DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) --
The Iowa Department of Transportation has closed a stretch of state Highway 2 in the southwest corner of Iowa.
The department says all lanes of the highway are closed starting at the Interstate 29 interchange in Fremont County and continuing across the Missouri River to Nebraska City, Neb. It's expected to be a long-term closure at the river swells to record levels.
An alternate route is posted on the department's flooding website, http://www.iowadot.gov/floods/index.html.
Iowa has already closed portions on Interstate 29 in Fremont County and around Council Bluffs due to flooding.
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