September 2012
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 28, 2012 – During October and November, the Iowa Department of Transportation will be holding in-service training for driver’s licensing personnel. Iowa DOT driver’s license (DL) stations will be temporarily closed on a rotating schedule to accommodate this training. The schedule of closures is shown below. If your local DL station is closed and you are unable to wait to receive services until the next business day, you may go to any of the other DL...
SIGOURNEY, Iowa – Sept. 27, 2012 – Work continues on a bridge deck overlay project on the Cedar Creek bridge on Iowa 92 between Delta and Sigourney according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sigourney maintenance garage. The bridge project was expected to be completed by Oct. 8, but needed repairs to the bridge deck were found to be more extensive than originally identified. The existing detour of routing traffic through Sigourney on Iowa 149 and Iowa 21 will be...
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – Sept. 27, 2012 – A concrete replacement project at the intersection of Business U.S. 61/Avenue G (just north of the BNSF Railroad bridge over the Mississippi River) in Fort Madison will cause lane restrictions beginning Wednesday, Oct. 3, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mount Pleasant construction office. The open lanes will have a 12-foot width lane restriction in place. Shipley Construction Co. is the contractor for this project. Construction is expected to...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 27, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Wednesday, Oct. 10, to discuss the proposed replacement of the bridge on East 67th Street over Interstate 74 and associated East 67th Street roadway work in Davenport. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 4 and 6 p.m. at the Davenport Library, Eastern Avenue Branch, 6000 Eastern Ave. This public information meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum...
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Sept. 27, 2012 – Construction work will continue to restrict lanes on eastbound Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs through the weekend. The Iowa Department of Transportation will be closing the left lane of eastbound I-80 between exit 1 (I-29) and exit 1B (South 24th Street) from Friday, Sept. 28 at 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, weather permitting. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey posted speed limits and other signs...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 27, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Oct. 9, to discuss the proposed replacement of the bridge on U.S. 69 over the Iowa River in Wright County, 5.3 miles north of the north U.S. 69/Iowa 3 junction. The public is invited to attend the meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at the Belmond City Hall, 112 Second Ave. NE. This public information meeting will be conducted utilizing...
AMES, Iowa – Sep. 26, 2012 – The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission will hold its quarterly meeting Friday, Sept. 28, at the Galt House Hotel, First Floor Restaurant, 141 North Fourth, Louisville, KY 40202. The Iowa commission meeting is being held in conjunction with the Mississippi River Parkway Commission’s (MRPC) annual meeting. Time Title 8 a.m. Roll call Minutes of the July 26 meeting Treasurer’s report Fundraising status report *Action to satisfy outstanding payment to Dahlquist and Associates Planning...
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Sept. 20, 2012 – The work location has changed but the schedule will remain the same for the Interstate 480 work scheduled for next week in Council Bluffs. The Iowa Department of Transportation will be closing the eastbound Interstate 480 to northbound I-29 bridge in Council Bluffs Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 26 and 27, to make repairs. Northbound I-29 traffic will be routed around the construction zone by traveling south on I-29, exiting at 9th Avenue...
DES MOINES, Iowa – Sept. 20, 2012 – Bridge work on the eastbound Interstate 80 to northbound I-35/80 exit ramp (exit 123B) over Interstate 35 will require closing the ramp at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Des Moines Construction office. Motorists should follow the marked detour around the construction zone on I-235. Traffic control devices will be in place, as well as digital message signs...
MASON CITY, Iowa – Sept. 20, 2012 – The next phase of construction on the new interchange at the former intersection of U.S. 218 and Bremer County Road C-50/Barrick Road will cut off frontage road access into Janesville beginning Monday, Sept. 24, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. This closure will allow for reconstruction of a short portion of Barrick Road, as well as a new entrance to Kwik Star. Signs on U.S. 218 will...