The shiny new Mississippi River bridge at Sabula will be lonely for a few more weeks as high waters have delayed construction at the overflow bridge again. The Iowa DOT says it won’t be done in time for Labor Day.
A report in early May that said the bridge wouldn’t be open until Thanksgiving was retracted/corrected to Labor Day. When the closure started, which was ahead of schedule because “an issue occurred during construction”, the original timeline was to be done by Memorial Day.
A story from KDTH Radio said the original plan was for a 40-day closure. The last Friday in September will be Day 224.