August 2015
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa-August 27, 2015 - Progress on the bridge deck joint repair project will allow all lanes of northbound Interstate 380/westbound U.S. 20 near Evansdale to open tonight, weather permitting, from the River Forest Road interchange on-ramp through the I-380/U.S. 20/U.S. 218 interchange, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. The River Forest Road westbound on ramp will also reopen tonight. The eastbound lanes from the I-380/U.S. 20/U.S. 218 interchange east to the River Forest...
CHARITON, Iowa – Aug. 27, 2015 – Work on the Adams Street bridge over Interstate 35 in Warren County will require closing both the north- and southbound lanes between Iowa 5 (exit 68 near Cumming) and Iowa 92 (exit 56 near Bevington) from 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. Southbound I-35 traffic will be detoured east on Iowa 5 at exit 68, south...
MASON CITY, Iowa – Aug. 26, 2015 – Iowa 9 in Worth County 1.5 miles west of U.S. 65 in Manly will be closed due to a culvert replacement project beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Britt Resident Construction Office. Traffic on Iowa 9 will be detoured using Worth County roads S-34, A-39, and U.S. 65. The project is expected to be completed in late September. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution,...
BRITT, Iowa – Aug. 26, 2015 – Iowa 9 in Worth County 1.5 miles west of U.S. 65 in Manly will be closed due to a culvert replacement project beginning Monday, Aug. 31, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Britt construction office. Traffic on Iowa 9 will be detoured using Worth County roads S-34, A-39, and U.S. 65. The project is expected to be completed in late September. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey posted...
AMES, Iowa – Aug. 24, 2015 – All Iowa Department of Transportation business locations will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, for the Labor Day holiday. Iowa DOT driver's license stations All Iowa DOT driver’s license stations will be closed Saturday, Sept. 5, and Monday, Sept. 7 (offices are normally closed on Mondays). The stations will resume operations Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 8:30 a.m. Special note to motor carriers The Iowa DOT recommends that commercial vehicle operators plan ahead if they...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Aug. 21, 2015 – Painting of the Glass Road bridge over Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids will require detouring northbound I-380 traffic during the overnight hours beginning Saturday, Aug. 22, through Monday, Aug. 31, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cedar Rapids construction office. During the bridge painting project: Detours will be in place 9 p.m. Saturdays until 8 a.m. Sundays, and Sundays through Fridays from 9 p.m. through 6 a.m. the following...
DES MOINES, Iowa – Aug 20, 2015 – A crash involving a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline has caused the closure of the right lane of westbound Interstate 80 at mile marker 139, between the I-35/I-235 mixmaster and U.S. 65 (exit 141) near Altoona, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. For your safety and ease of travel, please avoid the area and allow hazardous materials teams to address the gasoline spill. At this time, it is expected the closure will last...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Aug. 20, 2015 – Intersection reconstruction work will require the closing U.S. 59 at the west junction of U.S. 20 near Holstein, in Ida County, at 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 office. Eastbound U.S. 20 to northbound U.S. 59 traffic will be required to follow a signed detour south on Indorf Avenue to German Avenue, and then to U.S. 20/59. The detour is scheduled to...
AMES, Iowa – Aug. 17, 2015 – With historic amounts of road construction happening on Iowa’s highways this summer, knowing where traffic is moving and where it is not can be critical to travelers. To increase the amount of real-time data available, the Iowa Department of Transportation has announced a data-sharing partnership with Waze (www.waze.com). Waze, is a crowdsourced navigation smartphone app that uses input from the world’s largest community of drivers to report and avoid many types of traffic...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Aug. 11, 2015 – Overhead sign truss work will require intermittent closures of southbound Interstate 29 from south of the Floyd Boulevard interchange (exit 147) to north of the I-129/U.S. 20/U.S. 75 interchange (exit 144) after 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City construction office. During the intermittent closures, traffic will be stopped for 20-minute intervals. Motorists approaching this area should drive with caution and be prepared...