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Hi

I want to go to Perrine Twin Falls bridge this november.... we're thinking to be there around mid november... but we heard that the bridge is close for inspection?

any idea?

thank's

dom

Ill bump this because I was thinking of taking a trip up there in early nov as well and I had heard the same thing. Any of the locals know dates or times?

I heard they were going to take the bridge down, and put up a crane.

No, they're going to make a tunnel under the river.

What?!? The bridge is closed?? Does this mean I can't drive to the exit point?

I think they're sending the railings out to be cleaned, and don't want anyone to fall off.

BASE359

Can someone confirm dates. I'm planning on jumping near thankgiving.

That's when the railings are in for servicing. Almost a full week before and after thanksgiving. The bridge is long so the job is quite big.

so... they shut down peds on the walkway for that two weeks? great. scratch Idaho that month.

I hear there are some other bridges in Idaho if you ask around. Or try searching the forums. Or...

meh, there are a lot of bridges here in Co as well. looking for legal stuff these days.

 The bridge is still there to be jumped railings or no railings

but i assume because the walkway is closed off to peds, it is to BASE as well. i would jump it, but it seems illegal.

just to be sure... if we plan to be there from november 9th to november 15th, and want to jump from the bridge legally, it's alright???

(if we assume that they work on the bridge around nov 22th... maybe a week before)

thank's!

dont want to buy our plane ticket and be wrong!!!

cheers

dom

When I first read this post I about busted a gut laughin' because I thought one of you boys were being silly and starting rumors. IDOT has never restricted jumping to BASE Jumpers. But then I thought to myself you better check yourself before you wreck yourself! So I just got off the phone with a friend from IDOT. He says that as of right now there's NO restrictions to BASE Jumpers jumping off the bridge for any repairs. He did however give me some advice that I didn't particularly ask for. He said firmly that NO ONE should be tying anything off to the bridge or putting anything on it (stickers, etc). He informed me that the bungee jumpers will not be allowed to use that bridge anymore and that IDOT will strictly enforce this rule (oouch). He said that they are bending the railing and some of them have to be replaced. He said as of now there is no restrictions to the BASE Jumpers. So... food for thought here. If you're doing anything that might stress the the railing ( standing on it, putting out big ass platforms, static lines, etc.) you might want to rethink your options. I have noticed several areas on the railing were the top part of it is quite loose. It would be a bit of a bummer if the man decides that we're tearing up the railing just like those pesky little bungee jumpers. Soo... in my opinion it would be best treat this site with "kid gloves" that way bodies can keep falling from it for years to come. But then again - what the hell do I know!

Jamie

thank's Jamie for that answer! That's what I was looking for!!!

r

His answer sucked. jsbird then my follow up was much better....

Standing on the rail doesn't hurt it right?

>>I spit in deaths eye on a regular basis<<

Cool, but that end game is a no brainer . . .

NickD
BASE 194

WHOA!!!!

ok, Jamie, if i read that correctly, the Perrine is closed for Bungee jumping? or is it only closed for bungee jumping that uses the railing as an anchor?
(anyone useing the perrine bridge pedestrian railing to anchor HIGH LOAD LIFE LINES OF ANY KIND is a fucking moron, Trust me. period.) I have never seen a bungee operation at potato, I always assumed they used the concrete dividers?!?! holy shit, that railing is NOT in any way a good thing to anchor a large dynamic load to. Amatures.

I've seen two bungee companies here, neither used the railing. it was the dividers, as you suggested

Thanks Andrew, that makes me feel better.

but, from Jamies last post, it also said that the bridge is CLOSED for bungee indefinatly? or is that simply for railing connections? I actualy need to know... if anyone has any info on that, please PM me or post it.

CH

The bridge has always been closed to Bungee. I've seen probably 15 times that a bungee crew has set up on it. Maybe twice that they were chased off by the police. Enforcement is very sporadic, but I've seen it happen occasionally.

I called the Bridge Inspector up at the Boise office of the Idaho Transportation Department. They told me that there is no inspection planned for this month, and that the next regularly scheduled inspection is set for summer of 2009, so unless there is some damage or extraordinary circumstances, that will be the next time they are out.