Category Archives: Construction

Jun 17

Another Dyersville interchange meeting

Posted on Monday, June 17, 2013, at 1:59 PM by Jeff

Still about the one to the southwest with US 20.

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Jun 05

New IA 330 interchange plans released

Posted on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at 9:59 AM by Jeff

There’s the obvious one, an interchange at the present intersection, and the expensive one, an interchange between the intersections with a sort of frontage road on the east side.

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May 22

IA 330 meeting Tuesday

Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 12:40 PM by Jeff

A year ago, the DOT held a meeting in Baxter and laid out all the possibilities for changing the US 65/IA 330/IA 117 intersection. Many of the alternatives were at-grade intersections. The meeting notice for next Tuesday uses the word … Continue reading →

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May 18

Analysis of the 2014 five-year plan

Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 3:58 PM by Jeff

There are some interesting takeaways in the draft five-year plan released by the Transportation Commission this week. The major interstate projects in Council Bluffs and Sioux City continue throughout the plan, although money has been shifted in some years (bridges … Continue reading →

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May 06

US 63 projects in Black Hawk County begin today

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2013, at 1:28 AM by Jeff

There are two separate projects that start today, both updating segments of US 63 that are 50 years old. First, the route from Hudson to US 20 is closed and detoured to reconstruct Sergeant Road, which was brand new with … Continue reading →

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May 01

Lane shift on I-35

Posted on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 10:54 AM by Jeff

For perhaps the first time in 54½ years, part of I-35 in the West Des Moines area will be in a different place. Traffic is being shifted tomorrow night to new median pavement to rebuild the southbound lanes and expand … Continue reading →

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Apr 23

Part of San Marnan Drive to be relocated, rebuilt

Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 3:00 AM by Jeff

A housing development next to a golf course will cause San Marnan Drive in Waterloo (formerly IA 412) west of Ansborough Avenue to be closed and then rebuilt 80 feet south of the present location. Current San Marnan follows the section … Continue reading →

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Apr 15

IA 86 closed to rebuild state line curves

Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013, at 9:52 AM by Jeff

The section of IA 86 north of IA 9 wasn’t built as a state highway. It wasn’t taken over until 1981. Since then, the tight curves that mark a shift in section lines at the state line have remained. The … Continue reading →

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Apr 13

Southwest Arterial: The last white whale of Iowa roads?

Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 3:05 PM by Jeff

US 52’s future may be in a short-lived piece of its past. (1965 state map) It took half a century, but the most significant portions of Iowa’s 1968 freeway/expressway plan have been realized or put perceptibly on track. There are … Continue reading →

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Apr 08

Detour North 65

Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

Nov. 30, 2012: The ramp seen here will be closing. There’s going to be another visible sign of change for the Hubbell Avenue exit. The US 65 ramp to I-80 just to the west is going to close for six … Continue reading →

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