CHARITON, Iowa – Aug. 4, 2021 – Replacement of the Iowa 92 bridge over Muchakinock Creek about 1 mile west of Oskaloosa will require closing the road to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 16, until mid-September, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. The Muchakinock Creek project involves removing the existing continuous concrete slab bridge and replacing it with a continuous welded girder bridge by using accelerated bridge construction methods. The project also...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – Aug. 3, 2021, 2021 – Patching work on U.S. 34, starting at mile marker 234 north of Mount Pleasant, will require closing the eastbound lanes of U.S. 34 and the eastbound on-ramp at Grand Avenue from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Fairfield construction office. Motorists will be directed to use an official off-site detour. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey...
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...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – June 30, 2021 – A sewer system project on U.S. 65 in the Wayne County community of Humeston will require closing the road to through traffic beginning Wednesday, July 6 at noon and continuing until Friday, July 16 at noon, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Fairfield District Office. The city’s sewer project will require closing the road at 403 S. Front Street (near U.S. 65 mile marker 19.40), and then closing the road...
CHARITON, Iowa – June 29, 2021 – Removal and replacement of a reinforced concrete box culvert on Iowa 14, 2.3 miles south of Chariton, in Lucas County, will require closing the road to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, July 19, until late-August, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. Detour Route: Motorists will be directed to use an official off-site detour. The detour will follow Iowa 14 (north and south for about 14.6 miles),...
CHARITON, Iowa – June 23, 2021 – Removal and replacement of a reinforced concrete box culvert on Iowa 14, 2.3 miles south of Chariton, in Lucas County, will require closing the road to traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, July 8, until mid-August, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. Detour Route: Motorists will be directed to use an official off-site detour. The detour will follow Iowa 14 (north and south for about 14.6 miles),...
CHARITON, Iowa – May 11, 2021 – Nighttime construction work to remove the Fillmore Street bridge over Interstate 35 in Warren County will require closing north- and southbound I-35 for up to six nights from the junction with Iowa 92 (exit 56) to the junction with Iowa 5 (exit 68) from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly from Wednesday, May 19, through Wednesday, May 26, weather permitting according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. Southbound I-35 nighttime...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – May 6, 2021 – Nighttime construction work to remove the Fillmore Street bridge over Interstate 35 in Warren County will require closing north- and southbound I-35 for up to two nights per direction from the junction with Iowa 92 (exit 56) to the junction with Iowa 5 (exit 68) from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly from Monday, May 17, through Thursday, May 20, weather permitting according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. During...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – April 28, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation began a bridge project on April 5 to replace the eastbound U.S. 34 bridge over the Skunk River, 2.6 miles west of Westwood. Construction is anticipated to be completed November 2021, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Fairfield construction office. The existing eastbound I-beam bridge will be replaced with a concrete beam bridge. U.S. 34 Traffic Control: Traffic will be maintained using two median one-lane...
AMES, Iowa – April 19, 2021 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input on the right-of-way needs for proposed improvements to U.S. 61 from 235th Street, just north of Mediapolis in Des Moines County, to 0.5 mile north of Iowa 78, in Louisa County. The project would reconstruct about 5.13 miles of U.S. 61 to a four-lane divided highway with a new interchange at the Iowa 78/Louisa County Road H-22 intersection. The new diamond interchange would be...
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