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Category Archives: Construction
Dec
07
Iowa’s second diverging diamond planned for Ankeny
Last week, shortly after the first diverging diamond interchange in Iowa opened in Dallas County, the Iowa DOT released plans for a second interchange of that style, also in the Des Moines metro area. The DOT has multiple maps and … Continue reading
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Dec
03
Great River Road near Montrose open again
The Keokuk Daily Gate City reports that River Road (County Road X28) south of Montrose reopened about 10 days ago. The road had been closed since July because of a slide, and a temporary fix has been applied.
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Nov
30
Iowa’s first diverging diamond interchange opens Tuesday
The I-80 interchange at Alice’s Road Grand Prairie Parkway between Waukee and West Des Moines is scheduled to open Dec. 1, the Des Moines Register reports. The interchange is a diverging diamond, where traffic temporarily runs on the left side … Continue reading
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Nov
17
Correctionville construction update
The Sioux City Journal reports that construction on US 20 is on track in Woodbury County. Trees have been removed in the Little Sioux River valley to make way for the new bridge that will be built next year. Traffic … Continue reading
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Nov
12
Bedrock impedes Bettendorf I-74 construction
The Quad-City Times has a construction update on I-74, which is a little behind schedule from unexpectedly tough bedrock. Linked at the end of the story is a 6½-minute video from the Iowa DOT from January with a visual flyover … Continue reading
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Oct
23
IA 58 meeting in Cedar Falls Tuesday
A public hearing with a presentation about changing IA 58’s intersection with Viking Road into an interchange will be held Tuesday, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports. The roadbed for current 58 will be lowered and a very tight SPUI constructed. … Continue reading
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Oct
21
US 61 Grandview construction update
Story from KWQC. If you watch carefully, you’ll see a few seconds of the street sign with “Co Rd 252” on it at the former west end of IA 252. That intersection will be on sort of a frontage road … Continue reading
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Oct
20
Package of 80/380 interchange plans available
After a meeting at the end of last month, the DOT released the set of plans for the complete reconstruction of the I-80/380 interchange from a cloverleaf into a sweeping interchange with flyover ramps. It’s broken into nine PDF maps. The … Continue reading
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Oct
15
Meeting on US 30 in Story County today
The Iowa DOT will hold a meeting with a formal presentation about upgrading US 30 between I-35 and Nevada in Ames today at 5. The plan is to close at-grade intersections, build interchanges just east of I-35 (with an all-new overpass … Continue reading
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Sep
25
More traffic in Morley?
The Iowa DOT plans to close IA 38 through Stanwood in two phases for construction. The official detour (PDF) runs 15 miles longer than 38 itself between Stanwood and Monticello and goes through Mount Vernon. The local enterprising driver (but not … Continue reading
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