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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