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Category Archives: Construction
Jul
19
Boone portion of US 30 has freeway potential
The DOT had a public meeting June 23 about long-term plans to convert US 30 between Boone and the Lincoln Way exits into a full freeway. This is in keeping with plans to do the same on 30 between Ames … Continue reading
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Jul
14
Notes on 2024-28 DOT five-year plan: Polk County
Final segment of the 2024-28 construction plan, approved last month: A segment of I-80 east of the northeast mixmaster to US 65, with construction in 2025-27, is mistakenly labeled as I-35 again this year. There is a separate line for … Continue reading
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Jul
12
Notes on 2024-28 DOT five-year plan: I-80
Continuing analysis of the 2024-28 five-year plan: Completion of the Council Bluffs Interstate System project is forecast to wrap up in 2024, with construction at both the I-29/I-480 interchange and the I-80 Madison Avenue exit. I-80 east of US 169 … Continue reading
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Jul
10
Notes on 2024-28 DOT five-year plan
Yes, very delayed, for reasons. The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the latest five-year road construction plan in June. Its press release covers the biggest points, but I want to look deeper into some of them, especially the bigger-dollar projects. Years … Continue reading
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Jul
07
Roundabout coming to Granger
The page for the Iowa DOT meeting announcement just says “proposed safety project” but the result is more insidious: A roundabout is going to be built at the intersection of IA 17 and State Street on the east side of … Continue reading
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Jun
28
I-74 bridge towers go boom
Do you want to see 3½ minutes of the controlled demolition of the old Illinois-bound I-74 bridge towers? Of course you do. Do you want to see a news story about the demolition, which interviews a resident who remembers when … Continue reading
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Jun
23
Ingersoll ‘road diet’ gives businesses indigestion
A streetscape project on Ingersoll Avenue, just west of downtown Des Moines, has been a long time in the making. Now that part of it has been completed, the results are less than hoped for. The Des Moines Register reports … Continue reading
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May
19
US 30 intersection by United school to partially close
The second of two intersections on US 30 between the United school and the IA 17 interchange will be converted to a right-in-right-out intersection within a year. The meeting was in April. The diagram is here. The intersection with T … Continue reading
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May
17
IA 141 project has many parts to avoid one intersection
The DOT is having a meeting Thursday at Jester Park in Granger regarding changes to access to IA 141, with new construction. The plan wouldn’t make the highway controlled-access, but it wouldn’t be uncontrolled access either. The project would take … Continue reading
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May
15
An intersection story and a (written) detour on bridges
One note about a minor intersection in Marshall County has led me to investigate the status of an even more minor location. The Marshall County Board of Supervisors approved turning the intersection of E35 (Main Street Road) and T37 (Zeller … Continue reading
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