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Category Archives: Construction
Nov
27
IA 100 ribbon cutting Saturday
2018 will get the completion of not one, but two major Iowa highway projects that were decades in the making. The completed IA 100 beltway around western Cedar Rapids will have a celebration Saturday, the Gazette reports. There will be … Continue reading
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Nov
14
Youngville overpass work continuing
Rather than write out “US 30/US 218 interchange” when I discuss the new exit being built in Benton County, I think I’ll invoke a throwback to the area’s auto history. That history is being preserved and amplified in the construction: … Continue reading
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Nov
05
I-80 has a new max lane count in Iowa
The Iowa DOT reports that I-80 is open to five eastbound lanes on the Missouri River bridge. (The press release said Oct. 26, weather permitting; the weather did not permit, and a tweet moved it to the night of Oct. 28-29.) That was … Continue reading
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Nov
01
I-380 construction at least a decade away
The final meeting of the preliminary studies for expanding I-380 to six lanes between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids was last month. Unfortunately, construction is a long ways off. This was just identifying needs and possibilities. First, nothing will happen … Continue reading
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Oct
30
IA 38 exit proposals and the ULTIMATE LANE
October 16, 2012: Until the Avenue of the Saints was designated IA 27, IA 38 was the only state highway to have a portion duplexed with an interstate highway — and get a rest area to boot. The Iowa DOT … Continue reading
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Oct
24
US 65/IA 330 interchange has opened
Last week was very eventful for the Iowa highway system. In addition to US 20 opening to four lanes, the long-desired, super controversial interchange along the Marshalltown diagonal opened. That’s a reference to an exit that incorporates US 65, IA … Continue reading
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Oct
22
US 20 finally open to four lanes across Iowa
October 19, 2018: Acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg (center) holds the ribbon to mark the completion of four-lane US 20 along with a host of government officials and members of the US 20 Corridor Association. Holstein, Iowa, October 19 — … Continue reading
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Oct
17
After decades of waiting, a complete ribbon of highway
October 20, 2002: Concrete for new US 20 ends at the Grundy/Hardin county line, as seen from the B Avenue/Z Avenue bridge. A full gallery of that fall’s construction can be seen here. ============== U.S. 20 between Sioux City and … Continue reading
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Oct
16
The political effect, or not, of a ribbon-cutting
November 12, 2008: Gov. Chet Culver addresses the crowd at the opening of the US 34 Fairfield bypass, completing the expressway between Des Moines and Burlington first proposed 40 years earlier (although, as originally planned, it used IA 92 to Oskaloosa). … Continue reading
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Oct
11
No Southwest Connector in Des Moines
October 31, 2013: Polk County Supervisor Angela Connolly (holding scissors) and other city and county officials cut the ribbon to open a diagonal road between Army Post Road and IA 28 (1st/63rd streets) in West Des Moines at Brown’s Woods … Continue reading
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