Category Archives: Construction

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 →

KWWL reports that the overpass for US 63 over the railroad tracks north of downtown Waterloo will open next month. I can’t embed the video. Plans for the overpass were put forth at the end of 2013 and construction began … Continue reading →

Weather has slowed down construction of the US 30/218 interchange in Benton County and it’s not going to open until next year, KCRG reported last week. The five-year plan had all the construction set in fiscal 2018 but it has … Continue reading →

The Iowa DOT says that Olde Davenport Road’s connection to US 61/151 will be closed permanently this week, and a month later, the new interchange between 61/151 and the Southwest Arterial will open. (The Southwest Arterial itself, however, will not … Continue reading →

The first segment of interstate highway to open in Iowa was not signed as an interstate highway. Recent research from Jason Hancock has revealed that when the Combination Bridge interchange in Sioux City opened at the end of 1957, there … Continue reading →

After considering the possibilities for upgrading the two-lane stretch of US 30 between Lisbon and De Witt, the DOT appears to be settling on…a two-lane stretch of US 30 between Lisbon and De Witt. In a public meeting on the … Continue reading →

Or, contra my post from May 2018, Wapello bypass plans UN-finalized. It appears I jumped the gun. Completion of the last four-lane stretch of US 61 in Iowa outside Keokuk has been notable for the unwillingness of the two towns … Continue reading →

Last month the Iowa DOT had a meeting in Ottumwa to talk about plans for US 34 through the city. Part of it is urban arterial, part of it is super-early freeway style. There are three suggested paths forward (PDFs): … Continue reading →

About a month ago in Missouri Valley the Iowa DOT updated its plans for construction of a future bypass. Story here. Extremely bells-and-whistles, overproduced online meeting here. (Just because it’s an “online meeting” doesn’t mean you can’t give us a PDF. Really.) Please … Continue reading →