Fifty-five years after a railroad underpass opened to save US 63 from an at-grade intersection, the process is going to be reversed.<\/p>\n
The Iowa DOT says<\/a> US 63\u00a0will close Monday from US 218 to Airline Highway (official) and Franklin to Newell\/Conger streets (actual) for a project that won’t wrap up until Thanksgiving 2019. This will make all north-south ventures through the Waterloo area not via US 218 bothersome, since the SPUI at IA 58 and Viking Road<\/a> is being built at the same time!*<\/p>\n An all-new 63 will be built OVER the railroad. The underpass that opened in late 1963** needed pumps to keep floodwaters out. In 2015, a bird shorted out an electrical transformer<\/a> powering the pumps, and in 2017, the transformer went down again<\/a>.<\/p>\n *Meanwhile, it’s not as bad as it could be for Denver: Its football opponents the next two years\u00a0will all be west and north<\/a>, but there will be headaches getting to Waterloo Columbus and La Porte City for NICL events.<\/p>\n **”Plan Formal Opening of Highway 63,” Waterloo Courier<\/em>, 10\/27\/63<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fifty-five years after a railroad underpass opened to save US 63 from an at-grade intersection, the process is going to be reversed. The Iowa DOT says US 63\u00a0will close Monday from US 218 to Airline Highway (official) and Franklin to … Continue reading