Category Archives: Construction

September 29, 2015: A flavor of what the un-widened old US 71 looks like north of Fostoria. Among the construction projects in the Iowa DOT’s January letting was a secondary road project in Dickinson County. It came through Ames on … Continue reading →

This blog hasn’t done any coverage of the severe flooding in western Iowa, partially because it was ongoing, partially because I had other posts planned. But it’s clear that the highways over there are going to be a mess for … Continue reading →

June 11, 2007: Almost all the signs for Business 34 in Ottumwa are like this. It’s very weird. This is facing east on Albia Road as Business 34 turns onto Ferry Street, an intersection that’s being turned into a roundabout. … Continue reading →

According from a press release from the DOT, this week is when construction will resume on IA 58 at Viking Road. The two-year project to run the highway under grade and form a single-point urban interchange is expected to end … Continue reading →

Security State Bank probably thought it had a swell deal with a high-visibility spot on four-lane US 151 at the new main entrance to Springville. A building opened in the northwest corner of the intersection with County Road X20 in … Continue reading →

The Council Bluffs and Sioux City interstate projects continue to plod along, and a big sign of progress is coming soon in Council Bluffs. The Daily Nonpareil reports the Iowa DOT plans to open the westbound dual divided freeway for … Continue reading →

It’s been more than half a century since County Road H34 from Hastings to Corning was US 34, but it’s still “old Highway 34” to the locals, and this spring it’s going to lose part of its old-ness. The Red … Continue reading →

The Iowa DOT meeting on upgrading I-380 to six lanes on the north side of the Cedar Rapids metro, including an interchange at Tower Terrace Road and rebuilt interchange at Boyson Road, is now Feb. 28 after a weather postponement. … Continue reading →

A two sentence press release with an up and down: The Iowa DOT is requesting public input on the proposed bridge improvements to U.S. 20 over the Mississippi River, in Dubuque County. Could it be? Is four lanes over the … Continue reading →

October 9, 2018: Model T’s drove on this bridge over Big Whisky Creek in Woodbury County, right near the place Correctionville Road dips closest to present US 20. One of the last two remaining pieces of one of Iowa’s first … Continue reading →