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Category Archives: Construction
May
24
Analysis of 2020-24 Iowa DOT five-year plan
For this look at the upcoming five-year plan, not everything new is mentioned and not everything previously in is mentioned. Years are fiscal years as listed in the draft program (large PDF; scroll to near the bottom for the highway … Continue reading
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May
15
Southwest Arterial behind schedule
Despite the headline on this KWWL story, Dubuque’s Southwest Arterial is going to take a little while longer. City officials had been hoping for completion of the road by the end of this year’s construction season. But the wet, cold … Continue reading
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May
14
The ghost of IA 402
Added to the DOT’s five-year plan last year, for work this year, is a resurfacing project for IA 21 from IA 8 to US 20. It’s your typical hot-mix asphalt, flaggers ahead, etc., but the December letting packet had a … Continue reading
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May
08
Dubuque Southwest Arterial update
From the city of Dubuque on YouTube.
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May
02
The most conflicting intersections
Four intersections between four-lane expressways and county roads have been singled out for extra warning signs this year. In the April DOT letting there’s a contract for “Intersection Conflict Warning Systems.” A diagram shows inclusion of cameras, turn detectors, and … Continue reading
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Apr
30
I-80/380 meeting Tuesday night
For those who are looking forward to their commutes between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids the next five years or so, tonight is your chance to find out just how bad things are going to START getting. There’s a meeting … Continue reading
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Apr
04
First paved section of US 71 to be put under
September 29, 2015: A flavor of what the un-widened old US 71 looks like north of Fostoria. Among the construction projects in the Iowa DOT’s January letting was a secondary road project in Dickinson County. It came through Ames on … Continue reading
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Apr
03
Highways will have to be rebuilt after flooding
This blog hasn’t done any coverage of the severe flooding in western Iowa, partially because it was ongoing, partially because I had other posts planned. But it’s clear that the highways over there are going to be a mess for … Continue reading
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Mar
27
Ottumwa inflicting roundabouts on Business 34
June 11, 2007: Almost all the signs for Business 34 in Ottumwa are like this. It’s very weird. This is facing east on Albia Road as Business 34 turns onto Ferry Street, an intersection that’s being turned into a roundabout. … Continue reading
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Mar
18
Viking Road SPUI construction restarting
According from a press release from the DOT, this week is when construction will resume on IA 58 at Viking Road. The two-year project to run the highway under grade and form a single-point urban interchange is expected to end … Continue reading
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