(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken informed the Cass County Board of Supervisors during their meeting today (Tuesday), that the Iowa DOT has two bridges in Cass County that they will conduct overlays on, In both causes, there will be road closures and detours. The first to close on Monday, March 14th, is the Highway 6 bridge over Indian Creek, near Lewis. It won’t be done until at least the end of May. Detours will be established for both bridge projects.

Most of the locals, it was noted, will use the Lewis Road as a detour, instead. The second bridge to be closed is over the East Nishnabotna River on Highway 83, northwest of Atlantic. Similar work will begin March 28th on that project.

Changeable electronic message signs will remind motorists of the impending changes. Wolken said also, later this summer, the bridge on Highway 92 near Griswold will be closed for repair work. Additional information will be available closer to the project date. In other news, Wolken said bridge #280 on 700^th Street is finished, and open to traffic.

And, Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon reported the EMA trailer was in the Winterset area this past weekend, following the devastating and fatal tornado.

The trailer Cass County is supplying is 15-years old, Kennon says, but it works perfectly and is equipped with a generator.