The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced an upcoming construction project on the Highway 14 mile-long bridge over Lake Red Rock. Stu Anderson with the DOT says this project is about four years away, and will rehabilitate the bridge’s deck.

“The most significant project in Marion County is putting on a bridge deck overlay on Iowa 14 on the bridge over Lake Red Rock. That was added in last year’s program for 2025, and continues in the current program for 2025. That’s a $9 million project.”

A bridge deck overlay is typically used on existing bridges when their decks require rehabilitation, or when there is a lack of coverage of the deck’s steel reinforcement. Anderson also says details on this project, including traffic routing and an official start date, are still to be determined.