Monthly Archives: December 2011

Dec 12

WANTED: Post office news

Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011, at 12:34 PM by Jeff

I posted a couple weeks ago about the Buckingham post office closing. I’m sure there are others in the state that have passed the study period and are going to be shut down, although I’ve read the USPS has said … Continue reading →

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Dec 12

Photos by the numbers: 40

Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

December 27, 2009: North end of I-17 in Flagstaff, Arizona. I clinched I-17 twice in the first decade of the 21st century during trips for the Insight Bowl. I-40 doesn’t go to Los Angeles, but I-15 does and US 66 … Continue reading →

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Dec 11

Photos by the numbers: 39

Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 9, 2007: North end of I-39 on the south side of Wausau, Wisconsin. The freeway continues northward as US 51 to Merrill and as an expressway all the way up to US 8. I clinched I-39 in 2009.

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Dec 10

That’s a lot of gravel

Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 10:13 AM by Jeff

Plymouth County maintains 1,430 miles of roads.

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Dec 10

Photos by the numbers: 38

Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 7:09 AM by Jeff

July 6, 2008: For a short time in 2000-01, this was the only state highway signed with an interstate. The shields are extra-large. This segment of IA 38 went straight from gravel to interstate in 1960.

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Dec 09

Photos by the numbers: 37

Posted on Friday, December 9, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 8, 2010: This half-mile route running north from US 62 was my connecting route to touch Barry County, Missouri. I crossed the state line, turned around, and went to Pea Ridge National Military Park.

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Dec 08

Photos by the numbers: 36

Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

October 21, 2007: Cameron, Missouri, on US 36. This photo also serves as a 35/36 combination, south of the 34/35 in Osceola (although one number is a US route and the other is an interstate). Business 36 runs very close … Continue reading →

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Dec 07

Congressional district tables updated

Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 10:23 AM by Jeff

I updated the Iowa congressional history maps online soon after they were approved, but had to take some time tweaking the lists. But now, the color-coded county-by-county chart of Iowa’s districts has been updated for the 2010s. The 5th District … Continue reading →

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Dec 07

Photos by the numbers: 35

Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

December 25, 2001: Entering Texas on Christmas Day. But I-35 in Texas is long, containing nearly a third of its entire route. The visitors center where this was photographed is closer to downtown Kansas City than I-35’s south end in … Continue reading →

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Dec 06

Still the whipping boy, Part 2

Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at 10:20 AM by Jeff

Yahoo Sports’ Pat Forde manages to be both an SEC apologist and Boise State booster at the same time, while slamming anyone who isn’t (bold below is italics in original): People say Alabama had its shot? Well, Oklahoma State had … Continue reading →

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