Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The city of Iowa City wants to explore the idea of re-designating Iowa Highway 1 so that it bypasses the metro area rather than goes through town. Changing the route would stop the 85-year-old state highway from … Continue reading →

I finally took some time to go into pages and fix link code for a bunch of US pages I created. They aren’t meant to be a substitute for Dale Sanderson’s but instead show the pictures I have taken at … Continue reading →

Really good news for western Iowa. Not just for the people there, but also for those who have had to go way out of their way for months. (And for the roads that got an extra beating from the diverted … Continue reading →

That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s going to be a long time before the flooded sections resemble a road again. Consider that the south I-29/680 interchange looked like this a month ago. The DOT has extensive … Continue reading →

(Notice “Speed Limit 65” bottom left center) This seems like a futile action. Speed limits will be reduced to 60 mph along a 1.58-mile section of U.S. 65/Iowa 330 between Iowa 117 and Jasper County Road F-17 beginning Thursday, Sept. … Continue reading →

WXOW (with video): A bridge over the Mississippi river between Lansing, Iowa and De Soto, Wisconsin remains closed — due to a crack in the floor beam under the bridge deck. The Iowa Department of Transportation says the bridge on … Continue reading →