Magic Valley Study to Consider Region’s Future Transportation Needs
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n 1974, Snake River Canyon became famous around the world when legendary daredevil Robert (Evel) Knievel attempted to jump it on a specially designed rocketstyle motorcycle.
Crossing the canyon could become much easier – and safer – for people living and working in southern Idaho as a result of a recent decision by the state’s transportation authority. In May, the Idaho Transportation Department
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Perrine Bridge.
By Jim Timlick
(ITD) allocated $4 million for a study to examine a new Snake River crossing. The study is scheduled to begin sometime during summer 2021 and is expected to take 18 months to two years to complete. An outside agency will be brought in to conduct the study. The planning and environmental linkage study is a follow-up to an origindestination analysis conducted in 2020 that considered possible locations for a third bridge across the canyon in addition to the existing Perrine and Hansen bridges near Twin Falls. That previous study also considered what potential benefits there could be from adding an additional crossing in the region. Jessica Williams, public information officer for the ITD’s District 4 office,
