A 2.5-mile segment of Idaho 16 will be closed to all travel on Sunday.
In a news release Thursday, the Idaho Transportation Department said the highway just west of Meridian would be closed both directions from State Street (Idaho 44) to Chinden Boulevard starting at 9 a.m. Sunday.
That section opened in 2014 as part of a long-touted vision to turn the once-sleepy Idaho 16 in Emmett to a freeway extending south all the way to Interstate 84. Now , ITD is working to build an interchange at Idaho 16 and Chinden and to continue extending the highway south…