Will Sharp

2 weeks ago | railwayage.com | Will Sharp |Craig Hunter

How a once-in-a-generation Interstate reconstruction provided an opportunity to improve the railway network. The $1.4 billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvements Program—the largest highway project in the state of Iowa when it began—celebrated its ribbon cutting last year, capping a process that began about 20 years earlier. Many strategies contributed to its success, including a complex railroad coordination and relocation project.