As predicted, flood waters from the Missouri River have forced officials to close a portion of Interstate 29 in western Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Transportation shut down a 10-mile stretch from north of the Crescent exit to the Missouri Valley area.
The shutdown includes Exit 66 in the Honey Creek area.
A detour is in operation with traffic heading north detoured using eastbound I-80 to the northern segment of westbound I-680 and back to I-29 at Loveland.
Southbound traffic will head eastbound on the northern section of I-680 and take I-80 westbound to reconnect with I-29 in Council Bluffs.
Several I-29 interchange ramps are closed in southwest Iowa as well.
The river continues to rise and flood mostly rural land in Nebraska and Iowa and is expected to crest Saturday near Omaha.
Floodwater broke through two levees Wednesday in a rural Iowa area northeast of Omaha.
Updated 10:16am 9/20/19
