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Major travel corridors along/near the Missouri River remain closed

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March 18th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Transportation reports several major corridors for vehicle travel remain closed in Western Iowa, due to flooding or flood damage. Among them:

  • U-S Highway 59 one-mile south of Harlan to I-80 is still open to one-lane only. Temporary traffic lights are in-place.
  • Interstate 680 in both directions, one-mile west of the Crescent area/I-29, and the Old Mormon Bridge Road into/out of Omaha.
  • I-29 in both directions between N. 25th Street in Council Bluffs and Exit 71/I-680, one-mile south of Missouri Valley.
  • I-29 in both directions from south of Bunge Avenue (Council Bluffs), to near Hamburg.
  • Mills County Road H-10, from west of I-29 to Nebraska State Line.
  • Highway 34 westbound, between I-29 near Pacific Junction, to the Nebraska State Line.
  • Iowa Highway 2 in both directions (Fremont County) from Highway 275 to the Missouri River Bridge
  • Iowa Highway 333 (Fremont County) in both directions between I-29 and U-S 275 at Hamburg.
  • U-S 275 from the Missouri State Line to IA 333 (Near Hamburg)
  • U-S Highway 169 between U-S 6 and Highway 44 (near Adel) is closed in both directions.
  • Iowa 141 in both directions between Sloan and Smithland, in Monona County.