Secondary Roads

Maintenance Duties

The Secondary Road Department maintains nearly 860 miles of roads.   Approximately 170 miles of the system is hard surfaced (PCC, Asphalt, Seal Coat) and the remaining miles either has a granular or earth surface.  It is also responsible for everything within the road right-of-way, including thousands of drainage structures that cross and parallel these roads including 175 bridges over twenty feet long.  The County is divided into ten maintenance districts which provide a number of services.  Some of the services that are provided include: snow removal, drainage maintenance, blading, roadside management and traffic control.

Engineering Duties

The Engineer's Office carries out the design, inspection and contract administration of the secondary road system.  It provides an annual budget and five year construction program that identifies how the county will be spending its funding on the county roads.

Quick Links

• Iowa DOT Home Page
• ICEA Home Page

Road Closures & Construction

CO RD X31 Closure and Construction Update:

The Project was let on July 15th, and the contractor intends to begin on August 25th 2025. This will be from E. Liberty Street in Anamosa to the intersection of Old Cass Road.  The project is to overlay a new concrete slab ontop of the existing surface.  The road will be closed to through traffic and the public will need to use the signed detour route.  A map of the detour can be seen here.  The contractor is hopeful to conclude the project by the end of October. Please contact the office if any questions. 

Contractor plans to begin paving on September 2nd 2025 (Updated on 8/27/2025)

Contractor will begin paving at 8:30 a.m. today 9/2/2025 at the intersection of County Road X31 and Old Cass Road.   Paving will continue south approximately 2000 feet.  (Updated on 9/2/2025)

Last Friday the contractor ended their week paving just north of 15381 County Road X31.  Today they will begin right where they left off and plan to pave south past the Violet Road intersection.

Monday, 9/22/2025 will be the final day of mainline paving.  The contractor will start at E Liberty Street and pave north to where they finished last Friday.  Tuesday, 9/23, they will finish paving driveways and the intersection with 131st Street.  Wednesday & Thursday will be the last day of concrete placement when they will finishish any remaining driveways and pave the curb and gutter section in town.  (Updated o 9/22/2025)

Headlines

Jones County will be closing a bridge on 200th Avenue south of County Road E45 on Friday, September 5, 2025.  The bridge will be replaced and the road will be closed for 2-3 weeks.

The Iowa DOT has released information about the All-Systems Overweight Permit.  Access the Annual All-Systems Overweight Permit Fact Sheet.