Bridge projects on Highway 65 at Hampton, Rockwell complete

Weather delayed the end to a months-long detour along Highway 65 but the roadway is now open.

Pete Hjelmstad, field services manager for the Iowa Department of Transportation, said that crews earlier this week completed construction on three bridges on Highway 65 through Rockwell. The project, part of the DOT’s multi-year mission to replace bridges across the state, began in March. Since March, a detour directing traffic around Rockwell had been in place but now, the barricades have been lifted.