The engineer in me is embarrassed to admit that it took so long to realize the last pier has to be so much shorter because it's the top of the beams that need to meet the ramp, not the bottom.
I-35 / US 30 Flyover Progress
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The engineer in me is embarrassed to admit that it took so long to realize the last pier has to be so much shorter because it's the top of the beams that need to meet the ramp, not the bottom.
I get what you're saying, but when I visualize the slope of the ramp, it just doesn't jive. Eventually they will get the beams on there, and it might make sense. But currently, it doesn't.
Only 2 months behind schedule?
Report says they hope to be done by July or August. Yeah, that would be nice for football traffic. Not holding my breath.
I feel like it’s 2 years behind lol
Someone hit the 'no rush shipping' option when they ordered it. Its 2 months behind that.
Yeah, you've got that backwards.
The construction company is getting $5500 less for each day the project is behind.
Anchor: And now we go to Hector Villanueva on location in Ames on the I-35/30 flyover project.
Reporter: Thanks, Cindy. It ain't done yet. Back to you.
Two months behind as in was supposed to be done two months ago? It’s gonna be way behind when it actually gets done and cost them way more than $275,000.
How about the expansion of lanes between Ames and Ankeny? Is that scheduled to be done a certain time?
How about the expansion of lanes between Ames and Ankeny? Is that scheduled to be done a certain time?
I nominate the people who built it - not the workers, the decision makers.
The portion from 36th St (Ankeny) to just north of Hwy 210 (Huxley) was added to the DOT 2019-2023 Improvement Plan. Right of Way funding in 2022 ($4 million), Grading in 2023 ($16 million), Bridge that crosses I35 (non-exit) replacement in 2023 ($4.5 million).
https://iowadot.gov/program_management/FINAL_2019-2023_5YrProg.pdf
Interactive map:
https://iowadot.gov/program_management/interactivemap
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But don't worry, we made sure to get a stretch of road in NW iowa with just a few thousand cars per day on it up to 4 lane status before we got one of the busiest stretches of highway taken care of, simply because once upon a time a governor made a political promise that it'd happen.
35 should be 3 lanes between ames and dsm, and 80 should be 3 lanes between DSM and IC, IMO.
I think that stretch of 80 will eventually get there, doesn't seem like a ton of traffic but it's the trucks that kill it.
The stretch of 80 between IC and the QC absolutely needs to be 3 each way
