Articles Tagged: Interstate 380

A look at Eastern Iowa’s trucking industry.

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The Iowa Department of Transportation plans to reopen the Penn Street northbound I-380 ramp (Exit 4) in North Liberty on Friday. It has been closed since June.

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A woman was arrested in Linn County Friday in relation to a Cedar Rapids crash in May that caused a serious injury.

Drivers can expect some delays and disruption at the Interstate 380 exit and entrance ramps at Boyson Road in Hiawatha, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Manchester construction office.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, I-380 ramps in Cedar Rapids will be closed overnight this week for work.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing a fatal crash with a motorcyclist on I-380 in 2022. Carlos Adail Garcia was intoxicated and had drugs in system at the time of the crash, according to testimony.

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Carlos Garcia, charged in an Interstate 380 crash that killed Jeffery Lankford in 2022, is set for trial next month after the date has been continued multiple times. Garcia also picked up another charge for drugs while on pretrial release and remains in jail.

A fire in a semi trailer closed an I-380 exit ramp in Cedar Rapids Friday morning.

The interchange will be the fourth of its kind in Iowa

NORTH LIBERTY — Construction has started to widen Interstate 380 to six lanes between Penn Street and Swan Lake Road in the North Liberty area.

Iowa DOT maintenance will close some Interstate 380 on-ramps and off-ramps overnight in Cedar Rapids this week.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested in Johnson County Wednesday on charges that he flashed a handgun at another driver during a road rage incident.