Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous

Dec 02

North Liberty comes around on ‘Highway 965’

Posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 28, 2014: “Highway 965” appeared on detour signs on I-380 because that’s the street’s official name, for now at least. Iowa Highway 965 was born in 1985, running between the south side of Cedar Rapids and Coralville when US 218 … Continue reading →

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Nov 30

Iowa’s first diverging diamond interchange opens Tuesday

Posted on Monday, November 30, 2015, at 10:17 AM by Jeff

The I-80 interchange at Alice’s Road Grand Prairie Parkway between Waukee and West Des Moines is scheduled to open Dec. 1, the Des Moines Register reports. The interchange is a diverging diamond, where traffic temporarily runs on the left side … Continue reading →

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Nov 06

Story County opposes closing US 30 intersections

Posted on Friday, November 6, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Ames Tribune: After more than two hours of what was at times contentious public comment and debate, the Story County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to draft an official letter opposing the closing of several intersections along U.S. Highway 30 … Continue reading →

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Nov 03

Roads abandoned amid budget difficulties

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

AP via Des Moines Register: [S]omething surprising is happening to Iowa’s transportation system. It’s actually getting smaller as state and county agencies quietly give up on maintaining many rural roads and bridges to spend on bigger, more essential projects in … Continue reading →

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Oct 23

IA 58 meeting in Cedar Falls Tuesday

Posted on Friday, October 23, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A public hearing with a presentation about changing IA 58’s intersection with Viking Road into an interchange will be held Tuesday, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports. The roadbed for current 58 will be lowered and a very tight SPUI constructed. … Continue reading →

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Oct 15

Meeting on US 30 in Story County today

Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Iowa DOT will hold a meeting with a formal presentation about upgrading US 30 between I-35 and Nevada in Ames today at 5. The plan is to close at-grade intersections, build interchanges just east of I-35 (with an all-new overpass … Continue reading →

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Oct 14

Council Bluffs reaches informal agreement on transfer

Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

West Broadway (US 6) and North 16th Street (IA 192) in Council Bluffs will cease to be part of the Iowa highway system within a year, as the city council has approved a “memorandum of understanding” to take over the roads. … Continue reading →

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Oct 12

Iowa Public Radio interviews US 6 filmmakers

Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

About a month ago, right before the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association drove across the state, Iowa Public Radio interviewed the filmmakers who made a movie about the highway. David Darby, who’s behind the Iowa chapter of the US 6 group … Continue reading →

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Oct 08

Iowa’s Great River Road is broken

Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

There are two significant closures on the Great River Road route in southeast Iowa with little or no detour signage. One is a recent development that threatens to become long-term. The road just southeast of Montrose was washed out earlier … Continue reading →

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Oct 06

Very old US 52 bridge near Dubuque closed

Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

There are parts of an old routing of US 52 just east of its south junction with US 61/151 on the south side of Dubuque. One portion, Bellevue Heights Road, was bypassed in the 1930s and now has the E.B. … Continue reading →

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