Category Archives: Construction

May 04

US 34 Missouri River bridge delayed

The widespread flooding last year is only part of it. (Omaha World-Herald)

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Apr 25

Northbound I-35 Ankeny rest area closes Monday

It will be the first torn down for the new interchange. (Des Moines Register)

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Apr 24

I-380 construction

IA 297 had 50 days to live when this picture was taken, May 20, 2003 The most interesting thing about this summer’s reconstruction project of I-380/US 20 is the creation of unequal lanes. There is going to be a 14-foot-wide … Continue reading

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Apr 18

Meeting on US 61

Last week, reported in the Burlington Hawk Eye. With the completion of the Fort Madison bypass and rerouting onto interstates in the Quad Cities, the only two-lane stretches of US 61 in the state are the 32-mile segment between Burlington … Continue reading

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Apr 04

Construction for US 63/IA 3 interchange

From KWWL. (I’ve attempted to embed the video. Otherwise click the link.) Since the opening of the New Hampton bypass, this was one of two four-way stops, and the only stopping points on US 63, between MN 16 in Spring … Continue reading

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Mar 28

March’s US 63 news

This was in one of the links of the map post, but I thought I’d break it out: The House approved a bill that would add the segment of US 63 between Ottumwa and Waterloo to the Commercial and Industrial … Continue reading

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Feb 19

Oklahoma de-clinched

The westbound lanes new Crosstown Expressway in Oklahoma City opened today. I-40 is on a completely new alignment between I-44 and I-235, which for the sake of road-clinching purposes means that I have never traveled it. Not only do I … Continue reading

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Jan 18

Dallas County rest area’s time limited?

The Des Moines Register reports that the Federal Highway Administration has approved plans for the Alice’s Road interchange on I-80. It is scheduled to open within two years. This is the recently built Alice’s Road bridge as seen from the … Continue reading

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Jan 13

Shield oddity in Kirksville MO

I am working on updating listings for the Clinched Highway Mapping website and found a news story from October from KTVO on the bypass of Kirksville, Missouri. What made me do a double-take was one shot, below left, of the … Continue reading

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Nov 29

Fort Madison bypass open

The Fort Madison Daily Democrat and Iowa DOT both say new US 61 opened Monday afternoon. Old 61, or at least parts of it not overlapping with IA 2, will be repaved before being turned over to the city and … Continue reading

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