March 2018
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – March 30, 2018 – Road construction work for the expansion of U.S. 20 in Ida and Sac counties will require closing the roadway to traffic between Ida County Road M-25 near Galva and U.S. 71 near Early from noon Monday, April 9, until Friday, September 28, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City District 3 Office. Motorists will be directed around the work zone on a signed detour using Ida County Road...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – March 30, 2018 – Due to weather conditions, the subcontractor cannot install the tapes to shift the traffic lanes on northbound Interstate 380 tonight and will not be able to start the project this weekend as previously scheduled. The on-ramp to northbound I-380 from Wilson Avenue closure will not occur tonight, but will be rescheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cedar Rapids construction office. The Iowa...
CHARITON, Iowa – March 29, 2018 – Road construction work on U.S. 34 between Lucas County roads S-50 and S-56 near Russell will require closing the road to traffic beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, April 2, until the second week of April, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. During this project, motorists will be directed around the work zone using one of the following signed detour routes. (See map.) Motorists traveling west on U.S....
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – March 28, 2018 – Road reconstruction at old U.S. 61 and 170th Street (near the Louisa-Muscatine Community Schools in Louisa County) will require closure of the intersection beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, April 9, until early May, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mount Pleasant construction office. Motorists will be directed around the work zone onto one of the following signed detour routes. (See map.) Motorists traveling south on new U.S. 61 who...
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – March 28, 2018 – A project to construct a new bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad and install Portland cement concrete pavement will require closing Iowa 146 in both directions between Marshall County Road E-49 and U.S. 30, near Le Grand, from 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 2, until Wednesday, Nov. 21, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. During this closure, traffic will be detoured around the work zone using U.S. 30,...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – March 27, 2018 – A bridge deck overlay project on the southbound Interstate 380 bridge over 15th and 16th avenues in Cedar Rapids will impact traffic flow on I-380. The bridge work will require closing the on-ramp to southbound I-380 from Diagonal Drive/L Street and the on-ramp to northbound I-380 from Wilson Avenue at different dates with the on-ramp closure from Wilson Avenue to northbound I-380 and shifting of the northbound I-380 lanes beginning at 7...
AMES, Iowa – March 26, 2018 – The Iowa Transportation Commission and Iowa Department of Transportation staff will meet informally from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, via telephone conference call. Transportation-related matters that may be discussed include the development of the five-year Iowa Transportation Improvement Program. # Editor’s note: There are two ways to listen to the Iowa Transportation Commission’s informal workshop session or business meeting or public input session, when scheduled. The broadcast feed and phone lines...
AMES, Iowa – March 26, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is providing public notice of the renewal of corridor preservation for the Iowa 58/Iowa 27 corridor in Cedar Falls and Hudson, in Black Hawk County, from the U.S. 20 interchange north to just north of Greenhill Road. The Iowa DOT implemented corridor preservation for this project on Oct. 23, 2008, which was renewed on Oct. 20, 2011, and Oct. 16, 2014. It is the intent of the Iowa...
GRIMES, Iowa – March 23, 2018 – As part of the ongoing reconstruction of the Interstate 35 interchange at First Street in Ankeny, First Street will be closed at I-35 overnight from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. Thursday and Friday, March 29 and 30, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. The closure is necessary to allow to prepare for setting new bridge beams over First Street. Traffic on First Street will be detoured around...
AMES, Iowa – March 23, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting in Mason City Wednesday, March 28, to discuss the proposed improvements and the contractors schedule between South Monroe Avenue and South Carolina Avenue in Mason City. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting to be held at North Iowa Area Council of Governments, 525 Sixth Street SW, in Mason City. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. with a short...