September 13, 2011: Mile markers on wooden posts are rare in Iowa, but here’s one, in Appanoose County, at what was an end of IA 142. Just to the south is a short segment of old IA 2, which separated from the current route about a mile behind the camera. Note of middling interest: A driver heading east on 2 across the state would have seen the last McDonald’s more than 100 miles back, with the next one 10 miles ahead in Centerville. The next one after that is another 90-plus miles east in Fort Madison.