The Iowa DOT and Iowa 511 can help you check road conditions and plan for save travel during snowstorms. Here's how to use the resources. News Sports Opinion Business Advertise Obituaries ...

Check road conditions using Iowa DOT road cameras. You can also check cameras along your planned route to see traffic and weather conditions using Iowa 511's map.. Weather alert cameras will be ...

According to the Iowa DOT, road condition information is updated every two hours or as conditions change. Iowa 511 services are also available when winter weather isn't on the forecast .

The agency has also made changes to the colors and definitions of road conditions on the website 511ia.org. Orange icons on the map show the location of DOT snowplows.

New cameras can also be found on Highway 30, on Interstate 80 8 near Newton and a number of other locations. DOT officials said additional cameras on Highway 30 from Boone to Ames are expected to ...

That is now included in the comments when a road is designated as 'travel not advised,'" said Sinclair Stolle, Iowa DOT 511 administrator.To help better show changing conditions a light blue color ...

The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is providing the following update on road conditions in western Iowa. At the present time, river levels are either holding steady or slowing dropping ...

When snow and ice fall onto Iowa’s roadways, the Iowa DOT is hard at work. But it’s not just plowing and clearing roads, but also reporting road conditions. That most often comes directly from ...

Mark Hansen, a DOT transportation planner, says the 2025-26 edition of the Iowa Transportation Map is now out, and it remains one of the agency’s most popular publications.

The Iowa DOT and Iowa 511 can help you check road conditions and plan for save travel during snowstorms. Here's how to use the resources.

You can also see real-time locations of snow plows through the Iowa DOT's map. According to the DOT, it's updated every two minutes for snow plows going more than 3 miles per hour.