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Category Archives: Construction
Sep
22
Ankeny exit to open in stages
Iowa’s second diverging diamond interchange, I-35 at 1st Street in Ankeny, will begin to open this week. It will be a long process, beyond the delay announced earlier this year. According to the DOT, 1st Street will open Thursday, and … Continue reading
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Aug
26
Southwest Arterial open; US 52 beside itself
The Southwest Arterial in Dubuque opened August 17. Stories: KCRG, KWWL, KDTH. (Sorry for the delay, but I’d been commuting an hour each way for more than a week and, well, *gestures omnidirectionally*.) As of Sunday, all US 52 signage … Continue reading
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Aug
07
Iowa’s oldest active four-lane has refreshment plans
US 75 between the north side of Sioux City and Merrill is the oldest four-lane road in the state system, in use for 70 years. But, as a road from 1949, it was not built to anything resembling expressway standards … Continue reading
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Aug
05
Southwest Arterial has a month to go
The long-awaited, long-under-construction Southwest Arterial in Dubuque County is nearing the finish line. KCRG reports the city is intending to open it around September 1, which would slightly beat the Labor Day expectation issued at the beginning of the year. … Continue reading
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Aug
03
Old Dubuque Road intersection closes permanently
Old Dubuque Road will have its north end at its intersection with four-lane 151 blocked off permanently today, reports the Anamosa Journal-Eureka. This will sever a link (or modern version of a link) in the path of 1920’s IA 28. … Continue reading
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Jul
15
Roundabout plan renewed for Urbana corner
In late 2016, after a multi-fatality crash at the IA 150 curve west of Urbana, the DOT started looking at ways to change the intersection. The first was a simple, obvious intersection. Traffic to and from Urbana (old IA 363) … Continue reading
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Jul
10
De Soto getting its first stoplights
The DOT has an online meeting for a small project on US 169: “installation of traffic signals at the I-80 ramp terminals along with turn lanes.” This is on the north side of the town of De Soto, and based … Continue reading
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Jul
09
Viking Road interchange complete
Pavement markings and cleanup on IA 58 at the Viking Road interchange in Cedar Falls were to be done earlier this week, a DOT press release says. I was a skeptic that it could be done, even when they said … Continue reading
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Jun
22
Mixmaster ramps to get codes
In the June letting is a signage project labeled “statewide” but is entirely in Polk County, in two locations: the west and northeast (or east) I-35/80/235 mixmasters. The signs that look like mile markers will say “Ramp” at the top … Continue reading
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Jun
12
Hello, Trenton
KTTN Radio in Trenton MO, on US 65 about halfway between the state line and US 36, has a little story from a press release. Iowa construction project may delay Missouri drivers on I-35 It has a large photo with … Continue reading
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