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The Boise River rises in three separate forks in the Sawtooth Range at elevations exceeding 10,000 feet (3,050 m), and is formed by the confluence of its North and Middle forks. The North Fork, 50 miles (80 km) long, [ 2 ] rises in the Sawtooth Wilderness Area , along the Boise – Elmore county line, 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Boise.
The plan suggested the city should acquire land along the Boise River to create a continuous "green belt" of public lands stretching the entire length of the community. A local grassroots effort to clean up the waterway and create public access to the river corridor began to take hold.
The dams are components of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Boise Project, and were designed to provide irrigation water to 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 2,000 km 2) of Treasure Valley farmland in conjunction with the New York Irrigation District (New York Canal). The Boise River Diversion Dam also provides hydroelectric generation capacity. [1]
The Boise River Diversion Dam is a diversion dam in the western United States, on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho. Seven miles (11 km) southeast and upstream of Boise in Ada County , it was completed 116 years ago in 1909 and is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation .
The Boise River and Canal Bridge, in Caldwell, Idaho, is a three-span, 390 ft (120 m) Warren camelback through-truss design constructed in 1922 by the American Bridge Company from plans submitted by Caldwell city engineer Fred H. McConnel. The site is where Oregon Trail pioneers forded the Boise River.
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The highest flow the Boise River has reached this year is 4,000 cfs, Bell said, but has decreased to 2,500 cfs as of early May. “Our action stage is considered 6,500 cfs on the Boise River, and ...
In December 2012, construction began on the 2.1-mile Boise River Bridge section between SH-44 and US-20/26. This was the first phase of a long-range plan to extend the highway south to Interstate 84. This 4-lane divided limited-access expressway opened to traffic on August 15, 2014. [4]