Morning update: Road work in Illinois Q-C

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By Rick Rector | Monday, May 05, 2008 |

Good Monday, Quad-Cities. Back to work we go. At 6 a.m. it’s 50 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The National Weather Service is predicting a beautiful day with mostly sunny skies and a high near 76 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 51 degrees. But hang on, thunderstorms are looming on the horizon. Rain is predicted for Tuesday night through Wednesday. Stay tuned.

The Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities continues to recede. It is currently at 17.49 feet this morning and steadily falling.

In Rock Island County, 63rd Street (County Highway L) from Knoxville Road to 176th Avenue (County Highway NN) will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning today until May 16 for road work.

Also on the Illinois side of the river, road work is slated to begin today on frontage roads along the Avenue of the Cities (42nd Avenue) in East Moline. Under construction are the south side frontage road from Archer Drive to 7th Street and the north side frontage road between 7th Street and Kennedy Drive. The project should be completed by mid-June.

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Flooding rivers

The Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities sits at 17.49 feet this morning. The National Weather Service is forecasting that the river will continue to drop to flood stage by this weekend.

Here’s a look at other area river levels …

• Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa: 20 feet / flood stage is 16 feet

• Wapsipinicon River at DeWitt, Iowa: 12.5 feet / flood stage is 11 feet

• Rock River at Moline: 12.47 feet / flood stage is 12 feet

• Iowa River at Columbus Junction, Iowa: 20.26 feet / flood stage is 19 feet

• Iowa River at Wapello, Iowa: 22.52 feet / flood stage is 20 feet

• Cedar River near Conesville, Iowa: 13.94 feet / flood stage is 13 feet

Road closures

Spring weather brings with it area road closures for the Quad-Cities. Currently, there are more than three dozen projects affecting city and/or county roads in the region. Check the list before you head out this morning.

See news happening? Contact us

Stuck in traffic? See an accident or fire on your way to work? Drop us an e-mail at newsroom@qctimes.com or give us a call at (563) 383-2235 if you see breaking news such as house fires, traffic accidents and road conditions, street closures/detours and water main breaks in the Quad-City region.

Plot a pothole

Had your teeth rattled by a car-eating pothole? First, call the city where the pothole is located. Here are the phone numbers: Davenport: 326-7923; Bettendorf: 344-4088; Moline: 797-0425; Rock Island: 732-2200; East Moline: 752-1573. Second, go online and add it to our pothole map. Find out where the worst potholes are in the Quad-Cities.