The draft Fiscal Year 2026-2030 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program includes approximately $4.3 billion in state and federal funding that will be available over the next five years for highway and bridge projects. Investments include approximately $3.8 billion to improve the safety and condition of existing state highways and bridges and nearly $1.6 billion for additional bridge improvements.
Projects also will modernize interchanges, replace major river crossings and add capacity.
The draft outlines investments in the state’s multimodal transportation system and includes highway and bridge projects on the state highway system made up of all Interstate, U.S., and Iowa signed routes.
Specific projects include:
Transportation system resiliency improvement projects on Iowa 21 near Belle Plaine, I-29 in Pottawattamie County, and U.S. 6 in Jasper County.
Forty-five truck parking spots will be added at interstate rest areas.
I-35 improvement from north of 36th Street in Ankeny to north of 315th Street in Polk and Story Counties.
The Iowa Department of Transportation presented the draft to the Iowa Transportation Commission on Tuesday. The program is presented annually to the commission that will vote to approve it.
Over the last 19 years, the number of bridges in poor condition on the state highway system decreased from 256 to 26.