October 9, 2015: US 12/20/45 share the road for a while on Mannheim (not Steamroller) Road.
In October I went after one of the more prominent missing segments in my highway travels: US 20 between Rockford and about Portage, Indiana. I felt an urge/obligation to do it because 20, of course, goes through Iowa, and is one of the major highways of the country.
I never intend to do that again, especially within an hour and a half of rush hour. Let’s just say, mistakes were made, and attempting to drive US 20 through the Chicago area should only be done if at all on a Sunday.
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES TO GO TEN MILES HOW DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS
There’s no place like home.
I have now traveled all of US 20 from US 81 to the Indiana/Ohio line, at least until the new four-lane is built in western Iowa.