DES MOINES, Iowa —

Iowa's busiest stretch of Interstate 35/80 is experiencing new ramp openings and closures as part of ongoing construction efforts by the Iowa Department of Transportation.

Patient drivers from Clive, Urbandale and Waukee are finally able to access southbound Interstate 35/80 at Hickman Road, which reopened Monday morning after being closed since May.

DOT resident construction engineer Frank Leong said, "This area, everybody knows, is a very congested part of Iowa, probably one of the more traveled parts of the freeway here in the state."

The DOT also opened the new southbound exit ramp to University Avenue on Monday, which had been closed since May. However, the southbound off-ramp to Hickman will close Tuesday until mid-December, along with the southbound Douglas en

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