July 24, 2019: I-80 meets I-29 right as it comes into Iowa. Technically, this gantry is on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. Ahead is the current highway welcome sign.
Some members of the Iowa Legislature see a need for new state welcome signs. I am sure a substantial majority of the current signs, though maybe not quite all of them, are in my pictures, even if only in the background. I decided to look up what I had, only to discover I forgot to upload a few pages for border-to-border highways for months. I wasn’t going to take the time to cross-check them all (some file modifications may have just been code cleanup), so here’s a list of what I know I added photos to in the past couple years.
- I-80: Eastbound pictures approaching I-29 from 2019. This was the page that tipped me off to the lack of upload. All of my 2006 pictures show the original configuration, now replaced with double-five-lane Missouri River bridges and big flyover ramps.
- US 52: New Mississippi River bridge
- US 61: Video frame of old Des Moines River bridge; construction document proving original crossing was on railroad bridge
- I-280: I-80 approaching east end in Illinois
- US 6: Speculation about 1920 system highways at the Ak-Sar-Ben and Arsenal bridges
- US 55: Updated research about its south end in Davenport
- US 77: One picture of westbound Gordon Drive as it intersects Wesley Parkway
“Fields of Opportunities” isn’t officially the state slogan anymore, but “This Is Iowa” isn’t really workable as a greeting. My suggestion: “Open fields, open roads, open hearts”. I think it sounds inviting.