A new piece of art will become a gateway to The Bluffs and with it, organizers of the project hope it will draw new business and renewed interest in the community.

A different shape, and a one of kind look. With all the construction equipment and hard hats surrounding the South 24th Street Bridge, it is definitely getting a lot of attention. "I was wondering what the heck that was but I think it's pretty cool," says Shawn Graalfs.

The sculpture is Albert Paley's Odyssey. When complete four massive metal towers will stand along the four corners of the South 24th Street Bridge and sit some 100 feet over the freeway.

It will create what Todd Graham, President of The Iowa West Foundation, hopes is something special for both locals and visitors. "And that this must be a unique community or there is something of interest going on here and hopefully they will think it of enough interest that they might get off the highway if they were traveling through and explore to see what Council Bluffs has to offer," he says.

The sculptures are erected in sections and then slowly lowered by cranes, a process which takes time and patience. "It's quite challenging, a lot of things that go into it, a lot of planning. It's been six months in the works for us since started fabricating them," says Hobin.

Each of the sculptures consists of as many as 15 parts, weighing as much as 70-thousand so big it was actually assembled in New York, dismantled and brought to Council Bluffs. Friday morning, the sculptures were hoisted up.

Graalfs says he thinks the piece will cast a positive eye on the community. "They're starting to clean this area up down here and they've go some stuff going on Broadway and it looks pretty cool down there too. I don't know, I think it's going to change some people's opinions about the area.

The project was funded by The Iowa West Foundation. It is the group’s eighth major public art installation in the area. The sculpture is scheduled to be complete in about two weeks.