(Johnson County news release)
Weather permitting, beginning Monday, April 19, 2021, Black Hawk Avenue NW will be closed at the bridge over a Branch of Clear Creek. This location is just west of the City of Oxford in northwestern Johnson County.
A new bridge and roadway work will be constructed by Taylor Construction Inc., of New Vienna, Iowa. Anticipated project completion and reopening of the road is August 2021.
Visit the Road Construction Updates link on the Secondary Roads webpage for updates on this and future projects. Follow Secondary Roads on Twitter @JCSecondaryRoad.
Two people, including a minor, were injured in a two-vehicle crash in southwest Johnson County.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, the incident happened just after 9:15 Monday morning on Black Hawk Avenue near its intersection with 540th Street, west of Frytown. The State Patrol says a Peterbilt truck was trying to tow a construction vehicle out of the east ditch. When it was unsuccessful, the truck moved to the west shoulder with the tow cable extending over both lanes of traffic, still attached to the construction vehicle across the road. A northbound 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 then struck the cable, ricocheting it into the construction vehicle in the ditch.