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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Oct
21
More US 34 bridge stories
After seeing a short Omaha World-Herald story, excerpted below, I was puzzled for a minute. However, the story has mixed up the bridge across the Missouri River and bridges across Interstate 29, which got that exact new configuration last week. Westbound … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Highway Miscellaneous
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Oct
20
US 34 bridge ceremony, opening Wednesday
Information was slow to trickle out, but now the details are ready: The new US 34 bridge across the Missouri River will open Wednesday at 3 PM. The DOT press release did not include any information about an opening ceremony, … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous
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Oct
19
Philosophical
If Iowa State loses another game in the last minute in heartbreaking fashion, and it was on the Longhorn Network, and the entire state of Iowa wasn’t able to watch nearly all of the first half on cable, did it … Continue reading
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Oct
18
Cityview description of Lincoln Highway change is wrong
I don’t know what possessed Cityview’s Jim Duncan to open up a story about food at the Meskwaki casino with a Lincoln Highway conspiracy theory, but it’s flat out incorrect. Duncan writes: The Lincoln Highway’s course was only altered in one … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous, Tama County
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Oct
17
New I-80 to I-29 ramp opens
June 27, 2006: This sign assembly was the first gantry on eastbound I-80 after crossing the Missouri River bridge in Council Bluffs. Now the I-29 NB exit will be on the right side. The left “fork” for I-29, the first … Continue reading
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Oct
16
US 34 Missouri River bridge will open Oct. 22
After many delays, the new Plattsmouth bridge is scheduled to open Oct. 22, creating a shorter four-lane link from I-29 to the south Omaha suburbs. There are stories from the Omaha World-Herald, WOWT, and KMA Radio. After the bridge is … Continue reading
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Oct
15
Sub-$3 gas back in Iowa
Wooo. (WQAD) Even if my road tripping is limited right now, gas below $3 is a good thing.
Posted in Iowa Miscellaneous
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Oct
15
US 20 figures into governor debate
Story from Sioux City Journal. This version online puts the four-laning of US 20, and the closely related gas tax issue, as the centerpiece of the debate.
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Oct
14
US 63 closed in Waterloo for construction
This month’s closure of US 63 north of downtown Waterloo involves new pavement around the railroad crossing. News release from the DOT’s website. It is supposed to be closed for the next three weeks or so. This is a timed post.
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Oct
13
License Plate Letters — CPT, CSM, CXB
We’re jumping through the C’s rather quickly now, so the question of “Will Iowa’s cycle include D as a first letter this time?” will likely be answered sometime early next year if not sooner. The 1997 issuing cycle jumped from … Continue reading
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