Category Archives: Construction

Or, contra my post from May 2018, Wapello bypass plans UN-finalized. It appears I jumped the gun. Completion of the last four-lane stretch of US 61 in Iowa outside Keokuk has been notable for the unwillingness of the two towns … Continue reading →

Last month the Iowa DOT had a meeting in Ottumwa to talk about plans for US 34 through the city. Part of it is urban arterial, part of it is super-early freeway style. There are three suggested paths forward (PDFs): … Continue reading →

About a month ago in Missouri Valley the Iowa DOT updated its plans for construction of a future bypass. Story here. Extremely bells-and-whistles, overproduced online meeting here. (Just because it’s an “online meeting” doesn’t mean you can’t give us a PDF. Really.) Please … Continue reading →

Hmm. Discuss proposed study of U.S. 30 from L Avenue west of Boone to the Lincoln Way/X Avenue interchange west of Ames in Boone County. The handout made available before tomorrow’s meeting (PDF) shows crash data for US 30 from … Continue reading →

What should be the last meeting about the US 61 Mediapolis bypass will be tomorrow night at the elementary school there. PDFs available already here.* Three years ago, residents voiced their concern or opposition to only having one interchange, on … Continue reading →

A DOT meeting July 16 will go over plans to build an interchange at the US 18/218 intersection on the south side of Floyd. The plans and a silent video rendering are already available. The four-lane will stay almost in … Continue reading →

The plans for changing IA 17 east of Boone are available. The meeting is Thursday at United school. The final decision was the “Red plan” from a set of proposals three years ago. According to the maps, IA 17 will continue … Continue reading →

Three-lane conversions are still getting substantial advocacy from the Iowa DOT. In Des Moines, the city council has approved a pilot project to change Euclid Avenue (US 6) from four lanes to three for 10 blocks in the Oak Park … Continue reading →

July 6, 2013: Clarence is the only town between Missouri Valley and besides Clinton in eastern Iowa where US 30 still runs through its heart. How long will that remain the case? Upgrading US 30 to four lanes between Lisbon and De … Continue reading →

June 23, 2014: Facing south, but heading north, on US 61 at I-55, Scott City, Missouri. US 61 in Missouri is two very different highways. North of St. Louis, it is part of the Avenue of the Saints, a project that … Continue reading →