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Category Archives: Construction
Feb
20
2002 US 20 construction photo gallery
It took me a while to realize this, but when Apple took down iTools/MobileMe, I lost a photo gallery of construction on US 20. I have created a new one with iPhoto, and added (very) minimal commentary. Aside from perhaps … Continue reading
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Feb
15
Google Maps’ birds-eye view of Sioux City construction
Here’s something neat to see: If you zoom in on the I-29/US 77 interchange in Sioux City, and select the 45-degree view angle, you get a picture of construction in the area last year. The main bridge and the southbound … Continue reading
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Feb
09
New St. Louis bridge opens today
June 9, 2011: Multi-number interstate shields in downtown St. Louis may be on their way out with I-70’s realignment. Many exit numbers, including those in the background, will be changing. The I-70 Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opens across the … Continue reading
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Jan
28
Council Bluffs interstate meeting tonight
The Iowa DOT has a short blurb on the Council Bluffs interstate project page for an open house tonight (Tuesday) from 4-7. This is NOT a typical public information meeting, as those are published on the main site and regard … Continue reading
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Jan
22
Update on Council Bluffs interstate work
Article in the Omaha World-Herald. There’s a public meeting next week. The big takeaways from the story are that some of the flyover ramps will be finished this calendar year, and parts of the project along I-80 may be sped … Continue reading
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Jan
17
Contractors, wide shields, and the 2009 MUTCD
The presence of wide shields on the north extension of IA 196 to new US 20 has been documented here already. It’s not a good look. Notably, these shields were not put up by the state, but by a contractor. … Continue reading
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Jan
09
Southwest Arterial update
From KWWL. KWWL – Eastern Iowa Breaking News, Weather, Closings
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Dec
12
Grand Avenue bridge reopens
Closed nine months for construction, the bridge just east of 1st/63rd Street is finally open less than two weeks before Christmas. Three of the planned five four lanes will be open. (Des Moines Register) This post has been edited.
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Dec
10
MN 60 four-lane opens south of I-90
Happened Nov. 22, according to KIWA Radio of Sheldon. The road is now four lanes from Sioux City to Worthington, with three infernal roundabouts in the latter. The MN 60/US 59 intersection is now built so the four-lane is the … Continue reading
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Dec
09
An ambitious plan to raise US 63 in Waterloo
The Iowa Department of Transportation in recent years has put forth reconstruction plans for US 63 north of downtown Waterloo. The section in the vicinity of a railroad underpass had its own plan. Now we know what that plan is … Continue reading
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