Project Information
Reconstruction of the West System Interchange will provide for efficient and safe vehicle movement on both I-29 and I-80 systems. An increase in the number of travel lanes and separation for both I-80 and I-29 will allow motorists to reduce the number of lane changes needed between I-80 and I-29. The project includes full reconstruction of the system to system interchange, providing full access from I-80 and I-29 to the I-80 express lanes and the I-80/I-29 local lanes in the dual, divided freeway.
The new I-29 southbound and northbound ramps were opened in the fall of 2014, an important milestone for the Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program. The next phase of work for the West System Interchange will begin this summer 2015.
- The construction started in 2012 and will be complete in 2019
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