March 2018
AMES, Iowa – March 22, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is conducting a planning study of Interstate 380 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The study will be developed and released through a series of technical reports that identify the existing condition of I-380, the way the system is performing, short- and long-term issues, and strategies to improve the route. Each report will be accessible online as it becomes available on the Iowa DOT’s I-380 Planning Study website...
MASON CITY, Iowa – March 20, 2018 – A two-year project to reconstruct Iowa 122 from South Monroe Avenue to South Carolina Avenue in Mason City will require lane closures on either end of the project beginning on Monday morning, April 2, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason City construction office. The westbound Iowa 122 lanes will be closed for reconstruction beginning Monday morning, April 16. At that time, all traffic will be moved to the...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 19, 2018 – Beginning Monday morning, March 26, weather permitting, work will begin on the two-year Iowa 58/Viking Road interchange project in Cedar Falls. The initial work requires lane closures on both Iowa 58 and Viking road to place temporary pavement and temporary traffic signals needed for future traffic shifts necessary for the different stages of construction, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. The lane closures will result in traffic...
GRIMES, Iowa – March 16, 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. Friday, March 23, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. The closure is necessary to allow preparations for setting new bridge beams over First Street. Traffic on First Street will be detoured around the work zone using I-35...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – March 16, 2018 – A construction project to re-overlay the bridge deck of the Cedar County Road X-40 bridge over Interstate 80 in Cedar County will require closing the bridge to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, March 19, until early May, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cedar Rapids construction office. During this closure, traffic will be detoured to the adjacent interchanges at Cedar County roads X-30 and X-46. The Iowa DOT...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – March 15, 2018 – Southbound Interstate 29 traffic between U.S. 77, Iowa 12, and Wesley Parkway and Floyd Boulevard (exit 147a) will be shifted to the southbound frontage road near Wesley Parkway to accommodate reconstruction of the southbound I-29 lanes beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, March 23, until Thursday, Oct. 11, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City construction office. The southbound Pierce Street on-ramp and southbound Floyd Boulevard off-ramp will be...
AMES, Iowa – March 15, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the proposed bridge project on U.S. 69 over Four Mile Creek, 0.1 mile south of Polk County Road F-22. The proposed project provides for removing the existing bridge and replacing with a three-span, 130-by-44-foot continuous concrete slab bridge. New bridge approaches will be constructed and guardrails installed. Through traffic on U.S. 69 would be detoured during construction using Northeast 36th Street, Interstate 35,...
AMES, Iowa – March 15, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is providing public notice and requesting public input on the proposed improvements and right of way needs to Interstate 35 from north of North River to south of Badger Creek in Warren County. The proposed improvements include reconstruction of southbound I-35 lanes and Fillmore Street bridge. This project is a continuation of the multiyear I-35 corridor project, with this section beginning in 2013. This project connects work already...
AMES, Iowa – March 13, 2018 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold a public input meeting at the Prairie Winds Event Center, 908 Eighth St. SE, in Orange City Tuesday, April 10, to hear about transportation matters from representatives of local government, interest groups, and individuals. Items that may be discussed at the meeting include the Iowa Transportation Improvement Program; transportation policies; and highway, aviation, rail, river, bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit issues. A brief business meeting will begin...
AMES, Iowa – March 13, 2018 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Ames. Order number Title Actions taken Presenter D-2018-59 Approve Minutes of the Feb. 13, 2018, Commission Meeting Approved Danielle Griggs, Commission secretary, 515-239-1919 H-2018-60 Interstate 80 Dallas County Corridor Preservation Approved Mitch Dillavou, director, Highway Division, 515-239-1124 H-2018-61 Transfer of Jurisdiction of U.S. 61 to Des Moines County Approved (details below) Mitch Dillavou,...