July 15, 2007: One of the places getting new BGSs and exit tabs on IA 27/58 in Cedar Falls.
In Cedar Falls, the Avenue of the Saints is officially IA 27/58. The IA 58 freeway was talked about for decades before it got built, and held that designation for a few years before 27 was added. In this case, retaining the now-redundant 58 makes sense because that’s what everyone has called it.
The mile markers, however, reflect the lower number 27, and that’s where a long-overdue addition is coming this summer. University Avenue will be Exit 183 and 18th Street/Waterloo Road will be Exit 184, as I noted they should be on the IA 58 North page. The signs are part of the DOT’s May lettings.
Viking Road was signed as Exit 181 when the SPUI was finished. That means a Greenhill Road exit, should one ever be built there, would be 182. (Related: Has there been a renewal for the corridor preservation zone here? The active one might have expired a month ago.)
The exit numbers track closely with US 218’s in Waterloo, despite a few differences in their routes from their south ends.