January 2009
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Jan. 30, 2009 – Installation of intelligent transportation system equipment will close the northbound (Iowa-bound), left lane of the I-74 Mississippi River bridge on Sunday, Feb. 1, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Davenport maintenance office. Brief delays can be expected. The equipment installation is expected to begin at approximately 8 a.m. and end at 6, p.m., weather permitting. The River Drive entrance ramp in Moline will also be closed because of the installation work. Motorists...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Jan. 30, 2009 – Beginning Tuesday night, Feb. 2, construction work is scheduled to begin on Interstate 380 and U.S. 20 from the east interchange with I-380/U.S. 20 west to the U.S. 20 interchange with Ansborough Avenue in Waterloo, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Intermittent night time lane closures will be in place for removal and replacement of selected roadway signs situated on either trusses over the roadway or attached...
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 30, 2009 – Railroad repairs in the city of Dunlap have caused the closure of Iowa 37 at U.S. 30 today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, weather permitting. The Iowa Department of Transportation reports traffic on U.S. 30 will not be affected. A detour is posted for Iowa 37 traffic. In a work zone, always obey posted signs, reduce distractions and wear seat belts. #
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 30, 2009 – The right lane of the exit ramp from eastbound I-235 to East 14th Street (U.S. 69) will be closed again today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weather permitting for Des Moines city crews to complete the repair a water line. This closure had been scheduled to finish yesterday. Motorists are urged to use caution in the work zone, follow all posted signs, reduce distractions and allow ample space between vehicles. #
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 29, 2009 – The combination of light snow and cold surface temperatures could result in icy roadways due to a phenomenon called wheel-track glazing. Wheel-track glazing is caused by warm tires trapping the ground-level blowing snow. As more vehicles travel over the same wheel tracks a glaze of ice forms, which becomes very slippery. The condition is very difficult for Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) crews to treat, as the ice is continuously forming on heavily...
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 29, 2009 – Underground utility work will cause lanes of Iowa 38 and Iowa 130 in Tipton to be closed today, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Traffic on Iowa 130 will be restricted to one lane in each direction from the intersection with Iowa 38 to east to Mulberry Street. Traffic on Iowa 38 from 7th to 11th streets will maintained in one lane, alternating directions. Flaggers will be in place at both locations...
DES MOINES, Iowa – Jan. 28, 2009 – Southbound U.S. 69 from Broadway south will be closed beginning at 7 p.m. tonight to allow the Des Moines Water Works to repair a leaking water main, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Des Moines maintenance office. During the estimated 8-hour closure, southbound U.S. 69 traffic will be shifted into a northbound lane of U.S. 69 in a head-to-head pattern for approximately one block. Eastbound Broadway traffic will be shifted...
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 28, 2009 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold an open forum design public hearing Tuesday, Feb. 10, between 5 and 7 p.m., at the Glenwood Senior Center, 20 N. Vine St., Glenwood, Iowa, to discuss the proposed relocation of U.S. 34 from the Missouri River in Sec 2, T-72N, R-44W, four miles south of Bellevue, Neb., south and east to the existing north U.S. 34/Interstate 29 interchange west of Glenwood. Also included for...
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Jan. 28, 2009 – Intermittent lane closures will be in place today on Interstate 80 at the Interstate 74 exit (exit 298) in Davenport for maintenance operations, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Davenport maintenance office. The bridge inspection operation will cause intermittent lane closures on both directions of I-80 until approximately 3 p.m. today. Motorists are urged to use caution in the work zone, allow ample space between vehicles and minimize distractions. #
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 27, 2009 – The left lane of the exit ramp from eastbound I-235 to East 14th Street (U.S. 69) will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 28 and 29 for Des Moines city crews to repair a water line, weather permitting. Motorists are urged to use caution in the work zone, follow all posted signs, reduce distractions and allow ample space between vehicles. #