CITY OF DES MOINES
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Office of Traffic and Transportation
Updated: March 08, 2004

The following is a list of planned projects for the year 2004 construction season, which involve closing or restricting traffic along major streets. Advance notification of each project will also be done individually, closer to the beginning of project construction:

1. M.L. King Jr. Parkway Project

• Fleur Drive near Waterworks Park
  Work has begun on the portion of ML King along Fleur Drive near Waterworks Park, including two new bridges over the Raccoon River, to connect the north-south and east-west segments of ML King. Fleur Drive will be reduced to one lane in each direction during this construction, which is scheduled for completion by mid-summer of 2005.
  
• ML King – 7th to 16th Streets
  The paving portion of this project is completed. Landscape work should be complete by mid-summer.
  
• ML King – Ingersoll to Center
  The paving portion of this project is completed. Sidewalk construction, landscape work, alley construction and brick crosswalk construction should be complete by late summer. Lane closures will be necessary at times on ML King and Ingersoll.
  
• Ingersoll Avenue to Raccoon River
  Work will continue on the retaining wall, bridge railing, street lighting installation and landscaping through the summer.

2. SW 9th Street and Porter Intersection

• Work on this intersection safety improvement, which consists of widening of SW 9th to provide left-turn lanes and new traffic signals, will resume this spring. Traffic on SW 9th will be reduced to one lane in each direction during the work, which will restart in April and be completed by late summer.

3. SW 9th Street at Yeader Creek Bridge

• Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction during much of this bridge replacement work, which will begin in late March and be completed by December.

4. 6th and Euclid Avenue Intersection

• This Highland Park Streetscape project is scheduled to begin this spring and be completed by this fall, and will include new streetlights and reconstructed traffic signals. It is expected that traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction during most of the construction period.

5. 3rd Street Realignment – Iowa Events Center

• 3rd Street is closed to allow construction of both the new arena and exhibition hall. The street is expected to be paved and re-open in June.

6. E 9th Street – Arthur to Hull - Upper Union Park Storm Sewer – Phase 2

• E 9th Street will be closed starting in May, during the Upper Union Park Storm Sewer project. Other local streets in the area may also be closed during construction, which will not be complete until 2005.

7. Park Street – 2nd Ave to 7th St

• Construction of the Birds Run Outlet Sewer project will continue this year. Installation of this large sewer has required closing of Park Street in stages between 7th Street and 2nd Avenue. Traffic has been detoured via Watson Powell Jr. Way.

8. E University Avenue at 21st St – Dean Lake Storm Sewer

• Construction of this storm sewer will begin this spring and be complete by the end of the year. Lane closures on E University Avenue will be required during the project.

9. 10th Street Reconstruction – Pleasant to Chestnut

• 10th Street will be closed for the duration of the project. It is currently a one-way street, northbound, and will be modified to accommodate two-way traffic. The construction is planned for the summer and should take 2 to 3 months to complete.

10. 12th Street Reconstruction – Keo to Center

• This work includes adding a right-turn lane, along Keo Way west of 12th Street. 12th Street will be widened to accommodate two lanes of traffic each way. Construction will be staged to maintain two-way traffic on 12th Street. The work should take about a month.

11. SE 14th Street & Indianola Ave Turn-Lane & Signal modifications

• This work includes adding a right-turn lane on southeast bound Indianola at SE 14th, which will reduce traffic to one lane for that direction for about a month. Construction of a median on SE 14th, between Park and Indianola, is also included in this project, which will take about a week and shouldn’t impact traffic during peak hours. The construction is planned for the summer and should take a total of 2 months to complete.

12. US Hwy 69 & County Line Road Left-Turn Lanes & Traffic Signals

• This project will provide traffic signals and left-turn lanes for US Hwy 69 at County Line Road. The outside lane will be closed during off-peak hours for both northbound and southbound traffic. Construction will begin in early April, with completion by mid-June.

13. University Ave Bridge over the Des Moines River

• The bridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction during most of the construction, which will include removing the existing asphalt overlay to repair the deck and replacement of the expansion joints and approach slabs. Work is scheduled to begin in late spring with completion in November.

14. E 30th Street Resurfacing – University to Dean

• This work will impact traffic for a couple of months this fall.

Iowa DOT projects affecting City Streets

1. 63rd Street at I-235

• This interchange will be reconstructed from July through the summer of 2005. One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained on 63rd Street.

2. 42nd Street at I-235

• This interchange will be reconstructed from March through July. 42nd Street will be closed in the vicinity of I-235.

3. 35th Street at I-235

• The 35th Street roadway will be reconstructed. This work will begin after completion of the 42nd Street interchange and be completed by December. 35th Street will be closed in the vicinity of I-235.

4. 5th Avenue / 6th Avenue / 7th Street at I-235

• This reconstruction will begin in July and continue into late summer of 2005. While the Fifth and Sixth Avenue bridges are being rebuilt, Seventh Street will be converted to two-way traffic across I-235. Then while the Seventh Street bridge is being rebuilt, Sixth Street will be converted to two-way traffic.

5. E 14th Street / E 15th Street at I-235

• Construction is scheduled to run from March through November. This work includes construction of a new bridge for E 14th Street over I-235. To maintain north/south traffic, E 15th Street will be converted to two-way traffic between University Avenue and Lyon Street.