Part of US 218 in Benton County will be closed for a culvert replacement for the next month, a press release from the Iowa DOT says.
The highway through Vinton will be closed to through traffic and detoured on E22 and V66, the release says, needlessly including “and U.S. 218/Iowa 8” in there for some reason.
My guess is that this is going on north of downtown, since otherwise a much smaller detour could be had via IA 150 and 4th Street.
West of Dysart, IA 21 and US 30 will make a better route to get to Cedar Rapids while 218 is closed, even with the construction going on on 30.
UPDATE: Delayed until May 13.