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Category Archives: Construction
Oct
25
Final ramp at I-29/480 interchange opens
The new ramp from southbound I-29 to westbound I-480 in Council Bluffs opened on Oct. 16, completing the redesigned interchange of the two freeways. KSOM-FM had a news brief before the opening and the Iowa DOT announced it in a … Continue reading
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Oct
18
US 30 bypasses Ames (not that one)
US 30 in eastern Nebraska is getting some changes. On June 15, a new alignment of the highway opened from the top of the Fremont bypass west to west of North Bend. This removed 30 from a long portion of … Continue reading
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Sep
20
Kenyon Road bridges to be replaced
Excerpt from the Iowa State Highway Commission’s blueprints for “650′ continuous steel frame overhead crossing,” over what’s now South 7th Street, dated 1934. The Kenyon Road bridge(s) opened in 1936-37. Before that, US 20 crossed the Des Moines River on … Continue reading
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Sep
18
Council Bluffs interstate celebration today
An e-mail sent out last week to subscribers of the Council Bluffs Interstate System project is inviting the public to a celebration today (Sept. 18). The event is to mark the (almost) completion of the I-29/480 interchange, which had not … Continue reading
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Sep
06
Fast drivers create problems on I-80 in Dallas County
Interstate 80 through Dallas County has always had a notable sound as you drive on the concrete, although it’s not quite as distinctive as the freeway west of Adair. But there’s been a different kind of sound there this year, … Continue reading
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Sep
05
US 30 exit at IA 21 now open
Just in time for Labor Day weekend (hey, second post in a week starting like that), the DOT has completed a big part of a long-term project. The US 30 exit at IA 21 opened last Wednesday, the DOT said … Continue reading
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Sep
01
Final new I-80/380 exit ramps open
Just in time for Labor Day, the Iowa DOT is opening the final new ramps for the I-80/I-380 interchange. This project is ending three months ahead of schedule, the DOT said in an e-mail Tuesday. KWWL reported it happened by … Continue reading
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Aug
21
Nevada interchange meeting this week
As part of the conversion of US 30 between Ames and Nevada to a full freeway, the Iowa DOT plans to build an interchange on the west side of Nevada near the airport. The exit would not be completed until … Continue reading
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Aug
14
IA 906 decommissioned
July 24, 2019: This oversized US 6 shield was how the DOT initially signed US 6’s reroute onto I-80 on the east end of Council Bluffs. Straight ahead was IA 906, aka Kanesville Boulevard in the city. The Iowa Department … Continue reading
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Jul
21
Here comes the I-35 flyover ramp
The “Stage 3A” plan for the northeast mixmaster includes this sign on eastbound I-80. The present gantry has the BGS for the left exit on I-35 with a 45 mph limit. What has been perhaps Iowa’s most notorious left-hand interstate … Continue reading
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