March 2013
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 29, 2013 – A bridge replacement project on Iowa 24 near the west city limits of Jackson Junction will require closing the road to traffic beginning Wednesday, April 3, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Motorists will be asked to follow the marked detour route by taking Chickasaw County Road V-56 in Lawler south to Chickasaw County Road B-44, east to the intersection of B-44 with Fayette County...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 29, 2013 – Road construction work on Iowa 24 in Winneshiek County near Calmar will require lane restrictions beginning Monday, April 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Motorists should look for temporary traffic lights at a bridge two miles southwest of Fort Atkinson with a 9-foot-6-inch width restricted lane to complete replacement of the bridge approaches. This portion of the project is expected to be completed by...
AMES, Iowa – March 29, 2013 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is announcing that its driver’s license station at 2162 W Kimberly Road in Davenport will be permanently closed on Friday, April 5. The services are being relocated. No driver’s license services will be available in Davenport on Saturday, April 6, due to the relocation activities. The driver’s license station will reopen on Tuesday, April 9, at its new location --- 902 W Kimberly Road (U.S. 6), Suite 6D,...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 29, 2013 – Traffic in the southbound lanes of Interstate 380 at the Mitchell Avenue intersection with U.S. 218/I-380 in Waterloo will be restricted to two lanes and the right shoulder will be closed for a segment of one-half mile so a dynamic message board can be installed beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, April 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. This project is expected to be completed...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 29, 2013 – A bridge painting and sidewalk overlay project on Iowa 3 at the bridge over the Cedar River in Waverly will require alternating lane closures beginning Monday, April 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. This project is expected to be completed by May 31. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and...
DES MOINES, Iowa – March 28, 2013 – In West Des Moines, the capacity improvement on Interstate 35 will continue this year with the construction of new southbound lanes between the I-35/I-80/I-235 interchange and Raccoon River bridges, beginning Monday, April 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Des Moines construction office. Traffic will be maintained in two lanes in each direction using the existing northbound lanes and median sections constructed last year. Access to Mills Civic Parkway...
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – March 28, 2013 – Contractors will be closing one lane in each direction on the Interstate 80 bridges over Indian Creek in Jasper County beginning Monday, April 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Motorists will be restricted to one lane in both directions during this project. This bridge deck joint repair project is expected to be completed by May 15. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey...
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – March 28, 2013 – Contractors will be closing Iowa 57 in Ackley at the bridge over the CN’s railroad tracks beginning Monday, April 1, weather permitting, to remove and replace a bridge, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. Motorists will be detoured around the construction zone during this project. This project is expected to be completed by late November. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey posted speed limit and...
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – March 27, 2013 – A concrete replacement project at the intersection of Business 61/Avenue G (just north of the BNSF Railroad bridge over the Mississippi River) in Fort Madison will cause lane restrictions beginning Monday, April 1, 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 be...
AMES, Iowa – March 27, 2013 – At an agency the size of the Iowa Department of Transportation there is an enormous amount of information available to the public. Much of that information is on the agency’s website www.iowadot.gov where links to helpful resources and online services are constantly being added. As the volume of information available on this website grows, so does the need for the public to quickly and easily find the information they need. You can be...