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Category Archives: Construction
Aug
31
Revised IA 330-US 65 interchange plan released
The Iowa DOT has released its final plan (officially, “preferred alternative”) to remove the existing US 65/IA 330/IA 117 intersection and build an interchange. Construction is scheduled for 2017 and 2018 despite a prominent eminent-domain fight that is also the final, bitter … Continue reading
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Aug
20
Final US 20 segment plans released
August 31, 2008: IA 110’s south end is along the last big part of US 20 in Iowa that will be expanded to four lanes. The DOT held a meeting a week ago today regarding an upgrade to the last … Continue reading
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Aug
19
Harrison Street closed in downtown Davenport
Another little construction notice here: Harrison Street, which is northbound Business US 61 in downtown Davenport, is closed until the end of the year for a complete reconstruction. Brady Street will carry two-way traffic. Here’s a detour map. This adds … Continue reading
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Aug
13
Major Spencer intersection to get left-turn lanes
Construction started Tuesday at the intersection of US 18 and US 71 on the north side of Spencer, which has been the site of multiple fatal accidents. “Offset” left-turn lanes will be constructed, spacing them apart from northbound and southbound … Continue reading
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Jul
20
Design for IA 141, NW 100th Street interchanges selected
May 7, 2006: This loop ramp from eastbound I-80/northbound I-35 to IA 141/Urbandale Avenue will be removed by the end of the 2010s. KCCI reports that the Iowa DOT last week selected Alternative 2 for the IA 141 interchange at … Continue reading
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Jul
13
A very specific corridor
The DOT has a meeting scheduled for a “corridor preservation plan” at the I-35 interchange with IA 175 at Ellsworth. The map (PDF) shows that there is a very specific corridor to preserve — four of them, actually, one in … Continue reading
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Jun
10
Five-year highway plan approved; US 20 completion scheduled
Iowa highway construction took a record step Tuesday when the transportation commission approved a $3.2 billion five-year plan. If federal funding stays on track, this five-year plan includes the complete expansion of US 20 to four lanes in Iowa (except … Continue reading
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Jun
02
US 20 four-lane plans move into eastern Ida County
A DOT meeting the day after Memorial Day in Holstein brought up plans for four-laning US 20 from US 59 to the west Ida/Sac county boundary. I say “the west” because US 20 is atop the survey correction line here, … Continue reading
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May
22
Iowa’s hardest-working 1930s concrete going under
May 19, 2015: US 63 in Malcom, with a construction project literally just over the horizon. Concrete from the earliest decades of Iowa’s highway era still exists and is often drivable. To the best of my knowledge, there’s only one … Continue reading
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May
20
US 218 between Waverly and Janesville could get interchange
Construction of an interchange for US 218/IA 27 at County Road C57, which just started, will make the corridor between Janesville and Cedar Falls a full controlled-access freeway. Now the state is making moves toward sealing off the last at-grade … Continue reading
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