Traffic Touchpoint: July 21 Edition

Traffic Alerts in Iowa and Illinois

Here is a comprehensive list of traffic alerts in the Iowa and Illinois area, updated weekly. These alerts are organized by newest first and ongoing.

Iowa Traffic Alerts

New This Week

• 53rd Street and Elmore Circle: A short-term disruption is occurring in Davenport. Drivers going north or south on Elmore Circle cannot cross 53rd Street while crews are patching the intersection. Only right turns will be allowed onto 53rd Street, and there is no left turn access from Elmore Circle onto 53rd Street. The disruption is expected to be temporary.

Ongoing

• East 11th Street (Muscatine): Closed between Mulberry Avenue and Orange Street from July 14 to 21 for water main repairs. Detours are in place for both eastbound and westbound traffic.
• Fort Madison Bridge: Temporarily closed for important repairs from July 7 to August 22 and again from September 15 to November 7.
• Mulberry Avenue (Muscatine): Sidewalk reconstruction project running from June 30 to August 29. No parking on the northeast side of the street between 6th and 10th Streets.
• E 53rd Street and Elmore Avenue (Davenport): Lane reductions expected at and near the intersection of E 53rd Street and Elmore Avenue from June 30 to mid-August. Work will be done at night and during the day.
• Highway 61 over Highway 34 (Burlington): One lane in each direction with ramp closures. Traffic exiting Highway 34 will be temporarily detoured through Burlington using Curran Street and Agency Street.
• Iowa 92 (Columbus Junction): Closed from Louisa County road X-17 to 2nd Street in Columbus Junction from June 2 to mid-October. Marked detour routes are in place.
• 3rd Street Resurfacing Project (Davenport): Progress is being made on the southern lanes between Telegraph and Howell. Work will shift to the northern lanes once the milling, subbase, leveling base, and final asphalt layer is applied.
• Iowa 136, North Bridge (Clinton County): Closed from May 12 to September 30 for bridge deck overlay. Traffic will be detoured to the Highway 30 bridge.
• Happy Joe Drive (Bettendorf): Reduced to one-way traffic northbound between Middle Road and Tech Drive for three months. A detour is in place for southbound traffic.
• 120th Street (Muscatine): Closed to traffic for a bridge replacement and grading project over Mud Creek from April 30 for about 3-4 months.
• Bridge over railroad tracks on East Locust (Davenport): Rehabilitation work will limit traffic to one lane in each direction through the work zone.
• Harrison Street Bridge (Davenport): Rehabilitation work will reduce travel to two lanes between W 35th and W 32nd Streets. The Duck Creek Recreational Trail will be closed under the bridge.
• Iowa 136 between U.S. 61 and Clinton County Road Y-32 (Clinton County): Closed from March 31 to November 14 for bridge replacements. A marked detour using U.S. 61, Iowa 64, and Iowa 136 is in place.
• U.S. 30 between Wheatland and Calamus (Clinton County): Bridge replacements over the Wapsipinicon River. One lane will be closed.

Looking Ahead

Illinois Traffic Alerts

New This Week

• North State Street from East Orange Street to East Park Street (Geneseo): The city will be doing watermain and road repairs. The road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Ongoing

• Airport Road (Rock Island County): Patching and resurfacing work is underway. Daily lane closures controlled by flaggers are in place.
• 15th Avenue (East Moline): Closed to traffic between 6th and 7th Streets as part of East Moline’s Downtown Revitalization Project. Free public parking is available at 649 15th Avenue.
• 4th Street from 10th - 12th Avenue (Fulton): Closed to traffic from July 7 for curb, gutter, sidewalk, light pole, and water service line replacements.
• U.S. 67, Illinois 135 (Viola, Warren & Mercer Co.): Construction involves repairs, a deck overlay, pavement patching, resurfacing, and guardrail improvements.
• U.S. 34 (Warren County): Pavement patching and resurfacing as well as guardrail improvements. Lane closures and flaggers are required.
• Moline 7th Avenue from 15th Street to 19th Street (Moline): Improvements include full concrete pavement replacement, lane width reductions, widened sidewalks, improved lighting, streetscaping elements, landscaping, utility upgrades, and other miscellaneous work.
• U.S. Rt 6 over Mosquito Creek (Henry County): Bridge repairs and installing a concrete overlay on the bridge deck. One lane of traffic will be maintained using temporary traffic signals.
• I-80 (Bureau-Henry County line): Resurfacing and patching of the westbound lanes will cause traffic to be redirected to the eastbound lanes with one lane in each direction.
• I-80 (Bureau, LaSalle Counties): Road resurfacing overnight between 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Friday. One lane open in both directions.
• I-74 Bridge replacement over Spoon River (Knox County): The project will remove and replace the eastbound span. Two-way traffic will use the westbound bridge using crossovers.
• U.S. 67 over North Henderson Creek (Mercer County): Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and will be directed by temporary traffic signals.
• I-80 from the Rock River to south of U.S. 6 (Henry County): Work includes removing and replacing the bridge decks on multiple structures. Other bridges will be repaired within the work zone.
• I-180 between mile marker 7 and 8 (Bureau County): Roadway improvement with lane restrictions/closures expected.