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Detour in Council Bluffs this morning

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May 13th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

If your morning commute takes you near the casinos in Council Bluffs, you may need to be prepared for a detour. The Iowa Department of Transportation reports a portion of Interstate 80 eastbound in Council Bluffs was closed Monday evening and is expected to remain closed until about 8-a.m. today,  while crews make repairs on a “void” under the median and shoulder of I-80 eastbound, between exits 1A and 1B, just before the 24th Street Bridge. The void is in an area where a contractor installed storm sewer pipe several weeks ago.
The void is about a half-mile from a 12-foot-wide hole construction workers encountered last October in the the eastbound lanes of I-80 near the 24th Street exit. The Interstate was shut down after a workers installing a drainage pipe discovered a void directly underneath the roadway. Crews were expected to have worked throughout the night to figure out what caused the void.

According to the Iowa Transportation Department, travelers on I-80 east are being detoured to I-29 north, then to I-680 east, and around Council Bluffs. Travelers on I-29 south approaching I-80 east are being detoured westbound, over the Missouri River Bridge, to Exit No. 454 at 13th Street. Drivers will then be able to access I-80 east, where they will be rerouted to I-29 north, then to I-680 east, and around Council Bluffs.

The construction project is part of the Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program, which is a large-scale modernization and rehabilitation of the Interstate system in Council Bluffs.