May 2024
MANCHESTER, Iowa – May 17, 2024 – If you drive on Iowa 13 north of Manchester you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may impact your trip. Beginning on Tuesday, May 28, weather permitting, Iowa 13 between the north side of Manchester and Iowa 3 will be closed until early November so crews can remove and replace the pavement for this 10-mile section of roadway. While the road is closed you will be detoured east on...
DAVENPORT, Iowa – May 17, 2024 – If you drive on Interstate 80 near 1st Avenue (exit 242) in Coralville you need to be aware of construction work for the new I-80 and 1st Avenue interchange that may impact your trip. Crews will close the eastbound I-80 exit ramp at 1st Avenue (exit 242) overnights on Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., weather permitting, so they can prepare for construction of the new...
DAVENPORT, Iowa – May 17, 2024 – If you drive on northbound U.S. 61 and eastbound U.S. 30 at the U.S. 61/U.S. 30 interchange near De Witt you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may impact your trip. Starting on Tuesday, May 21, until the end of July, weather permitting, construction crews will close the northbound U.S. 61 entrance ramp to westbound U.S. 30 and the entrance ramp from eastbound U.S. 30 to northbound U.S. 61...
AMES, Iowa – May 15, 2024 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold a public input meeting in Council Bluffs at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2702 Mid America Drive, on Tuesday, June 11, 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 – May 14, 2024 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today. Business meeting actions taken Tuesday, May 14 Order Number Title Action taken Presenter D-2024-49 Approve Minutes of the April 9, 2024 Commission Meeting Approved Cindy Dorhout, Commission assistant, 515-239-1067 TD-2024-50 Administrative Rules – 761 IAC Chapters 529 – For-Hire Interstate Motor Carrier Authority; 607– Commercial Driver Licensing; 800 – Items of General Application for Railroads; 810 – Railroad Safety Standards; and...
AMES, Iowa – May 14, 2024 – The Iowa Department of Transportation presented the Iowa Transportation Commission with the draft Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program at its meeting today. The draft Program documents investments in Iowa’s multimodal transportation system covering aviation, public transit, railroads, trails, and highways. The Program is developed and approved annually by the Commission and includes specific highway and bridge projects anticipated to be constructed over the next five years on the state highway system...
CRESTON, Iowa – May 14, 2024 – If you drive on eastbound Interstate 80 between Grand Prairie Parkway (exit 118) and the west mix master at Interstate 35 in West Des Moines you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Creston construction office. Work on repainting lines on the pavement will occur on eastbound I-80 from 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15 until 5:30 a.m. Thursday,...
AMES, Iowa – May 14, 2024 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting your input on a proposed bridge replacement on Iowa 39 over East Otter Creek, 0.4 miles east of Cherokee County road M-35. Construction on the bridge includes making it longer and wider. The new bridge will be 150 feet long by 40 feet wide. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2026 and end in the fall of 2026. Comments about the proposed bridge...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – May 13, 2024 – If you drive on Iowa 150 near Urbana you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may impact your trip according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Cedar Rapids construction office. Beginning on Friday, May 31 until the middle of July, weather permitting, crews will close part of Iowa 150 near Urbana so bridge reconstruction work on the bridge over Prairie Creek, 1.8 miles north of Benton County Road...
CRESTON, Iowa – May 10, 2024 – If you drive on eastbound Interstate 80 between Grand Prairie Parkway (exit 118) and 60th Street (exit 122) in West Des Moines you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Creston construction office. Work on concrete paving and grading will occur on eastbound I-80 nightly from 8:30 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. from Sunday, May 19 through Thursday morning, May...