Editing Interstate 184 (section)

==History==

The Boise Connector was planned in the early 1960s to connect the Boise freeway bypass to Downtown Boise and its inner neighborhoods.<ref name="IDS-1997">{{cite news |last=Wyatt |first=Liz |date=February 7, 1999 |title=Rebuilding the Wye interchange |page=15A |work=[[Idaho Statesman]]}}</ref> One version of the plan proposed a full loop bisecting Downtown Boise to carry I-80N, but it was rejected in favor of a less costly spur route.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Roads Not Taken: Boise and the Interstate Highway, 1960 |url=http://library.boisestate.edu/Special/Interstate.shtm |publisher=[[Boise State University|Boise State University Library]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523141255/http://library.boisestate.edu/Special/Interstate.shtm |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref> The westernmost section of the connector, including a sprawling wye interchange with I-80N, began construction in July 1965 and cost $9.5&nbsp;million to build.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 12, 1968 |title=Rites Mark Dedication Of Boise West Connector |page=1 |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84215391/rites-mark-dedication-of-boise-west/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 6, 2023}}</ref> It was opened to traffic on December 12, 1968, a year before the rest of the bypass,<ref name="ITD-2006"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Quintana |first=Craig |date=August 11, 1999 |title=Idaho delegates pressure EPA to call air clean |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118827413/idaho-delegates-pressure-epa-to-call/ 1A], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118827425/idaho-delegates-pressure-epa-to-call/ 11A] |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118827413/idaho-delegates-pressure-epa-to-call/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 16, 2023}}</ref> and initially terminated at Garden Street.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 27, 1965 |title=Engineering Firm Named To Design Interchanges |page=14 |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118139229/engineering-firm-named-to-design/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 6, 2023}}</ref>

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|state=ID
|type=I
|header_type=former
|route=180N
|established=1968
|decommissioned=1980
|location=[[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
}}

The freeway was numbered '''Interstate&nbsp;180N''' ('''I-180N''') until October 13, 1979, when I-184 was adopted to match I-84, which was planned to succeed I-80N effective May 1, 1980.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year=1979A |page=1 |link=no |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 2, 1980 |title=Interstate 80N to change name to Interstate 84 in Idaho, Oregon |page=8C |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118139055/interstate-80n-to-change-name-to/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 7, 2023}}</ref> It was the only signed suffixed auxiliary Interstate Highway in the nation.<ref name="ITD-2006"/> Parts of the connector were signed as part of [[Idaho State Highway 55|State Highway&nbsp;55]] (SH-55)<ref>{{cite news |date=December 9, 1968 |title=Officials Tour Boise West Connection Prior to Rites |page=20 |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118139276/officials-tour-boise-west-connection/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 6, 2023}}</ref> until it was realigned onto Eagle Road in September 1990.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 18, 1990 |title=Regular Meeting of the Idaho Transportation Board, October 17–19, 1990 |page=66 |url=https://apps.itd.idaho.gov/Apps/board/minutes/1990.pdf |publisher=Idaho Transportation Department |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=LaMay |first=Colleen |date=September 18, 1990 |title=Eagle gears for traffic from new I-84 exit |page=3C |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118403484/eagle-gears-for-traffic-from-new-i-84/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref> Eastbound traffic on US&nbsp;30 was also used a section of I-180N before merging onto Main Street and Fairview Avenue.<ref>{{cite map |year=1972 |title=Boise South Quadrangle |type=Topographic map |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=ef64078711fb3f333ee02581fb3461e4 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |scale=1:24,000 |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref> This concurrency was eliminated in 1980, when US&nbsp;30 was relocated onto I-84.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year=1980S |page=514 |accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |year=1979 |title=1979 Rural Traffic Flow Map, State of Idaho |url=https://apps.itd.idaho.gov/apps/roadwaydata/RTFmaps/1979/79TrafFlow.gif |publisher=Idaho Transportation Department |accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref>

Construction of the Broadway–Chinden Connector, which would connect I-184 with downtown Boise, began in January 1988 and cost $60&nbsp;million to complete.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ensunsa |first=David |date=January 19, 1988 |title=Part of Garden Street to close Wednesday |page=3C |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118401059/part-of-garden-street-to-close-wednesday/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref> The new bridge across the Boise River was opened on August 7, 1992, replacing a pair of smaller bridges to the north.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 8, 1992 |title=Drivers ease on down Boise's new roadway |page=1A |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118400840/drivers-ease-on-down-boises-new-roadway/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}</ref> The westernmost segment of I-184, including the Flying Wye interchange, was rebuilt from 1999 to 2004 to accommodate an additional set of lanes.<ref name="IDS-1997"/> The project cost $86&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite news |last=Sewell |first=Cynthia |date=December 2, 2005 |title=State to unveil landscaping options for the Wye |page=1A |work=The Idaho Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118827375/state-to-unveil-landscaping-options-for/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 16, 2023}}</ref> (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|86000000|2004}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) and was delayed approximately six months due to financial constraints and delays in bridge construction in the initial phase of the project.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kolman |first=Joe |date=June 11, 2004 |title=Flying Wye work just about done |url=https://apps.itd.idaho.gov/Apps/MediaManagerMVC/NewsClipping.aspx/Preview/1621 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201002/https://apps.itd.idaho.gov/Apps/MediaManagerMVC/NewsClipping.aspx/Preview/1621 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |publisher=Idaho Department of Transportation |access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
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