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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Dec
12
Grand Avenue bridge reopens
Closed nine months for construction, the bridge just east of 1st/63rd Street is finally open less than two weeks before Christmas. Three of the planned five four lanes will be open. (Des Moines Register) This post has been edited.
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Dec
12
Iowa State FB should play at Northwestern in 2020
I know the athletic departments won’t go for it, but I’m going to suggest and write about it anyway: Iowa State should set up a home-and-home with Northwestern in football, playing in Evanston in 2020 and Ames in 2022. Why? … Continue reading
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Dec
11
New Lincoln Highway kiosks in Cedar Rapids
KWWL has three paragraphs, but the story notes that these are the last kiosks to be placed in Linn County. A different website has a 19-photo slide show of national Lincoln Highway pictures.
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Dec
10
MN 60 four-lane opens south of I-90
Happened Nov. 22, according to KIWA Radio of Sheldon. The road is now four lanes from Sioux City to Worthington, with three infernal roundabouts in the latter. The MN 60/US 59 intersection is now built so the four-lane is the … Continue reading
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Dec
09
An ambitious plan to raise US 63 in Waterloo
The Iowa Department of Transportation in recent years has put forth reconstruction plans for US 63 north of downtown Waterloo. The section in the vicinity of a railroad underpass had its own plan. Now we know what that plan is … Continue reading
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Dec
07
The worst Big 12 team of the ’90s and ’00s just won a championship
Baylor has its first outright conference title since 1980. Baylor had the most conference losses of any Big 12 team in the 1990s (1996-99) and 2000s (2000-09). The Bears’ championship comes two years after the Big Eight’s worst team of the … Continue reading
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Dec
06
The other I-480
October 1, 2013: A grammatically incorrect “Ends 480” in northeastern Ohio sign is placed just south of the Ohio Turnpike, but drivers must exit and travel a short connector to reach I-80. It’s not possible to travel the entire distance … Continue reading
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Dec
05
Cyclones.tv and aspect ratios
Because I am a Mediacom subscriber, at the beginning of football season I started receiving Cyclones.tv with my cable package. I do not have HD cable. For multiple cable networks, including sports and news channels, that have widescreen broadcasts, the … Continue reading
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Dec
04
US 63 reroute in Rochester set for 2014
July 17, 2013: This is where US 63 will join/leave US 52, eventually. County Road 14 connecting 52 and 63 is still rural, for now. Although there were previous reports that Rochester MN had accepted the transfer of US 63 … Continue reading
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Dec
03
Two basketball schools in the Big 12
Iowa State is judged to be one of them, at least when it’s only football vs. basketball. Iowa, meanwhile, is a “push” because the answer is wrestling, and Minnesota is a push because the answer is hockey. And while I’m looking … Continue reading
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