Iowa’s last rural segment of US 61 that isn’t four lanes north of Keokuk is between Burlington and Grandview, and a meeting in Mediapolis on Tuesday is about closing that gap.
The existing five-year plan has US 61 four-laned from the north side of Burlington to a mile north of IA 78 by 2020. Much of the alignment follows existing 61 (PDF), but it bypasses Mediapolis and straightens up north of H28. A new interchange would be built to the east of the present IA 78 intersection.