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Category Archives: Construction
Jan
12
Council Bluffs remakes Broadway intersection
June 22, 2013: East Broadway in downtown Council Bluffs. The owner of the Mississippi State flag isn’t lost, just here for the College World Series. This photo is west of the Broadway/Kanesville intersection on the historic Lincoln Highway. Although (as … Continue reading
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Dec
15
IA 100 extension opens today
December 3, 2016: Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett (second from left) and other dignitaries have a ceremonial ribbon-cutting for the first phase of the IA 100 extension. The extension of IA 100 from Edgewood Road to Covington Road opens to … Continue reading
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Dec
08
No US 20 winter detour
July 14, 2015: Completion of the four-lane US 20 across Iowa involves detouring the route through Galva. Detoured traffic will take a left while the road ahead will be closed. Photo is at the south end of old IA 328. … Continue reading
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Nov
29
IA 100 ribbon-cutting Saturday
Although the DOT didn’t quite get the road open before Thanksgiving, there’s going to be a ribbon-cutting for the IA 100 extension from Edgewood Road to Covington Road (old IA 94) Saturday at 1 PM. The road will not open … Continue reading
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Nov
22
Dyersville west interchange opened
There was a ribbon-cutting at US 20 and County Road X49 a week ago, KCRG reports. This is the first new exit built on US 20 in eastern Iowa since Ansborough Avenue a decade ago.
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Nov
21
More details, timeline of Viking Road interchange released
The Iowa DOT had a public meeting about the intersection of IA 27/58 and Viking Road last week, including a presentation on converting the intersection to an interchange. Two maps and the presentation slide show are available online. The Waterloo Courier … Continue reading
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Oct
26
Urbana curve meeting Nov. 2
The IA 150 curve west of Urbana was the site of only five accidents in a decade, and one of them, a five-fatality crash, spurred calls for a look at changing the intersection. The curve, the end of old IA 363, could … Continue reading
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Oct
21
Rider Corner (IA 141) meeting set, plans released
May 7, 2006: This exit ramp on I-35/80 will be replaced with a flyover ramp that leaves the mainline just north of Meredith Drive. The Iowa DOT will hold a meeting Oct. 24 in Johnston to go over the final … Continue reading
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Oct
17
Significant US 20 detour to last two years
Today, the easternmost 13 miles of two-lane US 20, in Ida and Sac counties, will close “until late fall 2018,” the Iowa DOT says in a press release. (See also this Cherokee Chronicle Times story.) This is significant not only … Continue reading
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Sep
22
IA 21 to get its fourth stoplight
Last Friday, the intersection of IA 21 and Shaulis Road on the south side of Waterloo closed for construction of turning lanes and signals, the Iowa DOT said in a press release. Until a decade ago, IA 21 went all … Continue reading
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