District 1-Central
GRIMES, Iowa – Nov. 25, 2024 – If you drive on NE 38th Street east of the NE Mixmaster in Polk County to cross over Interstate 80 you need to be aware of an upcoming closure that may impact your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. Beginning at 5 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, weather permitting, crews will close NE 38th Street from Sage Street to NE 54th Street. The roadway and bridge over I-80...
GRIMES, Iowa – Nov. 18, 2024 – If you drive on eastbound Interstate 35/I-80 or east-/northbound I-235 to reach northbound I-35, or westbound I-80 to reach northbound I-35 at the Northeast Mixmaster, you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. Beginning on Tuesday night, Nov. 19, weather permitting, crews will close the westbound I-80 ramp to northbound I-35, east-/northbound I-235 to northbound I-35,...
GRIMES, Iowa – Nov. 7, 2024 – If you drive on eastbound Interstate 35/I-80 or east/northbound I-235 to reach northbound I-35 at the Northeast Mixmaster you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. Beginning on Monday night, Nov. 11, weather permitting, crews will close east/northbound I-235 to northbound I-35 and the ramp from eastbound I-35/80 to northbound I-35 so crews can resurface northbound...
GRIMES, Iowa – Nov. 5, 2024 – If you drive on eastbound Interstate 35/I-80 to reach the Northeast Mixmaster with I-235 you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. Beginning at 10 p.m. on Wednesday night, Nov. 6, weather permitting, crews will close eastbound I-35/I-80 at U.S. 69/Northeast 14th Street (exit 136) and the northbound entrance ramp and southbound entrance loop from U.S....
GRIMES, Iowa – Nov. 1, 2024 – If you drive on northbound Interstate 35/I-80 between the Southwest Mixmaster and the Iowa 141 interchange you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. Beginning at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, Nov. 5, until 4 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, weather permitting, crews will close northbound I-35/80 from the Southwest Mixmaster to the Iowa 141 interchange so...
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Oct. 29, 2024 – The East 1st Street bridge project over Interstate 35 in Huxley is now complete. The bridge will be reopened to traffic at noon on Friday, Nov. 1, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction office. The latest traveler information is available anytime through our 511 system. Visit 511ia.org; call 511 (within Iowa) or 800-288-1047 (nationwide); stay connected with 511 on Facebook or X (find links at https://iowadot.gov/511/511-social-media-sites); or download...
GRIMES, Iowa – Oct. 16, 2024 – If you drive on eastbound Interstate 35/I-80 you need to be aware of upcoming nighttime construction work that may impact your trip according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes construction office. Beginning at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, October 22, weather permitting, crews will close eastbound I-35/80 at Iowa 415/NE 2nd Street and the ramp from Iowa 415/NE 2nd Street to eastbound I-35/I-80 (exit 135) so sign trusses can be installed. The...
JEFFERSON, Iowa – Oct. 11, 2024 – Beginning on Monday, Oct. 14 you will be able to access 580th Avenue/Story County Road R-70/Teller Avenue at the new interchange with U.S. 30 between Ames and Nevada. With the opening of this interchange, the intersection and median crossing at Sand Hill Trail will be closing. If you want to travel south of U.S. 30 you will use the extension of 241st Street. When traveling north of U.S. 30 you will use the...
GRIMES, Iowa – Oct. 1, 2024 – Construction work to repair the bridge on the ramp from eastbound Interstate 80 to northbound I-35 at the southwest mixmaster will affect traffic multiple times starting on Thursday, Oct. 3, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Grimes Construction office. This project will impact traffic multiple times over the next two months including total closures and single-lane closures that will occur at night. When closures are in place, you will follow...
GRIMES, Iowa – Sept. 26, 2024 – If you travel on eastbound Interstate 235 to reach Valley West Drive (exit 1B) in West Des Moines you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may slow down your trip. Work to repair a storm sewer will require closures of the entrance and exit ramps on I-235 at Valley West Drive (exit 1B) for 30 days starting on Monday, Oct. 7, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of...