I could use some help please. On Friday morning I am driving from Indianapolis to Plattsmouth. The businesses of some dear family friends have been ravaged by the flood, and I'm going to help start the cleanup. If any of you are familiar with the town, you'll know which families I'm referring to -- one that started a trucking company from nothing and is now the biggest employer in the county (aside from government); the other the owner of the local towing company. Both families are generous, wonderful people.
There are a couple of possible routes I can take. One is picking up Highway 34 in western Illinois and taking it into Glenwood and across the Plattsmouth toll bridge. I assume that Highway 34 on the Iowa side approaching the toll bridge is closed, as that is low ground. Can anyone confirm?
Another potential route is US 36 across northern Missouri into St. Joe, then up I-29 to Nebraska City, crossing into Nebraska on Highway 2. Is the Highway 2 bridge open? It sometimes closes because Highway 2 on the Iowa side gets flooded. I suppose I could cross the river at St. Joe, take 36 into Hiawatha, KS, and just head straight north up US 75 from there. Is that an option?
Finally, perhaps the easiest way to go is I-80 across Iowa, cross at Omaha and go south to Plattsmouth on 75. But I keep hearing that the 75 bridges at the Platte River are closed and expected to be for a long time still. Any updates? Should I just go out to Highway 50, south to Louisville then east to Plattsmouth, or are the Louisville bridges closed too?
I'm leaving Indiana in 48 hours. Any updates you could post between now and then would be very helpful. Thank you.
There are a couple of possible routes I can take. One is picking up Highway 34 in western Illinois and taking it into Glenwood and across the Plattsmouth toll bridge. I assume that Highway 34 on the Iowa side approaching the toll bridge is closed, as that is low ground. Can anyone confirm?
Another potential route is US 36 across northern Missouri into St. Joe, then up I-29 to Nebraska City, crossing into Nebraska on Highway 2. Is the Highway 2 bridge open? It sometimes closes because Highway 2 on the Iowa side gets flooded. I suppose I could cross the river at St. Joe, take 36 into Hiawatha, KS, and just head straight north up US 75 from there. Is that an option?
Finally, perhaps the easiest way to go is I-80 across Iowa, cross at Omaha and go south to Plattsmouth on 75. But I keep hearing that the 75 bridges at the Platte River are closed and expected to be for a long time still. Any updates? Should I just go out to Highway 50, south to Louisville then east to Plattsmouth, or are the Louisville bridges closed too?
I'm leaving Indiana in 48 hours. Any updates you could post between now and then would be very helpful. Thank you.