March 2025
Editor’s note: This news release is being sent through the Iowa Department of Transportation’s news release distribution as a courtesy to the Illinois Department of Transportation AMES, Iowa – March 27, 2025 – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), in partnership with the Iowa Department of Transportation, will host a public meeting for the U.S. 67 (Centennial Bridge) Corridor project on Thursday, April 17. The event will be from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Rock Island-Quad Cities,...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 27, 2025 – If you drive on U.S. 63 in Waterloo you need to be aware of upcoming lane closures that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Monday, March 31, until late October, weather permitting, crews will work on a hot-mix asphalt resurfacing project on U.S. 63 from 0.1 miles south of U.S. 20 to 0.4 miles south of University Avenue, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. As you...
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – March 27, 2025 – If you travel on the Iowa 3 bridge over the Little Wapsipinicon River in Fayette County you need to be aware of an upcoming bridge replacement project that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Wednesday, April 2, until mid-November, weather permitting, crews will remove and replace the Iowa 3 bridge over the Little Wapsipinicon River that is 0.2 miles west of Fayette County Road V-68, according to the Iowa Department of...
GRIMES, Iowa – March 27, 2025 – If you drive on Interstate 35/80 near the U.S. 6/Hickman Road interchange (exit 125) in Clive you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime lane closures that may slow down your trip. The full closure of I-35/I-80 and U.S. 6/Hickman Road interchange scheduled for Thursday, March 27, has been rescheduled and will now begin at 10 p.m. on Monday, March 31, and will end at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, weather permitting,...
AMES, Iowa – March 27, 2025 – Learn about upcoming improvements to U.S. 30 from west of Charles Ave, near Lisbon, to the west city limits of Stanwood in Cedar County. (Event # 6486) Improvements include: Replacing the existing pavement Asphalt resurfacing Grading and paving of passing lanes, turn lanes and paved shoulders. During the reconstruction, traffic will be maintained, and at times a pilot car will be used for single lane alternating traffic. Construction on the travel lanes will...
CHARITON, Iowa – March 26, 2025 – If you are driving on Iowa 14 between Monroe and Knoxville you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may slow down your trip. Construction crews will be replacing the bridge over Brush Creek, 0.2 miles north of Marion County Road G-28, and performing a deck overlay on the bridge over the Des Moines River, 1.2 miles north of Marion County Road G-40. The roadway will be closed to traffic...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – March 26, 2025 – If you travel on U.S. 218 between 300th Street and 325th Street in Henry County, you need to be aware of an upcoming road construction project that may slow down your trip. Beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, April 7 until late November, weather permitting, U.S. 218 will be reduced from four lanes to a head-to-head traffic pattern in the southbound lanes so crews can reconstruct bridges over the North Branch and South...
CHARITON, Iowa – March. 26, 2025 – Replacement of the U.S. 65 bridge over Otter Creek, 1.6 miles south of Warren County Road G-58 will require closing the roadway to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, until late November, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. While the road is closed you will be detoured around the work zone with a marked detour route that uses U.S. 65 and Warren County G-76...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – March 25, 2025 – If you drive on Interstate 29 in Woodbury and Monona Counties you need to be aware of upcoming utility work that may slow down your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 3 Office. On Wednesday, March 26, and Thursday, March 27, weather permitting, there will be rolling closures of up to 20 minutes at a time in both directions of I-29 in Woodbury and Monona Counties. These closures are...
CHARITON, Iowa – March 24, 2025 – If you drive on Iowa 5 north of Marion County Road G-76 you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may slow down your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. Beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, until mid-September, weather permitting, crews will close Iowa 5 so the bridge over Walnut Creek, 0.9 miles north of Marion County Road G-76 in Marion County, can...