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ROAD CONSTRUCTION - TRAFFIC MAINTAINED ON HIGHWAY                               
Provided by the Iowa Department of Transportation - 11/22/96                    

I-80 Bridge deck replacement on the I-80 Mississippi River                      
bridge.  Two 12' lanes each direction.  Width restriction of                    
11'6". Project Engineer:  Doug Rick, 319-391-4643,                              
Davenport.                                                                      

I-80  Guardrail installations at various locations from                         
Casey interchange (milepost 82.75 easterly                                      
approximately 15 miles to 1 mile east of the Madison                            
County line (milepost 98.15).  One lane 12' in work                             
areas during daylight hours only. Project Engineer:                             
Roger Gould, 515-782-4518, Creston.                                             

I-680  Resurfacing from milepost 21.90 approximately 7                          
miles west of I-80 easterly 7.6 miles to milepost                               
29.50. One 10'lane each direction. Project Engineer:                            
Ben Behnami, 712-366-0568, Council Bluffs.                                      

Iowa 2 Bridge over Mississippi River; 8' width                                  
restriction.                                                                    

Iowa 5  Paving within Carlisle for approximately 1/2                            
mile.  One 10' lane each direction.  Project Engineer:                          
Mitch Dillavou, 515-262-5692, Des Moines.                                       

Iowa 5  Culvert extension from Middle River southeast                           
of Carlisle to 1/2 mile east of Warren County Road S-23.                        
On-site detour; little disruption to traveling                                  
public.  Project Engineer:  Don Stevens, 712-623-4951,                          
Red Oak.                                                                        

U.S. 6/Douglas Avenue  Widening and resurfacing from                            
34th Street easterly approximately .8 mile to east of                           
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.  One 11' lane each                              
direction.  Traffic will be head-to-head in 11' lanes                           
and have a continuous left-turn lane.   Project                                 
Engineer: Ron DeBok, 515-386-8166, Jefferson.                                   

U.S. 6  Culvert reconstruction from the intersection of                         
U.S. 6 and 23rd Avenue in Coralville to the                                     
intersection of 22nd Avenue and U.S. 6.  One 12' lane                           
each direction with head-to-head traffic.  Project                              
Engineer:  Newman Abuissa, 319-351-8818, Iowa City.                             

U.S. 6  Intersection reconstruction and bridge widening                         
on Kanesville Boulevard and Broadway in Council Bluffs                          
from 6th Street to 16th Street  Two 11' lanes each                              
direction.  Project Engineer:  Ben Behnami,                                     
712-366-0568, Council Bluffs.                                                   

U.S. 18 Resurfacing from the O'Brien County line                                
easterly approximately 12 miles to junction U.S. 71 in                          
Spencer. 1 lane 12'. Project Engineer:  Tony Gustafson,                         
712-225-5786, Cherokee.                                                         

U.S. 20  Reconstruction on Dodge Street in Dubuque.                             
One 12' lane each direction.  Project Engineer:  Cary                           
T. Lewis, 319-927-2397, Manchester.                                             

U.S. 30  Grading and paving from approximately 1.5                              
miles east of the junction with Iowa 330 easterly                               
approximately 1,000 feet.  Traffic will be head-to-head                         
in work area.  Both eastbound and westbound lanes will                          
be affected. Project Engineer:  Doug McDonald, 515-752-4657,                    
Marshalltown.                                                                   

U.S. 30  Grading and paving in Carroll just west of                             
Monterey Dr. easterly approximately 2 miles One 11'5"                           
lane each direction; two-way traffic will be                                    
maintained. Project Engineer:  Jerry Arn, 712-263-5628,                         
Denison.                                                                        

Iowa 36  Resurfacing from 1st in Wall Lake northerly                            
approximately 2.6 miles to junction with U.S. 71/Iowa                           
7.  One lane 12'. Project Engineer:  Tony Gustafson,                            
712-225-5786, Cherokee.                                                         

U.S. 52  Patching from 10 miles north of junction with                          
Iowa 9 northerly 5.8 miles to the Minnesota state line.                         
1 lane 12'.  One-lane traffic will be controlled by                             
flaggers and pilot car.  Project Engineer:  George                              
Feazell, 319-382-3632, Decorah.                                                 

U.S. 61  Paving from Lee County line northerly                                  
approximately 7 miles to near West Avenue in                                    
Burlington.  Minimal disruption of normal traffic flow.                         
Project. Engineer:  Joseph W. Demeter, 319-385-2211.                            

U.S. 61  Grading and shoulder widening from Des Moines                          
County line northerly approximately 8.2 miles to 3/4                            
mile north of junction with Iowa 99.  One 12'lane each                          
direction.  Minimal inconvenience to traffic: shoulder                          
widening operation controlled by flaggers.  Project                             
Engineer:  Jim Webb, 319-385-2211, Mt. Pleasant.                                

U.S. 65  Resurfacing from Story County Road E-41                                
(Lincoln Highway at Colo) northerly 20 miles to Story                           
County Road D-65. Intermittent lane closures of one                             
lane 12' during daytime hours only.  Project Engineer:                          
Sandra Larson, 515-233-1033, Ames.                                              

U.S. 67  Pavement replacement from Valley Drive in                              
Riverdale northeasterly approximately 3 miles to just                           
east of 249th Avenue in Pleasant Valley. One 10' lane                           
each direction. Project Engineer:  Mark Brandl,                                 
319-391-2750, Davenport.                                                        

U.S. 67  Pavement replacement in LeClaire just east of                          
junction with I-80.  One 12' lane each direction.                               
Project Engineer: Mark Brandl, 319-391-2750, Davenport.                         

U.S. 67  Bridge replacement over Crow Creek.  One 11'                           
lane each direction. Project Engineer:  Mark Brandl,                            
319-391-2750, Davenport.                                                        

U.S. 71  Resurfacing from west junction of Iowa 175                             
northerly approximately 8 miles to the south junction                           
with U.S. 20.  1 lane 12'.  Project Engineer:  Tony                             
Gustafson, 712-225-5786, Cherokee.                                              

U.S. 75  Resurfacing from north of the Woodbury County                          
line (Plymouth County Road C-80) northerly                                      
approximately 16 miles to 18th Street in Le Mars.  One                          
lane 12'5" in southbound lanes.  Project Engineer:                              
Darwin Bishop, 712-239-1367, Sioux City.                                        

Iowa 99  Pavement widening and resurfacing from north                           
of Golf Course Road north of Burlington northerly                               
approximately 10 miles to Kingston.  One lane 9' during                         
work hours.  Flaggers and pilot car will maintain                               
traffic through work zones.  Project Engineer:  Jim                             
Webb, 319-385-2211, Mt. Pleasant.                                               

Iowa 137  Grading from north of Eddyville northerly to                          
just outside Oskaloosa.  One 12' lane each direction.                           
Construction work will be going on along the side of                            
the existing roadway.  Project Engineer:  Ed Kasper,                            
515-682-4525, Ottumwa.                                                          

Iowa 141  Culvert construction 0.8 mile west of                                 
junction with U.S. 59 north of Denison.  One 12' lane                           
each direction with minimal disruption to traveling                             
public. Both shoulders will be restricted during                                
construction.  Project Engineer:  Jerry Arn,                                    
712-263-5628, Denison.                                                          

Iowa 141  Culvert construction and grading from 7.5                             
miles west of U.S. 169 east and south approximately                             
11.83 miles to west of Granger.  One 12' lane each                              
direction.  Traffic will be near normal with only minor                         
delays.  Project Engineer:  Roger Gould, 515-782-4518,                          
Creston.                                                                        

Iowa 163  Grading  structures on relocated Iowa 163                             
from 2 miles northwest of Oskaloosa southerly to Iowa                           
137 south of Oskaloosa.  One 12' lane each direction.                           
On-site detour on Iowa 137.  Project Engineer:  Ed                              
Kasper, 515-682-4525, Ottumwa.                                                  

U.S. 218  Grading from Henry County line northerly                              
approximately 7 miles to just north of County Road G-52.                        
One 12' lane each direction.  Minimal inconvenience                             
to traveling public.  Project. Engineer:  Joseph W.                             
Demeter, 319-385-2211, Mt. Pleasant.                                            

U.S. 218 Paving from approximately 2.5 miles north of                           
Crawfordsville (Co. Road G-52) northerly approximately                          
3.4 miles to 1 mile north of junction with Iowa 92. One                         
12' lane each direction; minimal inconvenience to                               
traveling public. Project Engineer:  Joseph W. Demeter,                         
319-385-2211.                                                                   

U.S. 218  Bridge retrofit on bridge over Big Creek                              
located 2.5 miles north of Mt. Pleasant.  2 lanes, 16'                          
lane; traffic controlled with temporary traffic                                 
signals. Lane restriction of 16'. Project Engineer:                             
Joseph W. Demeter, 319-385-2211.                                                

Iowa 223 From junction of Iowa 330 easterly                                     
approximately 7 miles to Baxter.  Restricted to loads                           
of 11 tons.                                                                     


ROAD CONSTRUCTION - TRAFFIC DETOURED OVER OTHER ROUTES                          
Provided by the Iowa Department of Transportation - 11/22/96                    

Iowa 1  Reconstruction from the intersection of Burlington                      
Street and Linn Street to intersection of College and                           
Governor Street  Detour:  Northbound: Linn Street to College                    
Street, College Street to northbound Governor Street.                           
Southbound:  Dodge Street to College Street, College Street                     
to Linn Street, Linn Street to Burlington Street (Iowa 1).                      
Project Engineer:  Newman Abuissa, 319-351-8818, Iowa City.                     

Iowa 3  Reconstruction of Iowa 3 from 8th Street in Waverly                     
easterly to U.S. 63.  Detour:  commence at junction of Iowa                     
3 and 1st Street NW in  Waverly, northerly 1.63 miles on 1st                    
Street Northwest, Adams Parkway, and Horton Road to north                       
city limit of Waverly (Co. Road V-14); then northerly on                        
V-14 to C-33;                                                                   
then easterly on C-33 to U.S. 63; then southerly                                
on U.S. 63 to Iowa 3. Project Engineer:  Gerald L. Lund,                        
319-235-9503, Waterloo.                                                         

Iowa 5/46  Construction of relocated U.S. 65/Iowa 5                             
interchange.  Detour:  Commence at east ramp terminal of                        
Relocated U.S. 65 and southeast 64th Avenue interchange to                      
the junction of Iowa 46 and existing Iowa 5 (Southeast 45th                     
Street). Project Engineer: Mitch Dillavou, 515-262-5692, Des                    
Moines.                                                                         

Iowa 28  Reconstruction from I-235 1.5 miles to junction of                     
U.S. 6 (Hickman Road).  Detour:  Commence at junction of                        
Iowa 28/I-235; then west on I-235 to the junction of                            
I-35/I-80;                                                                      
then north on I-35/I-80 to junction of U.S. 6. then east                        
on U.S. 6 to Iowa 28 (63rd Street).  Project Engineer:  Cy                      
Quick, 515-225-2349, Des Moines.                                                

U.S. 52/Iowa 3  Sanitary sewer reconstruction within city of                    
Dubuque.  Detour:  PHASE 1:  Elm Street from 11th Street to                     
12th Street, 12th Street from Elm Street to White Street;                       
PHASE 2:  12th Street from White Street to Jackson Street,                      
Jackson Street from 12th Street to 14th Street, 14th Street                     
from Jackson Street to White Street.  Northbound U.S.                           
52/Iowa 3 traffic will use the detour route; southbound U.S.                    
52/Iowa 3 will remain on Central Avenue.  Project Engineer:                     
Art Gourley, 319-875-2375, Dyersville.                                          

U.S. 71  Grading and paving from junction of U.S. 71 and                        
Iowa 7 South of Storm Lake northerly and westerly 3 miles to                    
intersection of U.S. 71 and unnamed Buena Vista county road.                    
Detour:  STAGE 1:  Commence at the south junction of U.S.                       
71/Iowa 7/Buena Vista County C-6; then westerly on C-65 to                      
the intersection of C-65 and unmarked county road; then                         
northerly to intersection with U.S. 71/Iowa 7.  This portion                    
of the detour will continue after state 2 is completed.                         
STAGE 2:  Commence at the intersection of U.S. 71 and Buena                     
Vista County M-44; then northwesterly on M-44 to the                            
intersection of M44 and Iowa 3. Project Engineer:  Tony                         
Gustafson, 712-225-5786, Cherokee.                                              

Iowa 92  Reconstruction of Iowa 92 between Winterset and                        
I-35.  Detour:  Commence at north junction of U.S. 169/Iowa                     
92; then northerly on U.S. 169 to I-80; then easterly in                        
I-80 approximately 13 miles to I-80/I-35 interchange; then                      
southerly on I-35 to Iowa 92 interchange.  Project Engineer:                    
Roger Gould, 515-782-4518, Creston.                                             

Iowa 149  Reconstruction from west junction of Iowa 22 at                       
Webster to the east junction at South English.  Detour:                         
Commence at junction of Iowa 22 (Washington Street) and Main                    
Street in Webster; then south on Main Street to the junction                    
of Iowa 149; then southerly on Iowa 149 to Iowa 92; then                        
easterly on Iowa 92 to V-67; then northerly on V-67 to                          
junction of Main Street in Harper; then northeast on Main                       
Street to Hutchinson Street; then north on Hutchinson Street                    
to Yerger Street; then east on Yerger Street to the ECL of                      
Harper (V-67); then east on V-67 to junction of G-32; then                      
north on V-67 to junction of Iowa 22; then west on Iowa 22                      
to junction of Iowa 149. Project Engineer: Charles E.                           
Belgarde, 515-472-6142, Fairfield.