There’s a major advancement in the Council Bluffs Interstate Project happening this weekend. The flyover ramp for southbound I-29 to eastbound I-80 will open on Friday. This is a big move away from the directional-T-like interchange original to the 1960s. Now I-29 traffic will merge with I-80 on the right side.
In addition, the eastbound 24th Street exit will temporarily become the first exit on I-80 in Iowa, as it will go from a diamond to a really long almost-frontage road that will also have an exit from I-29 merge into it. That is to say, traffic from southbound I-29 going to 24th Street will leave I-29 before I-29 joins I-80.