{"id":7993,"date":"2016-10-21T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2016-10-16T00:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T05:46:48","slug":"rider-corner-ia-141-meeting-set-plans-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/rider-corner-ia-141-meeting-set-plans-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Rider Corner (IA 141) meeting set, plans released"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMay 7, 2006:<\/strong> This exit ramp on I-35\/80 will be replaced with a flyover ramp that leaves the mainline just north of Meredith Drive.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Iowa DOT will hold a meeting Oct. 24 in Johnston<\/a> to go over the final plans for adding two interchanges and modifying the IA 141 exit in the Des Moines metro area.<\/p>\n

The “initial build” (PDF)<\/a> involves a flyover ramp from NB 35\/80 to 141 (replacing a loop ramp that comes to a stoplight), a full interchange at 100th Street, and two ramps to Meredith Drive. From Douglas Avenue to 86th Street, I-35\/80 will have four lanes in each direction plus a fifth lane between on-ramps and off-ramps.<\/p>\n

The “final build” (PDF)<\/a> will add even more<\/em> lanes, along with very<\/em> long southbound exit\/northbound entrance ramps at Meredith Drive. WB-SB 35\/80 traffic will exit for Meredith with the exit for 141, then follow a new long ramp that will go over Urbandale Drive\/141, the railroad, and a realigned onramp from SB 141 to SB 35\/80. Drivers trying to get onto the interstate from Meredith, on the other hand, will have a dedicated bridge over Urbandale Drive, merge with the traffic coming from Urbandale Drive, and then have a chance to get into mainline interstate traffic before a double-lane exit onto 100th Street.<\/p>\n

All these additional lanes will be built almost entirely within the existing footprint of the highways. A newly built Plum Drive, an arterial on the south side of the interstate, will help to alleviate some construction-related james.<\/p>\n

The project is a far cry from the farmland the area used to be when the interchange was first constructed. A picture of the area from 40 years ago is on my IA 141 page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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