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More Iowa City Road Construction This Week: River, S. Summit, and N. Johnson Streets

A quick rundown of the new construction projects happening this week in Iowa City.


It's stopped raining for a bit, and that means it's time for more road construction, huzzah?!

Here's a summary of some projects happening this week.

N. Johnson Street will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic from Market Street to Bloomington Street

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Weather permitting, beginning on Thursday, May 23, 2013, N. Johnson Street will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic from Market Street to Bloomington Street. This lane reduction is necessary to facilitate street repair work in the area. It is anticipated that N. Johnson St will reopen to normal traffic by early evening on Friday, May 24th.

S. Summit Street will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic from Bowery Street to Sheridan Avenue

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Weather permitting, beginning on Thursday, May 23, 2013, S. Summit Street will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic from Bowery Street to Sheridan Avenue. This lane reduction is necessary to facilitate street repair work in the area. It is anticipated that S. Summit will reopen to normal traffic by early evening on Friday, May 24th.

River Street will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic from Mullin Avenue to Blackhawk Street

Beginning today, Monday, May 20, 2013, River Street will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic from Mullin Avenue to Blackhawk Street. This lane reduction is necessary to facilitate a storm sewer repair in the area. It is anticipated normal traffic will resume by the end of the day on Thursday, May 23rd.

I'll keep you up to date on more road work in Iowa City as it is announced. Here's a list of the projects currently active from the City of Iowa City.

LocationEffectiveCompletion * Lower Muscatine Road - Franklin to Sycamore

Apr 01, 2013

Aug 15, 2013

Dewey Street - N. Summit to Brown

Apr 09, 2013

May 31, 2013

Rochester Avenue - Parsons to Seventh

Apr 01, 2013

Aug 26, 2013

N. Governor Street - at Brown

Apr 18, 2013

May 31, 2013

S. Gilbert St. - Court to Prentiss

May 06, 2013

May 28, 2013

May 23, 2013


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