Monthly Archives: April 2012

Apr 05

Photos by the numbers: 155

Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 6, 2005: I-74 near Peoria between two interstate junctions in a row, I-474 and I-155. The semi is from a company in Winfield, Iowa. An interstate intersecting two other interstates consecutively is pretty rare. In the Midwest, I-55 has … Continue reading →

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Apr 04

Construction for US 63/IA 3 interchange

Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at 6:06 PM by Jeff

From KWWL. (I’ve attempted to embed the video. Otherwise click the link.) Since the opening of the New Hampton bypass, this was one of two four-way stops, and the only stopping points on US 63, between MN 16 in Spring … Continue reading →

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Apr 04

Photos by the numbers: 154

Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

May 25, 2003: The now-defunct gas station on V18 at I-80 south of Brooklyn. It was in business just long enough to get rebranded to BP — that’s why I took the picture, Standards were rare anyway — but closed … Continue reading →

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Apr 03

More about the plate rollover

Posted on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 8:16 PM by Jeff

Odds appear good this won’t be repeated. As previously discussed here and elsewhere, “new” license plates started to be issued this week. The key to the “new” part here is that this also applies to people who have kept the … Continue reading →

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Apr 03

Mrs. Lindaman in the news

Posted on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 12:10 PM by Jeff

My eighth-grade algebra and ninth-grade geometry teacher will be the first principal at Ankeny’s new high school. In other news, I’m feeling old again.

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Apr 03

Photos by the numbers: 153

Posted on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 5, 2010: I left this picture big so you can see the “Oklahoma” inside the oddly shaped interstate shields. This is on I-40 approaching the east end of the multiplex. US 270 is hidden here.

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Apr 02

Walcott visitors center open

Posted on Monday, April 2, 2012, at 12:51 PM by Jeff

The welcome center at the World’s Largest Truck Stop replaces the one that closed in LeClaire. The move is actually  beneficial for travelers because now no matter how you come in to the Quad Cities, there is an eastern Iowa … Continue reading →

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Apr 02

Early history of each Iowa county

Posted on Monday, April 2, 2012, at 10:09 AM by Jeff

I’ve been looking for county information for a new project (great, but shouldn’t you be working on your old ones? -Ed.) and found that the Iowa Association of Counties digitized a book with a few paragraphs and important dates in … Continue reading →

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Apr 02

Photos by the numbers: 152

Posted on Monday, April 2, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 3, 2010: In the 1990s and 2000s, Missouri upgraded MO 152 to be a four-lane connector between I-29 and I-35 on the north side of Kansas City, but south of the airport. The use of Topeka as a control … Continue reading →

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Apr 01

Without a net

Posted on Sunday, April 1, 2012, at 12:46 PM by Jeff

Fifteen years ago, give or take a few months, I set up my first live website. For the first five years, I didn’t do much with it, setting up a few pages about the Titanic movie (!) and a couple … Continue reading →

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