April 25, 2005: The “east” or “south” end of IA 152, right at Osceola’s north city limits. (Can’t believe this picture is a decade old.)
Jason Hancock has been checking the status of signs for IA 152 on a regular basis. The signs were taken down in the first half of April, most likely April 1, despite a decommissioning back in July and 152’s absence from the online county map since late last year. Jason’s speculation that this was about snow removal is a likely explanation, and possibly also because there was construction on its bridge over I-35 last year.
The decommissioning of IA 152, one of the shortest highways in the state even before the Second Great Decommissioning, leaves three numbers in Clarke County (I-35, US 34, and US 69). It was the second time the number was used in the county, relocated from being the spur to Murray.