Breaking down Iowa’s five-year highway plan

By: Jeff Morrison

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: June 20, 2026

Words: 1,554

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The second-most-expensive project in the Iowa Department of Transportation’s 2027-31 highway construction program needs more money.

The Gordon Drive Viaduct in Sioux City is scheduled to be replaced in 2027-30 at a cost of $206 million. It’s marked as “underfunded” with the note that it’s eligible for funding from other sources.

The other underfunded project is converting the at-grade intersection of Iowa Highway 27/58 at Greenhill Road in Cedar Falls into a full …

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