County Road E36 between Clutier and IA 21, formerly IA 318, has been one of the worst stretches of county road I’ve driven in recent times. It turns out the last paving job on it was almost 35 years ago.
In the DOT’s September letting is a contract from the Tama County Supervisors to repave this road. According to the document, after the route was paved in 1962, it got a hot mix asphalt overlay in 1985. After that, though, aside from a seal coat/slurry seat coat in 1998, it has been untouched.
The plan calls for the seal coats to be removed and a new layer of asphalt laid, topped with a high performance thin overlay (more on that in this PDF presentation).
The same day’s letting will include half-width asphalt shoulders on US 63 between Traer and Hudson.