6. Bainville East and West

Bainville, Mont.
Start: March 2009 Finish: Summer 2010
Contractor: SK Construction Inc.
Cost: $17.5 million

This project consists of grading, gravel surfacing or alternatively, cement-treated base, plant-mix bituminous surfacing, drainage improvements, three new structures and other required work. The project is located on U.S. 2 and extends to the Montana/North Dakota border.

7. U.S.-2, Dover Bridge replacement

Dover, Idaho
Start: Fall 2009 Finish: Fall 2011
Contractor: Sletten Construction
Contract: $23 million (ARRA-funded project)

The current bridge is a 295-ft trestle built during the 1930s and now the most restrictive bridge on U.S. 2 through Idaho. It will be replaced with a 72-ft-wide steel bridge. The highway will be realigned with improved access into the city of Dover. The project will accommodate future expansion of U.S. 2, west of the existing highway bridge that spans the Union Pacific railroad to Rocky Point Road east of the bridge. A bicycle/pedestrian trail is included in the project.

8. I-15 Stickney Creek to Hardy Creek

Lewis & Clark County, Montana
Start: March 2010 Finish: Spring 2011
Contractor: Schellinger Construction
Cost: $16.6 million

This design-build contract consists of 11 miles of major interstate rehabilitation on Interstate 15 from Stickney Creek to Hardy Creek.

9. U.S. 93 Twin Falls Alternate Route,

Stage II, & Alternate Route Flyover
Twin Falls County, Idaho
Start: Sept. 2009 Finish: Dec. 2010
Contractor: W.W. Clyde & Co.
Cost: $29.3 million (two projects)

Project Description: Stage II will connect with Stage I (completed in 2006) and continue west along Pole Line Road to 2400 East Road, then south to the U.S. 93/U.S. 30 junction. The first stage constructed four- and six-lane sections of the Twin Falls Alternate Route from Blue Lakes Boulevard to Grandview Drive. The flyover will provide a bypass option for traffic traveling past Twin Falls.

When complete, the Twin Falls Alternate Route will be a two-lane, limited-access road. The project includes construction of a four-lane, steel-girder bridge over Rock Creek Canyon. The flyover is a post-tensioned concrete girder bridge and will improve the safety of the Pole Line Road/Alternate Route intersection west of Twin Falls.

10. McClure Road – North of Arlee Couplet

Arlee, Mont.
Start: Oct. 2008 Finish: Summer 2010
Contractor: Schellinger Construction
Cost: $16.1 million

This project consists of the full reconstruction with added capacity—grade, gravel, plant mix bituminous surfacing, Portland cement concrete pavement, storm drain, curb and gutter, electrical, fencing, and outfalls on the McClure Road—north of the Arlee Couplet project located in Lake and Missoula counties. The project is entirely within the Flathead Indian Reservation.