June 4, 2014: The national end of US 77 at the Missouri River and I-29 in Sioux City was converted from “Iowa’s Most Stupid Intersection” into a mostly-diamond interchange in the early 2010s.
The decade-plus-long reconstruction of I-29 through the Sioux City area will be completed by Christmas, save for an unexpected bridge repair and miscellaneous edge work, the Sioux City Journal reported at the beginning of the month.
The state will now turn its big-project attention to the ongoing Council Bluffs interstate project, which has progressed far enough that I-80’s express and local lanes are now separated, and the I-80/I-380 interchange in Coralville.
(Food blogging and year/decade reviews took precedence! — Ed.)