NEWS RELEASES

Des Moines northeast mixmaster traffic
shift expected this weekend

DES MOINES , Iowa – June 6, 2007 – Weather permitting, this weekend the mixmaster interchange connecting Interstates 35, 80 and 235 northeast of Des Moines will undergo significant change due to the following traffic shifts.

• Temporary connecting ramps will provide access from both eastbound and westbound I-80 to northbound I-35 and southbound I-235. This will provide eastbound I-80 access to southbound I-235, which has been unavailable since fall 2006.
  
  
• A new southbound roadway will now join I-35 with I-235.
  
  
• A temporary connection will shift northbound I-235 traffic over the new southbound bridges. The traffic flow over these bridges will eventually be reversed when the new northbound bridges are completed later this summer.

A map depicting these changes is available on the Web at: http://www.i235.com/ne_mixmaster.htm.

All work in this area is scheduled for completion at the end of the 2007 construction season.

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Contact: Douglas McDonald, 641-752-4657 or Douglas.Mcdonald@dot.iowa.gov.