Iowa Toll Road?

[Mtowncyclone13]

Agreed. Why do some people in Iowa look to Illinois policies as a template for the future? Whatever they do use it as the "what not to do". History will be on your side.

thank goodness we've never had a World's Fair, then!

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I'm a bit of a road nerd. Gotta make a shout out to one of my favorites sites for Iowa road info.

http://iowahighwayends.net/

Very interesting write up on the 1968 Iowa Highway plan:

http://iowahighwayends.net/maps/1968plan.html

My grandfather owned ground on the strech of highway 20 in NW IA that is finally close to being finished. My dad still jokes about how my grandpa made my dad and his brothers help him put up a fence on their property line in the late 60's because road construction was going to be starting and he didn't want equipment on his ground. 45 years later....

 

[isufbcurt]

I'm pretty sure they're laughing about it as its happening

Hell I clog up the left lane and laugh at the people behind me. I figure if I'm already going 70+ in a 65 and someone is riding my ass then I'm going to watch you get aggravated and laugh about it.

 

[cyclones500]

US 20 east of I-35 has been four lanes for years now. Without looking it up, I think the final stretches (east of Iowa Falls, west of Cedar Falls) opened in the early 2000s.

The remaining two lane portion of 20 west of I-35 is being completed now. It's been 2-3 years since I traveled it but IIRC Early to Moville was the remaining two lane stretch and the parts of it that aren't open already are supposed to be done this year.

Thanks for the info. I knew 4-lane construction on 20 in that stretch had been finished for some time, I didn't realize it had been so long. Only in recent years have I used that route, so I wasn't certain. Early-to-Moville section I haven't driven in a long time, so I'm fairly clueless about that.

 

[dmdom]

FYI
https://www.iowadot.gov/iowainmotion/iowa-in-motion-home

https://iowadot.gov/program_management/five-year-program

 

[DeftOne]

If you are an engineer, here is my question to you. Why when doing projects do they have to move dirt what seems like 20 times before the dirt work is done. I know it has to be moved some, but it seems to be a little bit one the extreme in some cases.

You're asking the wrong engineer. I'm a bridge guy -- you want the roadway engineers. ;-)

 

[RonBurgundy]

If you are an engineer, here is my question to you. Why when doing projects do they have to move dirt what seems like 20 times before the dirt work is done. I know it has to be moved some, but it seems to be a little bit one the extreme in some cases.

Cheer up. Won't be too long before much of the site prep and excavation is done by autonomous dozers and dirt movers. Also nice that they will be able to work in the dark 24/7 and significantly speed up the overall construction schedule.

 

[CARMELO_SANDIEGO]

http://via.wqad.com/NFnjO

Basically the proposal is to turn I-80 into a toll road charging cars at $.08/mile and trucks at $.24/mile. This would finance widening I-80 across the state (probably 6 lanes) and other improvements.

I used to think this was a terrible idea, but then I realized it basically costs $5 to drive across Ohio on I-80 and, other than cops looking to pull out-of-state drivers over, particularly Michiganders, it’s an awesome drive.

Charging truckers a quarter a mile is just crimanal. Already hard to make money with the computer logs

 

[bluestarcyclone]

Charging truckers a quarter a mile is just crimanal. Already hard to make money with the computer logs

Computer logs that simply enforce the laws that were already on the books.

Yeah, sorry that the long run of falsified logs is coming to an end.

 

[CARMELO_SANDIEGO]

Computer logs that simply enforce the laws that were already on the books.

Yeah, sorry that the long run of falsified logs is coming to an end.

Oh well. Elogs aren't all bad.

 

[wxman1]

Computer logs that simply enforce the laws that were already on the books.

Yeah, sorry that the long run of falsified logs is coming to an end.

I was going to say these DOT laws are fairly similar to FAA regs all of which are written in blood.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Charging truckers a quarter a mile is just crimanal. Already hard to make money with the computer logs

(assuming paying cash)

Indiana Toll Road charges 27 cents a mile for a truck with 5 axles

https://www.indianatollroad.org/travel-information/#calculator

Ohio Turnpike charges 21 cents a mile for a truck with 5 axles

https://www.ohioturnpike.org/e-zpass/toll-rates

PA Turnpike charges 27 cents a mile for a class 2 truck with 5 axles

https://www.paturnpike.com/toll/tollmileage.aspx

New Jersey Turnpike charges 42 cents a mile for a class 5 truck

http://www.njta.com/toll-calculator

Seems to me that if you did just a little bit of research, if Iowa decided to do a turnpike that charging truckers a quarter per mile is pretty much par for the course.