July 2021
AMES, Iowa – July 29, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is providing public notice of corridor preservation for Interstate 80 at the U.S. 169 interchange in De Soto, Dallas County. This notice includes a depiction of the corridor preservation area on a map, which is available at www.iowadot.gov/pim. Width of the corridor preservation zone varies depending upon location within the corridor. Corridor preservation is a tool the Iowa DOT uses to preserve land for future highway needs. It...
AMES, Iowa – July 29, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is providing public notice of corridor preservation for the Interstate 380 corridor from approximately one mile north of Forevergreen Road in North Liberty to U.S. 30 in Cedar Rapids, in Johnson and Linn counties. This notice includes a depiction of the corridor preservation area on a map, which is available at www.iowadot.gov/pim. Width of the corridor preservation zone varies depending upon location within the corridor. Corridor preservation is...
AMES, Iowa – July 28, 2021 - The Iowa Department of Transportation will host a meeting of the Vertical Bid Threshold Subcommittee via teleconference and in person at the Iowa Department of Transportation Administration Building, First Floor North Conference Room, 800 Lincoln Way in Ames, on Friday, July 30, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. Iowa Code Section 314.1B establishes horizontal and vertical bid threshold subcommittees that meet at least every other year to adjust the bid and quote thresholds for city...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – July 27, 2021 – A bridge deck overlay project on Interstate 29 in Sioux City requires closing the ramp from eastbound U.S. 20 to southbound I-29 and the loop from northbound I-29 to westbound U.S. 20 at 10 a.m. Friday, July 30, until Friday, October 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 Office. The contractor will reopen southbound I-29 to westbound I-129/U.S. 20 on Friday, July 30. During this project, eastbound...
AMES, Iowa – July 27, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for a proposed bridge replacement on U.S. 69 over Drainage Ditch 5 near Galt, approximately 3.7 miles south of Iowa 3, in Wright County. The proposed project involves replacing the existing 32’ x 44’ single span I-beam bridge with a 12’ x 10’ reinforced concrete box culvert. This project will also include removal of the bridge guardrails and bridge rails, as well as a...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – July 26, 2021 – A pavement resurfacing project on the U.S. 20 bypass in Sioux City will require nightly ramp closures from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday, July 26 - 31, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 Office. Ramp closures will be staggered. Scheduled ramp closures: Monday, July 26 Eastbound U.S. 20 Entrance ramp from Sunnybrook Drive Exit ramp to US 20 eastbound Exit loop to Gordon Drive...
AMES, Iowa – July 26, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for a proposed bridge replacement on Iowa 14 over Alloway Creek, located approximately 1.6 miles west of Iowa Highway 224 in Jasper County. The proposed project includes replacing the existing 74’ long steel I-beam bridge with a 115’ x 44’ single span PPCS bridge. Construction of the project is expected to begin in 2023. Through traffic on Iowa 14 will be detoured using Interstate...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – July 21, 2021 – A construction project to increase U.S. 61 from two to four lanes beginning just north of Burlington to just south of 210th Street in Des Moines County requires shifting traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Friday morning, July 23, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Fairfield construction office. U.S. 61 traffic is currently in a head-to-head traffic pattern on the existing roadway but will be shifted onto the newly completed southbound...
ANKENY, Iowa – July 20, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will relocate its Waterloo driver’s license service center to 2060 Sovia Drive, Suite 116 on Tuesday, July 27. The current Waterloo driver’s license service center at 2313 First Ave. S will close on Friday, July 23, to allow the staff time to move equipment to the new facility. In-person services will resume when the new location opens on Tuesday, July 27. The new location will offer customers an...
GRIMES, Iowa – July 19, 2021 – A project to repave Douglas Avenue/U.S. 6 between Merle Hay Road and 30th Street in Des Moines requires closing the roadway to traffic from 10 p.m. Friday, July 23, until 5 a.m. Monday, July 26, and from 10 p.m. Friday, July 30, until 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. During this closure, motorists will follow a marked detour route using Merle Hay...