Category Archives: Construction

Johnson Avenue in western Cedar Rapids carried the Lincoln Highway, and then US 30, until 1940. Back then, it was outside the city. Nowadays, it’s a minor urban arterial that’s about to be reduced in capacity. The city of Cedar … Continue reading →

First, from the Illinois DOT, the implosion of the Savanna-Sabula bridge Friday: Second, from the Iowa DOT last year, a video rendering of the construction process for the replacement overflow bridge that was closed Feb. 26:

The 1932 Savanna-Sabula bridge is to be imploded somewhere around the time this blog post goes live, according to a press release from the Illinois DOT. With the closing of access to the new bridge nearly two weeks ago because … Continue reading →

September 27, 2015: Mississippi River Overflow Bridge entering Sabula on US 52/IA 64. The new Sabula-Savanna bridge over the Mississippi River got about three and a half months of an opening run. A nearby bridge on the Iowa side, for … Continue reading →

The Waterloo City Council last month overwhelmingly rejected following in Cedar Falls’ footsteps, opposing use of roundabouts on University Avenue, the Courier reports. The road, which hasn’t been US 218 for more than two decades now, has deteriorated. The DOT … Continue reading →

This looks pretty cool: Through May, the Moline Public Library will offer a “VR experience” of the old and new I-74 Mississippi River bridges. (Story: WQAD) The library’s promotion of the “unique, immersive experience” made possible by collaboration between the … Continue reading →

Fifty-five years after a railroad underpass opened to save US 63 from an at-grade intersection, the process is going to be reversed. The Iowa DOT says US 63 will close Monday from US 218 to Airline Highway (official) and Franklin to … Continue reading →

I’ve looked at the entire letting document for the IA 27/58 interchange at Viking Road in Cedar Falls and I continue to marvel at the idea. The document, nearly 400 pages long, was released ahead of the official letting on … Continue reading →

Tuesday night there will be a meeting for a project years or decades overdue: Expanding US 69, aka Northeast 14th Street, between I-80 and Ankeny to four lanes (PDF). It’s in the part of Polk County that officially is not … Continue reading →

The Iowa DOT has put out its review of the 2017 construction season for the Council Bluffs interstate project. A lot has been done, but there is so much more to go. The biggest development was the opening of the … Continue reading →