Monthly Archives: March 2012

Mar 13

Photos by the numbers: 132

Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

March 19, 2007: I-35 north of the Twin Cities. The west end of US 8 (a partial interchange) and the north end of US 61 are right after each other.

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Mar 12

Photos by the numbers: 131

Posted on Monday, March 12, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

June 25, 2007: Near the President Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids. US 131 has half a mile in Indiana (which I clinched in 2000) and the rest is in Michigan.

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Mar 11

Photos by the numbers: 130

Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 31, 2007: East end of IA 130 at I-80. The route used to go to downtown Davenport. Between 1941 and 1969, it was part of IA 150. It was considered a slightly more important route at the time, but … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Photos by the numbers: 129

Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

June 12, 2005: One of the signs with the semi-infamous text “I-129” in Sioux City. This is the east end of I-129, which is a few hundred feet away from the state line.

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Mar 09

Photos by the numbers: 128

Posted on Friday, March 9, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

September 7, 2006: West end of IA 128 in Clayton County. Slightly different numerals for the three-digit sign.

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Mar 08

Today in ISU basketball

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 10:38 PM by Jeff

And that’s all I have to say about that.

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Mar 08

Photos by the numbers: 127

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 7, 2008: I-71/75 in Covington, Kentucky, approaching Cincinnati. US 25 is redundantly multiplexed from its junction with 42 and 127 in Florence, a few miles southwest, and then literally ends on a bridge in the middle of the Ohio … Continue reading →

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Mar 07

Photos by the numbers: 126

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 11, 2006: The intersection of Gervais Street (US 1/378) and Huger Street (US 21/176/321) in Columbia, South Carolina, a short distance south of I-126’s east end. The South Carolina State Museum is at this intersection.

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Mar 06

Every US topographic map you ever wanted

Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 7:19 PM by Jeff

The Iowa Geographic Information Server has long had 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 topo maps available on its map and photo site, but the USGS has taken it one step further. Zoom where you want. Then set a marker, get a list. Select … Continue reading →

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Mar 06

Photos by the numbers: 125

Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 31, 2007: Clearview in Scott County. This is at the exit for F55. Just to the east is the south end of old IA 956.

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