Broadway Avenue Improvement Project

Updates:

STAGE 2 – From NW 2nd Street (IA 415) to NE 20th Lane

• Westbound and eastbound traffic is maintained along NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46th Avenue) from NW 2nd Street (IA 415) to NE 17th Court on new pavement.

• Westbound traffic is maintained along NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46th Avenue) from NE 17^th Court to east of NE 20^th Lane on new pavement. Eastbound traffic is closed.

• NE 1^st Street, NE 3^rd Street, NE 7^th Street, NE 17^th Court, and NE 20^th Lane are open north and south of NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46th Avenue).

• Work along the eastbound lanes from NE 14^th Street (U.S. 69) to east of NE 17^th Court is still under construction.

  Please travel with caution in this area and obey all work zone signs and work zone speed limits.

STAGE 3 – From NE 20^th Lane to NE 29^th Street.

• Public utility work to continue along NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46^th Avenue) from east of NE 20^th Lane to NE 29^th Street.

• Private utility work to continue from east of Deezee to Fourmile Creek.
• Westbound traffic is maintained along NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46th Avenue) on the westbound lane, eastbound traffic is closed from NE 20^th Lane to NE 29^th Street.

• NE 26^th Street closed at the intersection of NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46^th Avenue) and NE 26^th Street. Local traffic detour to NE 42^nd Avenue.

• NE 27^th Court and NE 28^th Court open north of NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46^th Avenue), with only westbound turns allowed.

• NE 29^th Street is open north and south of NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46^th Avenue), with westbound and eastbound turns allowed.

Proceed with caution in the working area.

Please refer to the Detour Map.

***STARTING MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025***

Northbound and southbound NE 22^nd Street traffic will be switched to new pavement. Traffic will be two-lanes, head-to-head.

Westbound traffic along NE Broadway Avenue (NE 46^th Avenue) turns to southbound NE 22^ND Street will be switched to new pavement.

Please travel with caution in this area and obey all work zone signs and work zone speed limits. Schedule is subject to change.

***STARTING MONDAY, JUNE 16 – JUNE 23^, 2025***

Private utility relocations to resume between NE 17^th Cate and NE 20^th Lane. Relocations work to continue into late July, early August.

Schedule is subject to change.

Please travel with caution in this area and obey all work zone signs and work zone speed limits.

Overview:

Improvements along Broadway Avenue between NW 2nd Avenue/IA 415 and Hubbell Avenue/US 6, approximately 5.4 miles.

• Reconstruction to an urban section with a center two-way left turn lane with curb and gutter and storm sewer.
• Roadway underpass below dual UPRR tracks and improvements to two other at-grade UPRR crossings.
• Lowering of Broadway Avenue under I-235 to remove the “Low Clearance” designation and provide more efficient truck routes.
• Trail construction on the north side of Broadway Avenue from 2^nd Avenue / IA 415 to Four Mile Creek Bridge.
• Sidewalk construction from Four Mile Creek Bridge to just west of Hubbell Avenue / US 6.
• Roundabout construction at NE 38^th Street and NE 46th Street
• Traffic signalization upgrades along the corridor.
• Major construction begins in the spring of 2023 and completion is scheduled for 2026.

Broadway Avenue Project Plans:

• Overall
• Construction Staging - Updated 12/11/2024
• NE 38th Roundabout
• NE 46th Roundabout

Contact:

If you have additional questions, please email: Broadway.Project@polkcountyiowa.gov