Category Archives: Construction

To reduce the time US 30 will be closed northeast of Woodbine for a bridge replacement, a different tactic is going to be tried. The new bridge will be built beside the existing one, then slid into place. This will … Continue reading →

Construction season is getting an early start this year, as US 151 is closed through Fairfax starting today. An article from KHAK radio says the closure is related to the railroad bridge. This is, in turn, related to a planned … Continue reading →

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 →