I-29/80 West - Council Bluffs

West

A single lane left exit ramp connects northbound I-29 with the Express roadway along I-80 west above S Expressway (old Iowa 192). 05/08/22

There are no exits along the I-80 Express lanes westbound ahead of the separation with I-29/U.S. 6 north. Mainline I-80 exits for S 13th Street and I-480/U.S. 75 (Kennedy Freeway) follow in Omaha, Nebraska. 05/08/22

I-80/U.S. 6 west and I-29 north cross Indian Creek over a mile ahead of their separation at Exit 1. 05/08/22

Interstate 80 continues four miles west from the S 24th Street overpass to I-480/U.S. 75 (Kennedy Freeway) north to Downtown Omaha. 05/08/22

Eppley Airfield (OMA) lies between Carter Lake, Iowa and the Missouri River in East Omaha, Nebraska. 02/22/20

Paralleling the Missouri River, Interstate 29 north encircles Council Bluffs en route to Missouri Valley and Sioux City. U.S. 6 overlaps with I-29 to I-480 west into Omaha, Nebraska. 05/08/22

A single lane ramp departs the I-80 Express lanes for Interstate 29 north while three continue through the West Systems Interchange to the Missouri River Bridge. 05/08/22

The West System Interchange fully opened to traffic in 2019. 05/08/22

North West

Northbound I-29 follows the I-80 Local roadway west across Council Bluffs. Prior to the Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program, I-29/80 combined west from ahead of Exit 3 to S Expressway Street to just ahead of the Missouri River Bridge. 05/08/22

S Expressway Street runs north to the couplet of S 6th/7th Streets in Downtown Council Bluffs and south to U.S. 275/MSR 92. 05/08/22

S Expressway was formerly part of Iowa 192 between I-29/80 and old U.S. 6 (Kanesville Bouleard) in Council Bluffs. The state highway was decommissioned in 2018. 05/08/22

Sounds walls separate the Local roadway along I-29/80 west from the residential street grid along parallel 29th Avenue. 05/08/22

A diamond interchange (Exit 50) joins Interstate 29 with S 24th Street near the Mid-America Center retail complex. 05/08/22

S 24th Street links I-29 with U.S. 275/Iowa 92 to the south and 23rd Avenue west to Mid-America Center. 05/08/22

Exit 51 connects the west end of the Local roadway with the continuation of Interstate 80 across the Missouri River Bridge into Omaha, Nebraska. 05/08/22

Accented by Odyssey, a composition of four sculptures, the 24th Street overpass provides a gateway into Iowa and the city of Council Bluffs. Created by artist Albert Paley, the four pieces range from 46 to 61 feet in height.1 05/08/22

Eppley Airfield (OMA) lies along the west banks of Missouri River, north of I-480 along Abbott Drive. 02/20/20

Advancing beyond the S 24th Street overpass, I-29 enters the directional T interchange (Exit 51) with Interstate 80 west into Omaha, Nebraska. 05/08/22

The lone set of reassurance markers for the I-29/80 overlap along the Local roadway. 05/08/22

I-29 north and I-80 west formerly split at a three-wye interchange. Multi phase construction for the West Systems Interchange ran from July 2009 to October 2019. 05/08/22

A two lane flyover rejoins the I-80 westbound mainline from I-29/U.S. 6 and the Local roadway. 02/20/20

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Photo Credits:

02/20/20, 02/22/20, 05/08/22 by AARoads

Page Updated 02-22-2024.