May 10, 2005: IA 98 is expected to be turned over to Van Buren County July 1.
There’s a front door to this place, although it has less action than the blog page. I haven’t done major work on the index since the first few months of this website, and there have been enough changes to the Iowa highway system than an update is necessary. So why not do it on (approximately) the fifth anniversary of my first blog post?
I started Iowa Highway Ends on Angelfire in 2001 and kept it there for years, then moved it to a mac.com site, and then moved it here when Apple shut that down. (Dale Sanderson told me my Angelfire site stopped working, but that appears to be the case only on certain browsers. How that happens, I have no idea. All of the images hosted by Apple are 404’d, but there are still a good many existing ones, showing how many have stuck around since the beginning of the previous decade. However, all of the pages that used to be in the /ia3/roadgeek directory DO appear dead.)
One part of this website update is that SOMEONE neglected to create any page for Business US 30 in Tama-Toledo. Those responsible have been sacked and the page created in an entirely similar style at minimal expense. What else has happened since mid-2011?
- IA 370 is gone.
- The state turned over IA 926 (Business US 169) to Fort Dodge.
- IA 196 is dying and IA 471 is arriving. According to the state’s “Major Construction Projects” website, the reconstructed 196 opened at noon June 14 signed as US 71.
- On July 1, IA 98 and 192 will be dead, and the rest of IA 934 will be dropped on Waterloo’s doorstep.
- I’ve added in the secret numbers 404 (Business 75 in Le Mars, north of IA 3) and 461 (Business 61 in Davenport) to the main list.
- Finally, to cover all 98* active numbers, I’ve thrown in the best-kept open secret in the state highway system. Which one? You’ll have to look at the index for yourself.
*In addition, there is a 99th active number to be named, covering those portions of US 6 and IA 192 that are not turned over to Council Bluffs. It could be “192” — certainly sensible for record-keeping purposes — or something else entirely.