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Category Archives: Construction
Aug
07
A mystery meeting for US 30
Hmm. Discuss proposed study of U.S. 30 from L Avenue west of Boone to the Lincoln Way/X Avenue interchange west of Ames in Boone County. The handout made available before tomorrow’s meeting (PDF) shows crash data for US 30 from … Continue reading
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Jul
29
Final Mediapolis bypass meeting tomorrow
What should be the last meeting about the US 61 Mediapolis bypass will be tomorrow night at the elementary school there. PDFs available already here.* Three years ago, residents voiced their concern or opposition to only having one interchange, on … Continue reading
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Jul
10
Floyd interchange plans released
A DOT meeting July 16 will go over plans to build an interchange at the US 18/218 intersection on the south side of Floyd. The plans and a silent video rendering are already available. The four-lane will stay almost in … Continue reading
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Jul
09
Relocated IA 17 will maintain corners
The plans for changing IA 17 east of Boone are available. The meeting is Thursday at United school. The final decision was the “Red plan” from a set of proposals three years ago. According to the maps, IA 17 will continue … Continue reading
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Jul
05
Three-lane projects pushed in Des Moines, Sioux City
Three-lane conversions are still getting substantial advocacy from the Iowa DOT. In Des Moines, the city council has approved a pilot project to change Euclid Avenue (US 6) from four lanes to three for 10 blocks in the Oak Park … Continue reading
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Jun
28
More detailed US 30 corridor study released
July 6, 2013: Clarence is the only town between Missouri Valley and besides Clinton in eastern Iowa where US 30 still runs through its heart. How long will that remain the case? Upgrading US 30 to four lanes between Lisbon and De … Continue reading
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Jun
25
Missouri makes clinching US 61 more difficult for me
June 23, 2014: Facing south, but heading north, on US 61 at I-55, Scott City, Missouri. US 61 in Missouri is two very different highways. North of St. Louis, it is part of the Avenue of the Saints, a project that … Continue reading
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Jun
17
I-80 plan puts double roundabout at Hoover exit
Roundabouts are bad enough, but a double roundabout at a diamond interchange is perhaps the stupidest construction “innovation” of the past decade. Wisconsin adores them; the new(ish) US 12 from Baraboo to Wisconsin Dells is infested with such pairs. This … Continue reading
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Jun
12
When US 52 changes, IA 136 won’t
More than two years ago, the city of Dubuque and the Iowa DOT agreed on road swaps in relation to the Southwest Arterial. Six years after serious rumblings began about the city taking the project on for itself, we’re less … Continue reading
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May
28
Planning to replace the Gordon Drive Viaduct
The Gordon Drive Viaduct in Sioux City, whose original structure is 83 years old, has been on lists of bridges most in need of replacement in Iowa. The Iowa DOT is starting work on its replacement. These stories from KTIV … Continue reading
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