{"id":8109,"date":"2022-06-29T07:52:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:14","slug":"idaho-55-smith-ferry-project-june-28-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8109","title":{"rendered":"Idaho 55 – Smith Ferry Project – June 28, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On a crisp, late fall day last year, less than 200 feet made all the difference on Idaho Highway 55.<\/p>\n

Just after 2 p.m. on November 18, 2021, a traffic safety vehicle guided a line of cars through the tight construction zone in the canyon alongside the picturesque Payette River. A rumbling sound rocked the air. High above the road, tons of material crashed down from the blasted cliff face and spilled across the highway.
\nThe slide came a mere 150 feet from crushing the Traffic-Corp pilot car and any others following behind on their way through the Central Idaho artery. It took weeks for the road to reopen to traffic.<\/p>\n

This was the second of three major landslides that closed the corridor over the course of less than a year from March of 2021 through January, disrupting traffic between the Boise area and Valley County for days at a time. The slides all occurred within the construction zone for ITD\u2019s ambitious multi-year project to flatten the curves of the winding, crash-prone highway snaking through the canyon.<\/p>\n

Inside this story:<\/span><\/div>\n