Category Archives: Construction

The bridge for County Road S14 at Nevada should open today. That’s according to a press release from the Iowa DOT. The release notes that the 6th Street intersection will remain open. However, that is likely short term. This bridge … Continue reading →

A quarter-century after a southern bypass of downtown Des Moines began, it’s going to reach US 65 by the end of the 2020s. The Des Moines Register reports on the city’s announcement that $34 million will go to the project. … Continue reading →

The Iowa DOT has undertaken a comprehensive review of IA 150 between Urbana and Oelwein that would upgrade the highway to Super-2 status. This is similar to what it did for US 63 between US 6 and Hudson. Here’s a … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving week traditionally means the end of Iowa’s construction season. This year, that’s being marked with the opening of the US 18/218 interchange in Floyd today and tomorrow. The DOT has a press release and the Charles City Press has … Continue reading →

October 13, 2006: The present I-80 Mississippi River bridge at Le Claire has no shoulders. The preferred design for the new I-80 Mississippi River bridge is to be revealed this afternoon in an online presentation. Registration is via website. This … Continue reading →

New lanes on US 30, the future eastbound lanes of the four-lane expressway, opened Oct. 24. The Benton County engineer told the supervisors the change was made that day, Jim Magdefrau reports. The segment in question is from 11th Avenue … Continue reading →

The new ramp from southbound I-29 to westbound I-480 in Council Bluffs opened on Oct. 16, completing the redesigned interchange of the two freeways. KSOM-FM had a news brief before the opening and the Iowa DOT announced it in a … Continue reading →

US 30 in eastern Nebraska is getting some changes. On June 15, a new alignment of the highway opened from the top of the Fremont bypass west to west of North Bend. This removed 30 from a long portion of … Continue reading →

Excerpt from the Iowa State Highway Commission’s blueprints for “650′ continuous steel frame overhead crossing,” over what’s now South 7th Street, dated 1934. The Kenyon Road bridge(s) opened in 1936-37. Before that, US 20 crossed the Des Moines River on … Continue reading →

An e-mail sent out last week to subscribers of the Council Bluffs Interstate System project is inviting the public to a celebration today (Sept. 18). The event is to mark the (almost) completion of the I-29/480 interchange, which had not … Continue reading →