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The Iowa DOT and Iowa 511 can help you check road conditions and plan for save travel during snowstorms. Here's how to use the resources.
A report from KCCI near Iowa Methodist Center reported 1.3 inches of snow at 7:30 a.m. Monday and the Des Moines International Airport reported 1 inch of snow as of 6 a.m., according to the ...
Night-time construction work will again close part of the interstate system in Des Moines on Wednesday. Iowa DOT closing part of I-80/35 near Urban Loop overnight Skip to main content
The primary highway system makes up over 9,000 miles (14,000 km), approximately 8 percent of the U.S. state of Iowa's public road system. The Iowa Department of Transportation is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the primary highway system, which consists of Interstate Highways, United States Highways, and Iowa state highways.
The commission was also given supervisory control over the public road system, although each county was still in charge of managing their road system. [19] In 1974, the 65th Iowa General Assembly reorganized the highway commission into a larger Department of Transportation with other modes of transportation. The larger department was an effort ...
Construction lasted for a couple years; crews were able to make use of a fruitful 2007 road construction season. [71] Ottumwa's bypass opened to traffic on November 19, 2007. [67] [72] The new road shifted US 63 traffic out of downtown and onto US 34 heading east from the intersection of the two highways near the city's John Deere plant. The ...
Iowa City and much of Johnson County woke up to the season's first measurable snowfall, but how much snow is there?
The DOT wanted Johnson County to take over maintenance of the 6-mile-long (9.7 km) road and offered $160,000 to repair the road (equivalent to $400,000 in 2023 [4]), while the county wanted the state to take over another road. Both sides reached an impasse. [5] Ultimately, Iowa 979 stayed under DOT control.