Category Archives: Construction

Oct 16

The political effect, or not, of a ribbon-cutting

Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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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Oct 08

As more of 20 opens, advocacy group prepares to dissolve

Posted on Monday, October 8, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Oct 03

Oskaloosa bypass corridor finalized

Posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Sep 24

Benton County US 30 meeting Oct. 4

Posted on Monday, September 24, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Sep 19

Middle part of University Avenue to be rebuilt

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Sep 18

IA 141 flyover construction begins Oct. 1

Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Sep 17

Part of last four-lane 20 opens today

Posted on Monday, September 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Sep 04

Sabula bridge is back

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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Aug 30

Once-key Waterloo intersection being rebuilt

Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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 →

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