Highway 95 Will Be Closed June 20-23 For Bridge Work

Starting Monday, highway crews will start putting up signs warning motorists that on June 20, U.S. Highway 95, the main north-south route in western Idaho, will be closed for three days for a construction project.

The road will be closed at 12:01 a.m. on June 20 and is expected to reopen at 6 a.m. on June 23, the following Monday.

The road is being closed so the 61-year-old Goff Bridge, also known as the Time Zone Bridge because it spans the Salmon River at boundary line between the Mountain and Pacific time zones, can be moved 61 feet. The old bridge will serve as a detour while a $12.4 million new bridge is constructed.

Once the road is closed, motorists face a 550-mile detour through Oregon and Washington to travel from Lewiston to Boise. Road closure signs will be posted between the two cities and across the Montana border at Lolo.

While U.S. 95 is closed, travelers will have to take Interstate 84 west to Pendleton, Ore., turn north on Oregon Highway 11 to Walla Walla and then U.S. 12 east to Lewiston.