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Iowa Interchange Redesign Handles Freight By Lori Tobias
has directional ramps that are not steep. So they are smoother for trucks to use. It also allows them to maintain A multifaceted, $350 milhighway speeds so that lion highway project will when they merge with traffic give Iowa its first turbine traveling at 65 mph, they are interchange while, according closer to traffic speed than to planners, improving they are using the loop capacity and safety and ramps.” reducing congestion and The directional ramps of delays on a major crossroads the turbine interchange, so for both Iowa and the rest of named because it looks like the nation. a turbine engine, also give “The Interstate 80/380 traffic more time to merge. Interchange is one of the Work on the project began busiest interchanges in the in 2017, with activity region,” said Cathy Cutler, expected to ramp up this transportation planner for the year and a number of conIowa Department of tracts put out to bid in July. Transportation. “It is a vital In conjunction with the Ilink to the overall system of IDOT photo connectivity, mobility, As part of the criteria for a federal transportation grant, IDOT must speed up 80/380 Interchange project, IDOT also built a new freight travel and economic the project to minimize traffic impact. Forevergreen Road well-being.” “A cloverleaf works fine when Interchange two miles north and is But the current cloverleaf inter- day, including 15,000 freight change, built west of Iowa City and trucks, and traffic is only expected you have lower volumes. But improving a two-lane gravel road trucks have to slow down when connecting North Liberty, Coralville in the 1960s, is outdated to grow, Cutler said. “Once reconstructed, the existthey use the loop ramps. Some Coralville and Tiffin. and doesn’t have the capacity to The project has been planned for safely and reliably handle the pro- ing ramps, on which numerous loop ramps are steep and the loads jected regional freight and traffic rollovers and crashes occurred over can shift causing the truck to some time, but moved up to progrowth, according to IDOT. When the years, will be replaced by a rollover. That blocks the lane and vide a detour during the I-80/380 the original interchange was built, modern interchange that improves takes the day to clear. That was the project. “We’ll send traffic 2 miles north, the area was rural, but it now han- safety and mobility and travel reli- justification for getting rid of the cloverleaf. The turbine interchange dles more than 90,000 vehicles per ability,” she said. see INTERCHANGE page 66 CEG CORRESPONDENT
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Table of Contents ............4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................31-35 Recycling Section ....45-61 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................73-81 Business Calendar ........84 Auction Section ......86-95 Advertisers Index ..........94
Officials Break Ground on $1.5B KCI Terminal The Kansas City Aviation Department joined the city of Kansas City, Mo., major airlines, developer Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, Clark-Weitz-Clarkson, organized labor and business representatives March 25 to celebrate the long-awaited launch of Clarkson Construction photo the construction phase of a $1.5 billion Civic, aviation, business and labor leaders officially modern single terminal at Kansas City break ground on the new $1.5 billion terminal at International Airport. Kansas City International Airport. Hundreds of Kansas Citians attended
the event, which included the ceremonial first turning of the dirt and the start of demolition activities at Terminal A. “On behalf of the entire airline community, we are excited to be part of this journey and celebrate such an incredible milestone for the city,” said Kyle O’Neal, senior regional leader, airport affairs, Southwest Airlines. “The new terminal will support more efficient airsee KCI page 70