May 31, 2005: The former east end of IA 225, at IA 146, looking east.
The Iowa DOT has a request for public input, but not a public meeting, regarding a change to IA 146 at Searsboro. The minimalist PDF available (but, importantly, available) shows elimination of the curve for 146 at the intersection with County Road F62 (formerly IA 225), where the pickup is in the above picture. Southbound 146 would come to a stop at the intersection in the foreground, which would become a T intersection. East-west traffic would have the right of way.
Until the first half of 1933, when the present route was first graveled, IA 146 went through Searsboro. The intersection at the east end of the overpass (which first came in 1939) is where IA 225 ended for about two years.
Also, if you haven’t been to the DOT website recently, it went through a redesign that eliminated the side menu in favor of a GIANT SEARCH BOX at the top and a headline font so wide that capital O’s are square.