Early end to rail project means early start to Highway 75 construction

MERRILL, Iowa (KTIV) - Work has wrapped up sooner than expected on a crucial railroad crossing in northwest Iowa, allowing crews to start work on the latest phase of Highway 75 reconstruction.

The BNSF rail crossing, at Highway 75 in Merrill, closed on April 7th for what was expected to be a two-week project.

The Iowa DOT says that project finished three days early, so that crossing is back open as of Tuesday, April 15th.

The early end to that project also means that crews are now working on reconstruction of the southbound lanes of Highway 75 between Hinton and Merrill.

That means traffic between those two communities will be in a head-to-head pattern in the northbound lanes.

That will remain in place until at least the end of the construction season in November.

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