News Release

April 28 , 2008

I-80/29 to be closed overnight April 30 and May 1

ATLANTIC, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Transportation's (Iowa DOT) Council Bluffs Interstate System (CBIS) improvements project will require traffic changes this week at the 24 th Bridge over I-80/I-29.

The contractor is planning the removal of the west portion of the current bridge April 30-May 1. The removal will require an overnight closure on I-80/I-29 for westbound traffic Wednesday, April 30 and for eastbound traffic Thursday, May 1. The closures will be from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night/morning. Traffic will be detoured on the interchange ramps.

For the upcoming week, the contractor has scheduled the following:

• Tuesday, April 29
  • 24th Street over I-80/I-29 will be reduced to one lane each direction with a middle turn lane.
  • Westbound traffic on I-80/I-29 will be shifted towards the median. Two traffic lanes will be maintained. 

• Tuesday, April 29 to Monday, June 30
  Weather permitting, traffic will be shifted to the east side of the current bridge on 24th Street, while the west portion of the new bridge is being built.

The Iowa DOT has established a CBIS Web site, www.cbinterstate.com, with additional information on the 24 th Street and other CBIS projects. On the site, media and the public can sign up for e-mail alerts with more details about specific projects and their traffic impacts.

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