Minor flooding causes sporadic road closures in Iowa
AMES, Iowa – March 16, 2010 – Isolated road closures due to flooding continue in central and northern Iowa today, with more closures expected as rivers crest later this week. The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is currently reporting two roads closed due to water over the roadway.
· U.S. 69 is currently closed at Belmond. Traffic is being routed using Wright County roads C-25, C-20 (130th Street) and R-65.
· U.S. 169 is currently closed between U.S. 6 and Iowa 44 in the Adel area. Traffic is being rerouted using Dallas County roads F-60, P-58 and Iowa 44.
If needed, news releases related to widespread flooding will be issued through the Iowa DOT’s Office of Media and Marketing Services. Individual, sporadic road closures can be found at http://iowadotmedia.typepad.com/. Anyone interested in keeping up with these isolated road closures can subscribe to receive this information via e-mail, Twitter or RSS feed.
More information on flood safety can be found on the Iowa DOT’s Web site at http://www.iowadot.gov/floods/index.html.
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Contact: Tracey Bramble at 515-239-1314 or tracey.bramble@dot.iowa.gov
