August 2016
MANCHESTER, Iowa – Aug. 30, 2016 – Road grading work for the future Southwest Arterial at the intersection of Seippel Road and U.S. 20 in Dubuque will require closing Seippel Road and Cousins Road to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Manchester construction office. Seippel Road will be closed from one-half mile west of U.S. 20 to U.S. 20. Traffic will be detoured around the closure using U.S. 20,...
CHEROKEE, Iowa – Aug. 29, 2016 – U.S. 71 in Clay County will reopen to traffic at noon Wednesday, Aug. 31, and remain open through the Labor Day weekend. At 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, the U.S. 71 road closure and detour between the Buena Vista County line and Clay County Road B-63 will be reinstated to complete the Portland concrete cement overlay project, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cherokee construction office. Motorists will be detoured...
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Aug. 26, 2016 –The Iowa Department of Transportation will close the westbound Interstate 80 to southbound I-29 ramp (Exit 4) beginning 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, weather permitting, for interstate road construction work. The ramp will reopen at approximately 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. Travelers should follow the posted detour to access I-29 southbound, according to the Iowa DOT’s District 4 Office. Prior to the westbound I-80 closure, construction crews will move a crane at midnight...
AMES, Iowa – Aug. 22, 2016 – All Iowa Department of Transportation business locations will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, for the Labor Day holiday. Iowa DOT driver's license stations All Iowa DOT driver’s license stations will be closed Saturday, Sept. 3, and Monday, Sept. 5 (offices are normally closed on Mondays). The stations will resume operations Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 8:30 a.m. Online services are available 24/7 at www.iowadot.gov. Customers can also access services at one of the Iowa...
MASON CITY, Iowa – Aug. 19, 2016 – Two construction projects will interrupt traffic around the city of Marquette in Clayton County beginning Monday, Aug. 22, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason City construction office. The first project consists of full-depth patching and construction of paved shoulders on Iowa 76 from Marquette to Clayton County X-52. The second project includes placing subdrain and paved shoulders at several locations along U.S. 18 from 145th Street in Marquette...
AMES, Iowa – Aug. 18, 2016 – A railroad crossing repair project on U.S. 69 in Des Moines will require closing the roadway to traffic between Aurora Avenue and Northeast Broadway Avenue from 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, until 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 1 Office. During construction, motorists will be detoured around the construction zone using U.S. 69, U.S. 6, Interstate 235, and I-35/80. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists...
AMES, Iowa – Aug. 18, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation has cancelled the small equipment auction originally scheduled for Sept. 17, 2016, due to limited inventory of sale items. Items that would have been sold at the auction will be sold at the vehicle and large equipment auction to be held Oct. 22. The listing for this auction will be available approximately two weeks before the auction at http://www.iowadot.gov/auction/index.htm. # Contact: Chad Rumbaugh at 515-239-1576 or
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AMES, Iowa – Aug. 18, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the replacement of two Iowa 25 bridges in Adair County – one over the Middle River approximately 1.2 miles south of Interstate 80 and the other bridge is over Turkey Creek approximately 4.6 miles south of I-80. Iowa 25 traffic would be detoured during construction using I-80, Adair County Road P-28, and Iowa 92. All interested persons...
CHEROKEE, Iowa – Aug. 15, 2016 – A Portland cement concrete overlay project on U.S. 71 in Clay County will require a road closure and detour between the Buena Vista County line and Clay County Road B-63 beginning Monday, Aug. 22, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cherokee construction office. Motorists will be detoured around the closure using Iowa 10, Clay County roads M-54 and B-63. The detour is anticipated to be in place until the end...
Distributed on behalf of the Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) AMES, Iowa – Aug. 12, 2016 – Summer is coming to an end, and before we know it, school will be starting and Labor Day will be here. There will be last minute family vacations, shopping trips, and end-of-summer celebrations, which mean more people will be traveling on Iowa roadways. The DPS and GTSB warn that some of those drivers may be...