The Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 4 Office in Atlantic reports two bridge replacement projects will begin next month in northern Adair County. Both projects are on Highway 25, less than five-miles south of Interstate 80. The projects include a bridge over the Middle River (1.2 miles S. of I-80), with an estimated cost of slightly more than $2-million, and, the North Turkey Creek bridge, located 4.6-miles south of I-80. That project is estimated to cost a little more than $1.4-million. In both cases, the old bridges will be removed, with a new substructure and piers installed prior to the bridge deck.

Residents in the area of the bridge closures will still have access to their homes, with staggered barricades for local traffic only. Traffic will otherwise be detoured from I-80 on County Road P-28, south to Highway 92, east of Greenfield. Both projects are scheduled to begin May 29^th, with completion in November.