Monthly Archives: January 2012

Jan 17

New football districts

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at 1:29 PM by Jeff

North Tama has never lost to Gladbrook-Reinbeck in football — but the neighboring schools haven’t played each other in a decade. That’s about to change as part of the old North Iowa Cedar League is reunited in the new Class … Continue reading →

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Jan 17

Photos by the numbers: 76

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

September 2, 2009: On the northwest side of Waukon — you can see it on the map — IA 76 makes a turn off A52 (old IA 9) and heads for Minnesota. The unique characteristics of this sign are the … Continue reading →

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Jan 16

Rick Santorum* visits the Tama County Fair

Posted on Monday, January 16, 2012, at 5:38 PM by Jeff

OK, not really. (Note: From Hulu. May not work in Firefox.) “At the Tama County Fair, I sampled a local dessert specialty: a 3-pound stick of butter coated with Crisco, then deep-fried, dipped into a mixture of olive oil and … Continue reading →

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Jan 16

Photos by the numbers: 75

Posted on Monday, January 16, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

May 10, 2007: US 75 at MN 171 near the Canada border. Although the picture shows a double arrow, US 75 to the left of this picture is a giant dead-end. It’s been that way for nearly a decade, since … Continue reading →

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Jan 15

Word of the Week

Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at 12:23 PM by Jeff

First, there was stridently anti-BCS/pro-playoff AP columnist Jim Litke: Oklahoma State, meanwhile, finished 4-0 against teams in the final Top 25 and likely would have claimed Alabama’s spot in the title were it not for an emotional overtime loss at … Continue reading →

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Jan 15

Photos by the numbers: 74

Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 6, 2005: East of Peoria, two interchanges in a row on I-74 are for other interstates, I-474 and I-155. I-74 is Iowa’s connection through the southern part of the old Northwest Territory. It’s only in the state for a … Continue reading →

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Jan 14

Photos by the numbers: 73

Posted on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

October 15, 2009: South end of US 73 on the western edge of the Kansas City metro. The location changed a few years ago, after Kansas moved the remaining independent pieces of US 24/40 east of KS 7 onto I-70. … Continue reading →

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Jan 13

Shield oddity in Kirksville MO

Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012, at 12:01 PM by Jeff

I am working on updating listings for the Clinched Highway Mapping website and found a news story from October from KTVO on the bypass of Kirksville, Missouri. What made me do a double-take was one shot, below left, of the … Continue reading →

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Jan 13

Photos by the numbers: 72

Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 16, 2008: East end of US 54 in western Illinois. It used to go to Chicago; a piece that doesn’t stick closely to the interstates is still IL 54. US 36 was signed as the freeway route and I-72 … Continue reading →

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Jan 12

Photos by the numbers: 71

Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

May 9, 2007: Bemidji, Minnesota. Northernmost point traveled on US 71, less than 120 miles from Canada. My southernmost point on US 71 is in the Shreveport area.

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