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Category Archives: Construction
Oct
14
US 63 closed in Waterloo for construction
This month’s closure of US 63 north of downtown Waterloo involves new pavement around the railroad crossing. News release from the DOT’s website. It is supposed to be closed for the next three weeks or so. This is a timed post.
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Oct
08
New I-29 bridge ramp opening in Council Bluffs
There’s a major advancement in the Council Bluffs Interstate Project happening this weekend. The flyover ramp for southbound I-29 to eastbound I-80 will open on Friday. This is a big move away from the directional-T-like interchange original to the 1960s. Now … Continue reading
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Sep
30
Second US 65 Bondurant stoplight activated
The four-lane US 65 diagonal through Bondurant gets a little more suburban with the addition of a signal at 32nd Street starting tomorrow. This is between Grant Street (former IA 945) and I-80. There will be another signal added to US 65 … Continue reading
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Sep
17
US 169 washed out north of Winterset
KCCI has the story; the DOT has the detour. The grade, subgrade and shoulder completely collapsed on one side.
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Aug
19
US 20 construction in Woodbury County
There’s some grading and the beginnings of culverts for a four-lane US 20 between Moville and Correctionville, reports KCAU*. After traveling current 20 and old 20 in the area earlier this summer, before any construction began, I can see why … Continue reading
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Aug
13
Union County construction update
The Union County area has a handful of construction projects going on this month. One of them, technically in Adams County, has resulted in a detour for US 34 west of Kent, using IA 25 and old IA 49 via … Continue reading
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Aug
05
Centennial Bridge closed for a month
The US 67 bridge across the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities is closed for a month — until the weekend after Labor Day. The story below from WHBF* goes into the problems of trying to use the Arsenal (or … Continue reading
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Jul
28
Edgewood Road detour will last a year
December 2001: The west end of IA 100 has looked like this, a half-finished interchange at Edgewood Road in Cedar Rapids, since 1985. That’s going to start changing over the next month. Photo by Jason Hancock. After seven years, it … Continue reading
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Jul
23
Dubuque deals with US 20 bridge closure
Dubuque is one of the few places on Iowa’s borders where you can close a bridge across the river and have another one relatively close by. So while the Julien Dubuque Bridge into Illinois is closed until the end of … Continue reading
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Jun
19
Big Sioux flooding creates detours for I-29
South Dakota is using the bridge at I-29 exit 4 in South Dakota to build a levee across the interstate and try to save North Sioux City from flooding. There are two different detours in place. One goes through the … Continue reading
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