Monthly Archives: March 2012

Mar 19

Photos by the numbers: 138

June 10, 2011: IL 138 ends at old US 66 in Mount Olive. Actually, it’s OLD old 66, because as with much of I-55, there was a bypass route built before the interstate was constructed farther out. EDIT 3/22: Wrong Mount. … Continue reading

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Mar 18

Ouch

Regarding the WBB game Saturday: Thirty turnovers won’t endear you to anyone, not even the Associated Press. Iowa State was in the NCAA tournament for the sixth year in a row. But the Cyclones sneaked into the field after losing to … Continue reading

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Mar 18

Photos by the numbers: 137

May 10, 2005: A new alignment of IA 137 was built south of Eddyville along with the US 63 bypass. At the time of this picture, 137’s end had moved to new 63, behind the camera. The car is turning … Continue reading

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Mar 17

Green day, blue day

“We ran into a buzzsaw today…” — Fred Hoiberg Ames, Iowa — When the wheels fall off a Cyclone team, they spin out far and wide. First up, the women against UW-Green Bay, which more recently has been de-emphasizing the … Continue reading

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Mar 17

Photos by the numbers: 136

October 21, 2005: South end of US 218 in Keokuk. This is a creative way of working around the lack of space for mileage signs in downtown. Keokuk is the only Iowa city US 136 goes through.

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Mar 17

The millstone is off

It had been 4019 days — precisely 11 years — since the most infamous loss in Iowa State basketball history. Then, in 2 hours and 51 minutes, the title of “most recent 2 seed to lose to a 15” turned … Continue reading

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Mar 16

Photos by the numbers: 135

October 7, 2008: North of Lindsborg, Kansas, old US 81 switches from being right along the east side of I-135 to being a few miles west of I-135. At least when Kansas puts its US routes on interstates they are … Continue reading

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Mar 15

Pat Forde really hates Iowa State (cont.)

Remember the “BCS bylaw” joke after Oklahoma State lost to Iowa State? Well, Pat Forde is at it again, this time going after more than the basketball team: Best case: With the nation anticipating a Kentucky-Connecticut round of 32 game, underappreciated … Continue reading

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Mar 15

Photos by the numbers: 134

June 12, 2005: An odd, unorthodox exit panel on I-29 at Salix and a looooong bridge.

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Mar 14

Photos by the numbers: 133

May 10, 2002: North end of IA 133 in Nevada, right by the Story County Courthouse Justice Center. The Lincoln Highway is a few blocks north. IA 133 was created in 1964, when US 30 was realigned off the Lincoln … Continue reading

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