Category Archives: Construction

Remember how the news about the transfer of Business US 169/IA 926 to the city of Fort Dodge had a curious caveat? That caveat has become meaningful. In 2014, the transfer of jurisdiction said “excluding bridges,” the bridges in question … Continue reading →

There was a meeting last week about US 30 in the Nevada area, but what may be more interesting is what it wasn’t about. In the mid-2010s, there was discussion about closing at-grade intersections on US 30 between Ames and … Continue reading →

The three-lane bug has struck again, this time in Sioux City, on the southernmost part of IA 12 from Military Road to I-29. The Sioux City Council, at a meeting earlier this week, postponed any action until the end of … Continue reading →

The first public meeting of the new year is the third meeting in 26 months regarding I-380 in the Hiawatha area. The late 2017 meeting revealed plans for double diverging diamonds at Boyson Road and Tower Terrace Road; the second had … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

US 6 through the Des Moines metro area, and especially from Merle Hay Road to Altoona, can be a slog. But it remains an important corridor through Des Moines’ neglected north side. Unfortunately, the proposed solution for redevelopment of the … Continue reading →

US 30 is now four lanes around Mount Vernon and Lisbon, completing a bypass that goes just to the south of those towns. The official opening was Friday — a classic right-before-Thanksgiving completion. The bypass extends the continuous four-lane from … Continue reading →

The plans for last week’s meeting about expanding I-380 to six lanes between US 30 and I-80 are online (south PDF, north PDF, handout). Stories: Gazette, KGAN. The most notable part of the proposal is diverging diamonds at the County … Continue reading →

The Iowa DOT is holding a meeting next Tuesday (Nov. 6) in North Liberty to “discuss an Interstate 380 corridor study”. The notice mentions six-laning the interstate between I-80 and US 30 (years too late) and “interchange improvements.” At the … Continue reading →

As part of either converting US 30 to a freeway between Ames and Nevada or at least reducing the number of intersections, the R70 intersection east of I-35 is going to be turned into an interchange. There is a meeting … Continue reading →