I’ve looked at the entire letting document for the IA 27/58 interchange at Viking Road in Cedar Falls and I continue to marvel at the idea. The document, nearly 400 pages long, was released ahead of the official letting on Tuesday. The state is expecting a winter shutdown date of Nov. 20 and a completion of Nov. 26, 2019 — each the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. That’s fitting given that the area is now a retail hub that arguably has passed College Square (especially with the latter losing Younkers this year).
When it’s all said and done,* Viking Road will be more or less at-grade over a sunken four-lane IA 27/58 with ramps that hug the edges of the mainline. It will be signed as Exit 181, following IA 27’s numbering. For what it’s worth, US 218’s Exit 181 is the US 63 interchange.
*that story is nearly three years old
EDIT: After looking at the map and being reminded that Hobby Lobby and Menards are there now too, “arguably” is even arguable. The College Square area will be down to Von Maur, Hy-Vee, and Kohl’s as its biggest stores, along with the 12-screen theater (and of course Texas Roadhouse).