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Iowa City advances Burlington Street bridge planning; dam safety and fish passage also eyed
Summary
City staff and HDR presented a year-long planning study proposing a traditional beam bridge to replace the 100-year-old eastbound Burlington Street bridge, a safety-focused modification to the Burlington Street dam with fish/boater passage, potential Army Corps funding, and a construction target around 2029.
Iowa City planners on Nov. 3 presented a preferred concept to replace the city-owned eastbound Burlington Street bridge and to modify the adjacent Burlington Street dam to improve safety and fish passage. HDR engineering lead Mike Curic told the council the eastbound structure is "a 100 years old, and it's nearing its useful life cycle, so it needs to be replaced."
The presentation outlined a year-long planning study with input from a technical advisory committee (city, Iowa DOT, MPO and University of Iowa), a stakeholder working group, one-on-one meetings and public outreach, including an online survey that produced about 550 responses. Curic said the team advanced a traditional beam-bridge alternative because it is more cost‑effective, allows staged construction for pedestrians, vehicles and utilities, maintains the viewscape, and improves multimodal separation and comfort.
The study also evaluated the…
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