District 5-Southeast
CHARITON, Iowa – Aug. 31, 2023 – If you are driving on Iowa 92 in Oskaloosa on Monday, Sept. 11, you will need to be aware of a hot-mix asphalt patching project that may slow down your trip. Construction crews will need to close Iowa 92 from E Street to G Street in Oskaloosa from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting. While the roadway is closed, you will follow a marked detour route using Iowa 163, U.S. 63, and...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – Aug. 11, 2023 – If you travel on Iowa 78 in Henry County you need to be aware of an upcoming road construction project that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Monday, Aug. 14 until early September, weather permitting, Iowa 78, between U.S. 218 and the junction of Iowa 78 and Henry County Road H-18, will be closed so crews can resurface the Iowa 78 roadway. While crews work on this phase of the Iowa 78,...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – Aug. 8, 2023 – If you are driving on westbound U.S. 136 from Illinois into Iowa near Keokuk in the next few days you need to be aware of a lane closure at the Mississippi River bridge that may slow down your trip. Construction crews will be repairing erosion and pavement damage near the bridge caused by recent rains and flooding. You may want to consider taking another route if possible. The westbound lane on U.S. 136...
CHARITON, Iowa – June 6, 2023 – If you are driving on Iowa Highway 23 southeast of Oskaloosa you will need to be aware of a construction project that may slow down your trip. Construction crews will be replacing a bridge with a box culvert at the tributary of Cedar Creek beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, June 8, until August, weather permitting. During this project, through traffic on Iowa 23 will be detoured using Iowa 92 and Mahaska County Road...
DAVENPORT, Iowa – May 30, 2023 – If you drive on U.S. 61 near Long Grove in Scott County there’s a construction project that may slow down your trip. Crews working on concrete reconstruction work at the interchange will need to close the southbound exit ramp and the northbound entrance ramp off U.S. 61 at Scott County Road F-41 (exit 129) from Monday, June 5 until Friday, Sept. 8, weather permitting. While these ramp closures are taking place, traffic will...
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – May 2, 2023 – If you travel on Iowa 21 in Keokuk County you need to be aware of an upcoming road construction project that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Monday, May 8 until mid-June, weather permitting, Iowa 21 at the junction with Iowa 92 north of Delta will be closed so crews can make intersection improvements and reconstruct the Iowa 92 roadway. While crews work on this phase of the Iowa 92 intersection reconstruction...
CHARITON, Iowa – April 24, 2023 – If you are driving on Warren County Road G-64 near Truro in the coming weeks you will need to be aware of a bridge deck overlay project over Interstate 35 that could slow your trip beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, until late June, weather permitting. As we work the bridge, Warren County Road G-64 will be closed (see map). Until we get the bridge finished, you’ll need to follow these detour...
CHARITON, Iowa – April 24, 2023 – If you travel on U.S. 34 about 4.5 miles west of Albia you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Thursday, May 4 until late July, weather permitting, construction crews will work on a bridge deck overlay on the U.S. 34 bridge over the BNSF Railroad, 4.5 miles west of the junction of Iowa 5/U.S.34 in Albia. Intermittent lane closures, a 10-foot lane-width...
CHARITON, Iowa – March 31, 2023 – If you travel on U.S. 65 south of Iowa 2 in Wayne County you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Monday, April 10 until late-November, weather permitting, construction crews will work on the U.S. 65 bridge over Caleb Creek, two miles south of Wayne County Road J-46. Intermittent lane closures and a 15-foot-two-inch lane-width restriction will be in place as crews work...
CHARITON, Iowa – March 31, 2023 – If you travel on U.S. 63 south of Ottumwa you need to be aware of an upcoming construction project that may slow down your trip. Beginning on Monday, April 10 until mid-November, weather permitting, construction crews will work on the U.S. 63 bridges over Village Creek, 3.1 miles south of U.S. 34, and Little Soap Creek, 1.9 miles north of the Davis County line. Intermittent lane closures and a 10-foot-two-inch lane-width restriction will...