Category Archives: Construction

Half a dozen plans came out last year, but the DOT has decided its final strategy for four-laning US 30 in Benton County. KCRG reports that there will be a meeting in Blairstown Tuesday, but the plans are already online. … Continue reading →

The Illinois DOT is going to have a meeting about the US 52 bridge next week. The project engineer says the goal is to keep the existing bridge open during construction in 2015-17, which would be a very good thing … Continue reading →

Two loops at 53rd Street opened Friday.

KCAU update from a week ago. I know it’s old, but there’s a video showing work on the volleyball interchange. The story is about ramps closing at I-29/US 20. Slightly more recent is this Sioux City Journal story from the 12th … Continue reading →

Plans for four-laning US 63 south of Ottumwa had made it to the design stage, but construction or preparation for construction is not in the new five-year program. The Ottumwa-to-Kirksville segment will remain two lanes for the foreseeable future.

The Quad-City Times says Iowa and Illinois have ironed out their differences and that the Iowa DOT will prepare for putting money in a time frame just past the current five-year plan. Note that the headline reflects fiscal 2018, which … Continue reading →

The DOT last month unveiled a host of possibilities for upgrading and improving I-380 in the Cedar Rapids area. Here’s a summary of the design ideas for the interchanges. The most notable point is that all of the smaller interchanges … Continue reading →

“Unnecessary” “quotes” on IA 175 in Eldora, Memorial Day. The sign contractor, IPSI, made a construction-orange county road shield for the street detour around the courthouse area.

Because IA 86 north of IA 9 wasn’t state-maintained until 1980, it has a lot of characteristics of a county road, including a lack of shoulders. The road was taken by the state as its importance as a connector to … Continue reading →

Real, tangible evidence of progress (2011 USDA aerials via Iowa Ortho Server) Decades in the planning, it’s almost here — parts of it anyway. The final relocation of US 20 (but not the final four-lane paving) is on schedule. The … Continue reading →