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Feb 27, 2009:
Utility work to briefly close I-235 at Broadway Ave. bridge Sunday morning

DES MOINES, Iowa – Feb. 27, 2009 – Mid-American Energy will be conducting utility work over Interstate 235 near the Broadway Ave. bridge Sunday morning, March 1, weather permitting. To accommodate this...
Category: District 1-Central , Statewide Interest

Feb 26, 2009:
Southbound I-380 to be reduced to one lane north of US. 30 in Cedar Rapids this morning

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 26, 2009 – Southbound Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids will be reduced to one this morning to allow crews to reset a light pole, according to the Iowa...
Category: District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest

Feb 26, 2009:
Eastbound I-80 to be reduced to one lane for construction work March 2

CRESTON, Iowa – Feb. 26, 2009 – Weather permitting, eastbound Interstate 80 in Adair County will be reduced to one lane March 2 for construction activities, according to the Iowa Department of...
Category: District 4-Southwest , Statewide Interest

Feb 25, 2009:
Freezing rain could mean dangerous travel around Iowa Thursday

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 25, 2009 – A tricky late winter storm is set to bear down on many parts of Iowa staring early tomorrow morning. The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT)...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest

Feb 25, 2009:
Slow moving maintenance restricts traffic on I-74 In Quad Cities today

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 25, 2009 – Patching work on Interstate 74 in the Quad Cities will restrict the roadway to one lane in each direction today, according the Iowa Department of...
Category: District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest

Feb 25, 2009:
Iowa 22 reduced to one lane in Riverside again today

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 25, 2009 – Roadway patching will reduce Iowa 22 to one lane in the city of Riverside for a second day, according the Iowa Department of Transportation. Workers...
Category: District 5-Southeast

Feb 25, 2009:
Maintenance work restricts lanes on northbound U.S. 218/Iowa 27 in Henry County today

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 25, 2009 – Maintenance work will restrict lanes on northbound U.S. 218/Iowa 27 north of Iowa 16 in Henry County today, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation....
Category: District 5-Southeast , Statewide Interest

Feb 25, 2009:
Green energy drives safer data collection methods for Iowa DOT

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 25, 2009 – The traveling public may notice a new addition to the landscape along Interstate 35/80 in Des Moines near the N.W. Beaver Road overpass. Two new...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest

Feb 24, 2009:
Aerial seeding and fertilizing set to begin along Iowa's highways

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 24, 2009 – Aviation contractors hired by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will be performing aerial seeding and fertilizing along the state's highways as soon as weather...
Category: District 3-Northwest , District 5-Southeast , Statewide Interest

Feb 24, 2009:
Keep Iowa Beautiful program funds awarded

AMES, Iowa – Feb. 24, 2009 – According to Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) officials, nine Iowa communities or nonprofit organizations have been awarded funds from the Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) program....
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest