LOCATION OF EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED
I-680 Grand Reopening Ceremony
Rebuilding of I-680
I-680 will open at approximately 2 p.m. on Wednesday led by vehicles representing the contractors responsible for the fast-track rebuilding of the highway.
Event details
When: Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.
Where: Crescent Fire Station, 102 W. Florence St.
Parking: Parking will be available at the Pink Poodle Steakhouse, 633 Old Lincoln Highway; limited parking will also be available along Florence Street.
Directions: From Council Bluffs; head north on I-29; take exit 61A toward Crescent; turn right onto Pottawattamie County Road 988 (Old Mormon Bridge Road); turn left onto Old Lincoln Highway; the Pink Poodle Steakhouse will be on the right.
Program:
- Formal remarks
- Governor of Iowa Terry E. Branstad
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa Kim Reynolds
- FHWA Administrator Victor M. Mendez
- Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino III
- Nebraska Department of Roads District Two Engineer Tim Weander
- Mayor of Council Bluffs Tom Hanafan
- Mayor of Omaha Jim Suttle
- Ceremonial "relinking" of the states
- Refreshments
Participants and guests will receive a specially packaged piece of recycled I-680 pavement as a memento of the destructive force of the Missouri River flooding and Iowa DOT's fast-track rebuilding and recovery effort.
