{"id":14273,"date":"2022-08-17T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=14273"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T03:31:46","slug":"final-loop-ramp-at-80-380-interchange-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/final-loop-ramp-at-80-380-interchange-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Final loop ramp at 80\/380 interchange to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14275\" src=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/380_80wb_sb21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/380_80wb_sb21.jpg 580w, http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/380_80wb_sb21-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><br \/>\n<em><strong>August 16, 2021:<\/strong> Looking straight ahead as the freeway bends, you can see the grading for the ramp from southbound I-380 to eastbound I-80. There&#8217;s also grading for the future ramp to westbound 80.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The I-80\/I-380 interchange project has reached a big milestone: The final interior loop ramp from the original construction is shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>According to an e-mail from the Iowa DOT, the new flyover ramp from southbound I-380 to eastbound I-80 will open Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/iowadot.gov\/i80-i380\/Traffic-Impacts.pdf\">The PDF is here<\/a>, but its address indicates that it&#8217;s one that will change for other updates.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Exit 0B and 0A designations for the ramps to Des Moines and Iowa City remain intact, because there isn&#8217;t a unified exit point before a split. However, the Iowa City exit will now come <em>before<\/em> the Des Moines exit. The flyover ramp goes over I-80 but then under US 218 before merging with I-80 near the Clear Creek bridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/iowadot.gov\/i80-i380\/Future-interchange-map.pdf\">Here is a full diagram<\/a> of the finished interchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 16, 2021: Looking straight ahead as the freeway bends, you can see the grading for the ramp from southbound I-380 to eastbound I-80. There&#8217;s also grading for the future ramp to westbound 80. The I-80\/I-380 interchange project has reached &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/final-loop-ramp-at-80-380-interchange-to-close\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14277,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14273\/revisions\/14277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}