Category Archives: Construction

Last Thursday, about half of the portion of US 20 in Iowa that remained two lanes at the end of 2012 opened to four lanes. It’s the segment between Holstein and Early, reopening after a detour that moved travelers onto … Continue reading →

The Iowa DOT has a “corridor preservation plan” out for a road northwest of Oskaloosa, running from IA 163 to US 63. This step in making a bypass seems, to me, like a relatively recent thing, but I could be … Continue reading →

As construction on the US 30/218 interchange creeps along this fall, the remaining four-lane in Benton County is still waiting. And that means, yup, another meeting! This one is in Blairstown on Oct. 4. I don’t expect any surprises for … Continue reading →

The city of Waterloo will rebuild University Avenue (old IA 934, but most known as old US 218) from the Cedar Falls city limits east to Greenhill Road before the easternmost section to US 63, the Waterloo Courier reports. Waterloo’s … Continue reading →

Construction of a flyover ramp at the I-35/80 interchange with IA 141 may begin as early as Oct. 1, the Des Moines Register reported earlier this month. The final plans were released two years ago and work won’t end until 2012. … Continue reading →

Today, new eastbound lanes of US 20 will open from east of Moville to County Road L25 west of Correctionville, according to an e-mail from the DOT. The 7½-mile segment is the first extension east from a segment that opened … Continue reading →

After fears the bridge across the Mississippi River at Sabula wouldn’t be open until Thanksgiving, construction on the overflow finished last week and it opened Friday (Aug. 31), the Quad-City Times reports. (Also WHBF, with a warning of autoplay video and … Continue reading →

The intersection of Franklin Street and First Street just to the north of downtown Waterloo is going to have major work done on it, the Iowa DOT says in a press release. That starts the day after Labor Day and is … Continue reading →

IA 346 in Nashua is going to get new pavement markings that turn it from a four-lane road, with two lanes in each direction, to a three-lane road, with one lane in each direction and a center turn lane, from … Continue reading →