago, it appears work is going smoothly and is getting quality completion. Good job for that ITD. this is a lot more safer and has a lot more capacity than before. The new opened stretch of 41 looks like US-95 similarly in Coeur D’ Alene. Do you have ideas as to when the full US-95 will be upgraded to 4 lanes from Garwood to Sagle? Also, a lot more congestion I’ve noticed has been taking place on Highway 200 as well from around Colburn Culver through to the US 95/2 interchange, I’ve been noticing traffic counts and just a lot more people on the road, especially back ups at the Shingle Mill Road intersection from stop and go traffic turning. I was wonder if there’s a way you guys could possibly review traffic studies between the two. The Kootenai project certainly helped, but I feel like in the future some more lanes at key spots may need to become a reality. Or atleast, passing and more turn/acceleration lanes. Anyways, very good job and keep up the great work!

Thanks for the update! Hopefully, there will be an update on the pedestrian bridge next month!

To bad Idaho is 30 years behind in upgrading the highways

Yeah Don't touch those trees at the end of the runway.....

Love the updates. I hope the PR side of ITD starts reaching out to Districts 5 and 6 to start making monthly update videos like this for the I-15/I-86 Interchange Project, the I-15 Widening Project between Northgate and Fort Hall, and into the future as I-15 is widened further going North from Fort Hall up to Idaho Falls as each phase progresses. A lot of construction is happening in that area and will continue to escalate in years to come. A monthly update video for that corridor would be nice.

What was the point of this video besides wasting 32 seconds of my life? 😂

The new sound wall is currently going up right in front of my business. I painted my small salon pink as to create visibility and advertising. The department of transportation has done nothing to address the effect this is having on my small business. We have already lost clients due to the construction and lack of accessibility to my business. Going forward, I will lose future clients. The frontage is the only form of visibility I have. Alternative formats of advertising are not financially feasible for me and to maintain my business.

We always look forward to your updates. It is very interesting to get an inside look at how these projects are done. Thank You for all your hard work!

😢 I was hoping for I-90 3 lane expansion. Also while this enterchange expansion is welcome (to accommodate growing traffic) a nearby (new) exit would be a better option, specifically at 10 mile marker N Huetter Rd.

Really cool place. I flew in on a white Howard and out in the red one seen here last August.

The 206

My favorite flying

Are you folks hiring?

Hwy-16, btw Hwy-44 and Beacon Light Rd is tentively slated to begin construction in 2028. Hwy-16, btw Beacon Light and Hwy-52 into Emmett, TBD?

Do any small jets ever land there? seems to me they should easily be able to.

Thank you for your service

Thank you for these updates

Who was the idiot that thought putting traffic lights on the highway was a good idea? Probably the same person who thought dumping more traffic on to I84 was smart. Government ignorance at its best.

Thank you so much for these updates, these are great, and I appreciate the education points for non-construction people like me!

Nice job

All this looping strikes me as irrational. Flying high to the side is to avoid canyons rising and closing on you, right? but that makes no sense in known terrain, it is simply self inflicted complexity. Any chance that's true?

Very beautiful area and probably a fun time…but there is absolutely nothing in me that wants to fly into these types of areas. Not throwing any shade. There are different types of pilots. Some fly fighters, some commercial, some backcountry, some do aerobatics, and some…(you get the point). I would love to go check this spot out, but just saying there is nothing in me that wants to fly to this spot. I’ll drive in or pass.

i loved every minute of this!

The traffic in the open lane is often bumper to bumper without the gaps for merging shown in this animation.

Great report.

Thank you for the monthly updates!

Close 10th but restrict lanes on the overpass on Centennial. Well thought out… it’s making traffic a cluster…

people who wait till the end are the entitled a$$holes. the rest of us see the merge and get over. Then we get passed on the right. This zipper slows the traffic to a stop

I'd be willing to bet this trooper does not know the bill of rights. Possibly parts of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th amendments, but not a clear understanding. I also bet they don't know the full tenants of Terry V. OHIO, Turner V. Driver, PA V. MIMS, Reasonable articulable suspicion of articulable facts of a crime, Florida V. J.l. I've never met a cop that does. As a result, willful or ignorant misconduct, unlawful detainments, and unlawful arrests. Happens all the time, thousands of youtube videos and more uploaded every day. When i catch officers like this and school them they always dismiss it and think just because i dont have a law degree i cant read and learn lol. They reallly need more than a six month academy.

Thanks for sharing Matthew!

I concur with the previous comments by Dennis Venable. I would also like to add my construction preference for the design and materials would be to closely mimic the existing design and aesthetics of the historical Rainbow Bridge as much as possible. I have previously read that if the historical bridge can be preserved, that it could be used not only as a pedestrian and rails to trails corridor, but also for viewing, photography, plein-air painting, etc. With that wish list, parking areas will also need to be provided for access. Due to the tight space, perhaps several smaller parking areas could be included at each end of the bridge and maybe some, where feasible, along the river corridor with walking paths to the historic bridge if possible for access. Thank you for allowing the public this opportunity to provide input. I will look forward to seeing the plans unfold.

It doesn't work that way, there is never enough room to let me in.

😊🇺🇸❤️strongly u s team

Will you be my next ex wife ??

Oh wow! The interstate has gotten very busy. Thanks for sharing your story Danielle.

I was trying to see the eastbound I-90 entrance ramp. I'm not sure that it looks safer. The previous entrance was really good. I could easily get up to at least 60 on the ramp and there was enough merge area to safely merge into traffic. The way it is now, I refuse to enter I-90 on the current ramp. It is unsafe. The moment I get to the top of the ramp, I'm in the right hand lane. There is no safe merge area. If I have to go east on I-90, I go back to Seltice off of Idaho St. I hope the new entrance ramp will have a long merge area. In fact, when entering the ramp, it would be a good idea to have a sign saying the minimum entrance speed is 55. Merging is the most dangerous area of a freeway.

Please consider the impact (and possible mitigating measures) for the many thousands of people currently utilizing the river corridor beneath the current (and proposed replacement) bridge. The Cabarton Canyon Section of the North Fork Payette River is one of the most popular whitewater rivers in Idaho and is heavily used by kayakers, rafters, fishermen and hikers. Also, please consider the possible future use of the existing, non operational railroad, traveling under the bridge, as a possible “Rail To Trail” biking/hiking path; such a future conversion has the potential to be one of the most popular Rails To Trails in the country. My family and I hope that the current iconic & recognized historic Rainbow bridge can be preserved and possibly utilized as part of a future Rail To Trail pathway for bike and pedestrian traffic. If the current bridge must be removed for any reason, it would make selection of a similar “arched concrete” design for the proposed replacement bridge (which would mimic the current bridge in appearance) even more important! Thank you for the opportunity to provide personal, community input into the development of the current project.

cool beans

Yesterday was the first day of 10th Ave being closed. What a mess that caused. The traffic backed up down Centennial from the new light was all the way to Chicago. I can just imagine how bad Franklin was.

Thanks for the update Matt and Styles. Stay safe out there.

Nice. Be safe out there.

Maybe the Bryant's need to suck it up or move..

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This is a great video. Factual and informative. Thank you Idaho Transportation Department.

ITD - You keep touting "Your Mobility". I get that your upgrading and improving Karcher interchange. But the problem is not the interchange. You keep changing the design several times and keep throwing money at it and in the end, its still overcrowded, backed-up and bottlenecked. I think the better solution would be to add more exits. Middleton overpass and Ustick roads should have an exit. You are forcing everyone on both sided of the interstate for miles to use either Franklin or Karcher interchanges. This is the bottleneck, this is why its always packed at both interchanges. When you knocked down and rebuilt the Old Karcher bridge, maybe it would've helped to add exits there too. Going further west, population is growing fast. when Goodson bridge is knocked down and rebuilt, this is when the new exits should be created- not 20 years too late like your track record. How about stay ahead of the curve for once. You say that exits and entrances cause slow downs at the merge points, yes you're right- during rush hour. That's everywhere and that's life. but what about the rest of the day- the other 20 or so hours of the day. All I'm saying is it would be better have more exits than to improve the current interchanges- that obviously prove they're not working.

The centennial way on ramp is terrible!!! it’s so short and dangerous to be able to merge onto the free way! Such a bad design

In traffic flow simulations (and reality) aggressive merging causes unnecessary breaking and creates traffic shockwaves that persist for miles. Waiting till the last minute to merge means you arent looking for the best opportunity/gap but instead using an arbitrary marker to trigger your merge. This method, when ised in normal flowing traffic situations, will ensure a true bottleneck forms. Zipper merge should not be recommended unless traffic is already at a crawl.

Get rid of the music please.