BOISE, Idaho — Update: The Ada County Sheriff's Office reports that as of 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, dispatch received reports of 41 traffic crashes and eight slide-offs.
Snow showers are expected to give way to sunshine this Valentine's Day, but the effects of stormy weather Monday night and early Tuesday morning were evident for early-morning commuters around Ada County.
If you need to head out, be sure to check traffic cameras and road conditions.
Crews have been responding to several crashes in Ada County; some listed here are active, some may have been cleared. We'll update as quickly as possible:
- State Street eastbound at Veterans Memorial Parkway; one lane blocked
- Overland Road eastbound near Eagle; one lane blocked
- Cloverdale Road northbound near Ustick; one lane blocked (Clear)
- Eagle Road northbound at Highway 44; two lanes blocked
- Meridian Road soutbound near Ustick; one lane blocked (Clear)
- Protest Road northbound at Federal Way (top of the hill); one lane blocked (Clear)
- Ustick Road eastbound at Locust Grove; one lane blocked (Clear)
- Interstate 184 (Connector) eastbound at end of Cole Road ramp; one lane blocked (Cleared)
- Westbound I-84 at Gowen Road (Cleared)
- Chinden Blvd. east of Veterans Memorial Parkway; one lane blocked (Cleared)
- Interstate 184 (Connector) westbound at 14th Street; on shoulder (Cleared)
- 16th Street at Franklin Street (North Boise) (Cleared)
- Eagle Road northbound at St. Luke's; one lane blocked (Cleared)
- On Locust Grove north of Ustick, all lanes blocked because of a crash. (Cleared 7:11 a.m.)
- In downtown Boise, one lane of Myrtle Street was blocked at 5th Street. (Cleared)
- Northbound Cloverdale at McMillan; one lane blocked (Cleared)
- Westbound Franklin Road just past Meridian Road; one lane blocked (Cleared)
- Eastbound Victory Road at Mitchell was blocked because of a crash there. (Cleared)
- Crash on shoulder at Orchard Street ramp to eastbound I-84 in Boise (Cleared)
- Crash on eastbound Overland Road blocking one lane east of Meridian Road. (Cleared 7:10 a.m.)
- A crash on southbound Cloverdale just past McMillan had one lane blocked, but was cleared by 7:08 a.m.
- In Caldwell: Interstate 84 eastbound between Franklin Road/Airport exit and Karcher interchange. (Cleared)
Many surface streets were covered in snow, making lane markings difficult to discern. Drivers should allow more time than usual and allow plenty of space between themselves and other drivers.
Traffic on eastbound Interstate 84 was heavy and congested in spots between Nampa and Boise. A check of highway cameras and the Idaho Transportation Department 511 site showed icy patches and continuing light snow just before 7 a.m.
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