Idaho Transportation Department
10/31/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/31/2025 11:28
SH-16 to fully close this weekend between SH-44 and US-20/26
10/31/2025
Jill Youmans
ITD Communication
208.334.8303
[email protected]
SH-16 to fully close this weekend between SH-44 and US-20/26
STAR - State Highway 16 will be fully closed south of State Highway 44 the weekend of Nov. 7-10 as the Idaho Transportation Department installs a drainage structure underneath the highway. SH-16 will be closed between SH-44 and US-20/26. Traffic will be detoured to Star and Linder Roads.
Closures will begin at 9 p.m. Nov. 7 and will end at 5 a.m. Nov. 10. Work will result in significant noise during this time.
Crews will install a drainage structure, also called a box culvert, underneath SH-16. The structure will be 495 feet long and comprised of 86 individual pieces, each measuring 8 feet wide by 6 feet tall and weighing an average of 22,500 pounds.
The culvert is being installed as part of the work on the future SH-16/SH-44 Interchange, which will connect SH-16 to Interstate 84. The new SH-16 corridor is on track to open in 2027.
Motorists are encouraged to text HIGHWAY16 to 1-866-483-8422 for email or text alerts. For maps and details about the project, please visit itdprojects.idaho.gov/pages/sh16corridor.
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