There’s some grading and the beginnings of culverts for a four-lane US 20 between Moville and Correctionville, reports KCAU*.
After traveling current 20 and old 20 in the area earlier this summer, before any construction began, I can see why this process is going to take a while. When you look at the map, “old 20” by Cushing is where the rolling hills begin and later become the Loess Hills. On paper, it looks easy, but then you see that climb, and lots of trees, right outside of Correctionville.
The intersection ahead of the van is where the new IA 31 will be built to bypass Correctionville. The semi is on one of the frequent passing lanes on current 20, which will have to be torn up when new lanes are built on top of or very near that grade.
The 15 miles between Moville and Correctionville are all that are programmed right now, but that represents a third of the remaining segment to be four-laned in Iowa.
*Nexstar stations continue to avoid using the call letters in Web addresses. In fact, kcau.com is still available.