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U.S. 34 making theProgress being made on 4-lane bypasses near Danville, Mount Pleasant. Middletown.By KILEY MILLERfimiJld€lixfciwfcor tomDANVILLE — Excavators arc miking hay while the nun shines on the IIS. 34 bypass around town.Iowa Department of Transportation engineer JefY Johnson -aid grading could be complete on the first and largest chunk of the 4-lane bypass by the end of the month, while work on the remaining two sections will be under way shortly.Klkader contractor C.J Moyna Sons will be paid around $7.5 million for all the i grading around Danville and MiddletownIt’s going real well, Johnson said Good weather has got a lot to do with it. And he (C.J. Moyna has lots of equipment.The first phase of the project.stretching from west of Danville 3.9 miles to Danville Koad, is ubout 75 percent finishedC.J. Moyna Sons foreman Dave Kahrs. said the company will bring in equipment soon to begin work on the second section of the roadw ay, a 2 .6-mile jump from Danville Road to existing U.S. 34 in Middletown.-Should be ubout next week. Kahrs snid. lake Johnson, he credited a dry autumn for keeping the job on scheduleThe third section of the bypass is a short — .3 mile — run to Boundary Avenue, the main road north in Middletown Johnson said it is too early to estimate when all the grading will be finished. Bark in early July. Iowa IXT District Engineer Larry Jackson said the four-lane should be open to trafiic sometime in 2005.The bypass include* six overpass bndges. with C.J. Moyna Sons raising the berms and Iowa Bridge Culvert of Washington erecting the bridges.An asphalt crew is already“When they're working, it's like ants crawling on that hill. They really move a lot of dirt in a short time.”Le Roy Lipperi, Danville mayorbusy in Middletown widening the existing highway to handle the increased number of curs and trucks that will enter and exit the four-lane. Traffic west of town has been cut temporarily to one lane us workers mill the north shoulder of the highway and add a new paved lane.They!I probably do the south shoulder next spring, the Iowa DOTs Johnson said.On the area’s other major project. Johnson said contractors plan to pave the US. 34 four-lane north of Mount Pleasant sometime next year.That’s proceeding real well. he said.gradeDanville residents have endured several years of delays waiting for a bypass around their town It looked like the project might be stalled again earlier this spnng. as the low a DOT nnd local government official* bickered over jurisdiction of the existing road.Danville Mayor lu Roy lap-pert has learned to be pessimistic when it comes to the highway.It’s not done yet. he said. Who knows when they get the grading done if they’ll have the money to get the paving done * Nevertheless. Lippert was excited as he described the sheer sire and amount of machinery working around his hometown One of his fields became a borrow pit for J.C Moyna Sc Son*, and he likes to watch the heavy equipment coming and going When they're working, it’* like ants crawling on that hill. Lippert said They really move a lot of dirt in a *hort time.
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Oct 14, 2003
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