Idaho Falls and the upper Snake River valley
The list runs north on US 20 to Rexburg and St. Anthony, south on I-15 to Shelley, Blackfoot and Pocatello, east to Ammon, Iona and Ririe, and out across the farm ground in between. Each city line can change which office signs off on the road.
Our operator drives I-15, US 20 and US 26 through every season, and the travel time in a quote reflects those runs.
Since the clock usually starts at the yard, Rexburg or Blackfoot jobs tend to bill one more hour than the same lift in the Numbered Streets.
How far each town sits
- Idaho Falls - 1 miles E. City Engineer permit and a traffic control plan for a crane in the street
- Ammon - 4 miles SE. Growing east-side city with its own right-of-way permit; see the Ammon page
- Iona - 6 miles E. Small city northeast of Ammon, covered on the Ammon page
- Ucon - 8 miles NE. Farm town north of Iona, covered on the Ammon page
- Shelley - 9 miles SW. Bingham County town south on US 91
- Firth - 15 miles SW. Farm town south of Shelley along the river
- Blackfoot - 26 miles SW. Bingham County seat south on I-15
- Pocatello - 48 miles SW. The far south edge of the list, on I-15
- Rigby - 14 miles NE. Jefferson County seat north on US 20
- Menan - 16 miles N. Small town by the Menan Buttes west of Rigby
- Roberts - 16 miles N. Farm country northwest along I-15
- Ririe - 17 miles NE. East toward the reservoir on US 26
- Rexburg - 26 miles NE. Madison County seat north on US 20
- St. Anthony - 37 miles NE. Fremont County seat, the longest drive north
Your town not here?
We also reach Lincoln, Osgood, Basalt, Lewisville, Sugar City and Swan Valley. Name the town or a nearby crossroads when you fill in the form.
City, county or ITD: who owns the road
Inside Idaho Falls, the City Engineer approves work in the right-of-way, with a traffic control plan two working days ahead (Title 8, Chapter 7). Ammon runs its own right-of-way permit through Ammon Public Works (Ammon right-of-way permit). County roads go to each county's road department, and I-15, US 20 and US 26 belong to the Idaho Transportation Department.
Idaho allows 102 inches of width and 14 feet of height before a permit is needed (Idaho Code 49-1010); many cranes travel on an annual non-reducible permit from Permits4Idaho.
When eastern Idaho cranes book up
Framing season runs from spring thaw into the fall, and truss sets book up first. Farm lifts cluster before planting and after harvest. In winter, wind and snow can push a lift back a day, so leave some slack.