September 2016
ANKENY, Iowa – Sept. 30, 2016 – For the third consecutive year, the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement was tops in the nation for safety enforcement as determined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The agency also received an honorable mention for safety enforcement improvement. These awards were presented to MVE Chief David Lorenzen at the fall Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conference Sept. 19 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Iowa was presented with the Safety Enforcement...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 22, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the proposed bridge replacement on Iowa 4 over drainage ditch 49, which is 5.2 miles north of the north junction with U.S. 18 in Palo Alto County. The proposed project provides for replacement of the existing bridge with a twin 12-by-9-by-86-foot reinforced concrete box culvert. Traffic would be maintained during construction. For more information, see the website listed below. For general information or...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 22, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the proposed bridge replacement on Iowa 4 over drainage ditch 49, which is 5.2 miles north of the north junction with U.S. 18 in Palo Alto County. The proposed project provides for replacement of the existing bridge with a twin 12-by-9-by-86-foot reinforced concrete box culvert. Traffic would be maintained during construction. For more information, see the website listed below. For general information or...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 22, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Wednesday, Oct. 12, to discuss an Interstate 380 study. The intent of the study is to evaluate improvement alternatives for I-380 between Iowa 100/Collins Road and County Home Road/Linn County Road E-34 in order to improve the safety and operations of I-380. Potential improvements will evaluate capacity improvements for I-380, a new interchange at Tower Terrace Road, and reconstruction of the interchange...
AMES, Iowa – Oct. 22, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Wednesday, Nov. 2, to discuss the proposed improvements of the U.S. 52/Iowa 9 intersection within the city limits of Decorah in Winneshiek County. Traffic would be maintained during construction. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 5 and 6:30 p.m. at Decorah Municipal Building, 400 Clairborne Drive, in Decorah. The meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 20, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the proposed bridge replacement over Buck Creek on Iowa 3, 0.6 mile east of Bremer County Road V-56. The proposed project provides for replacing an existing 120-by-28-foot steel girder bridge with a 164-by-44-foot pretensioned, prestressed concrete beam bridge. Resurfacing will also take place (300 feet on the west side and 375 feet on the east side). New bridge approaches will be constructed and...
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 19, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Thursday, Sept. 29, to discuss the proposed bridge replacement on U.S. 71 over Prairie Creek, 1.4 miles north of Clay County Road B-40. Traffic would be detoured during construction using 360th Street and Clay County roads B-40 and M-38. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 5 and 7 p.m. at the Spencer City Hall, 418 Second Ave....
CHARITON, Iowa – Sept. 15, 2016 – Road construction work to rebuild the on-ramp from Iowa 92 to southbound Interstate 35 (exit 56) in Warren County will require closing the ramp to traffic beginning at 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. Traffic will be detoured using Iowa 92 east to I-35, north on I-35 to Warren County Road G-14 (exit 65), west on Warren County Road G-14 to I-35,...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Sept. 14, 2016 – Construction work for adding paved turn lanes and signals at the intersection of Iowa 21 and Shaulis Road in Waterloo will require closing and detouring traffic beginning Friday, Sept. 16, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. Traffic impact 16: Shaulis Road traffic will be detoured around the work zone by traveling from the intersection of Shaulis Road and Kimball Avenue, south on Kimball Avenue to...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Sept. 14, 2016 – Construction work for the new interchange of Iowa 100 and U.S. 30 requires permanently closing access to Angle Road at the north end near 80th Street starting at 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cedar Rapids construction office. Access to Angle Road will only be available from Morgan Bridge Road Southwest after the closure. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey...