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May 29, 2019Hamburg, IA |  By: AP

Southwestern Iowa drivers needing to take multiple detours due to flooding

Motorists in southwestern Iowa are back to traveling a
maze of detours as a new round of flooding closes portions of Interstate 29 and
other highways and roads.

Those thoroughfares had only reopened in recent weeks following devastating
flooding along the Missouri River in March. On Wednesday, the Iowa Department of
Transportation said that I-29 is closed from St. Joseph, Missouri, to the Iowa
state line at Hamburg. From Hamburg north to Pacific Junction, the interstate
sees intermittent lane closures due to new flooding, significantly slowing the
flow of traffic.

Highway 2 - which connects the interstate to Nebraska City, Nebraska, over the
Missouri River - is again closed for flooding. New flooding has also closed
Highway 34 between the Nebraska state line and I-29 near Pacific Junction.

Detour routes can be found online at https://www.511ia.org/ .