Oct 22, 2009:
Blustery weather is coming. The Iowa DOT is ready; are you?
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 – Swirling leaves and ominous gray skies mean the winter season is upon us. Iowa weather conditions can change rapidly making planning ahead for winter driving...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Oct 22, 2009:
Proposed improvement on Iowa 136 in Clinton and Jones counties to be discussed Nov. 5
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold a public information meeting Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Oxford Junction to discuss the proposed improvement on...
Category: District 6-East Central , Public Meetings Oct 22, 2009:
Rumbles will greet U.S. 61 drivers who cross the centerline
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 - Rumble strips, which have proven effective in reducing motor vehicle crashes by alerting drivers when their vehicles are about to run off the road, will...
Category: District 5-Southeast Oct 22, 2009:
Increased deer movement means extra caution needed on Iowa roadways
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 – About this time every year Iowa motorists are confronted with a moving danger – deer that run onto the road. Because deer movements increase in...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Oct 22, 2009:
Iowa DOT offices closed for Veterans Day
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is announcing office closures in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. Driver's license stations All Iowa DOT driver's license...
Category: District 1-Central , District 2-Northeast , District 3-Northwest , District 4-Southwest , District 5-Southeast , District 6-East Central , Statewide Interest Oct 22, 2009:
Preservation of the future I-35/80/235 (northeast mixmaster) interchange corridor
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2009 – Corridor preservation for the future interchange of interstates 35,80 and 235 (northeast mixmaster) was implemented by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) Oct. 21, 2009....
Category: District 1-Central , Public Meetings Oct 21, 2009:
Iowa 14 reduced to a single lane in Marshall and Jasper counties beginning tomorrow
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Oct. 21, 2009 – Full-depth patching operations have reduced Iowa 14 to a single lane between the city of Laurel and Iowa 224, beginning Thursday, Oct. 22, according to...
Category: District 1-Central Oct 21, 2009:
Ground survey work causes intermittent lane closures on U.S. 61 in Scott County on Saturday
DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 21, 2009 – Ground survey work will cause intermittent lane closures in both directions on U.S. 61 east of Interstate 280 in Scott County on Saturday, Oct. 24 at...
Category: District 6-East Central Oct 21, 2009:
Patching causes lane restrictions on Iowa 122 in Cerro Gordo County
BRITT, Iowa – Oct. 21, 2009 – Patching work has caused lane restrictions in both directions at various locations along Iowa 122 between I-35 and Village Green Drive in Mason City, according...
Category: District 2-Northeast Oct 21, 2009:
U.S. 6 reduced to one lane in Poweshiek County beginning today
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Oct. 21, 2009 – Full-depth patching operations have reduced U.S. 6 to a single lane between Grinnell and the U.S. 63 interchange, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s...
Category: District 1-Central 

