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Oct 19

A celebration of Highway 20

Posted on Friday, October 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Boston, Massachusetts, October 10, 2017 America’s longest highway begins in the cradle of the Revolution. From the five-way intersection about 2 miles west of the center of Boston you can see the lights for left field of Fenway Park, on … Continue reading →

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Oct 18

Iowa State-Bye preview

Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

(Highway 20 week or not, I have to be consistent.)

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Oct 17

After decades of waiting, a complete ribbon of highway

Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 20, 2002: Concrete for new US 20 ends at the Grundy/Hardin county line, as seen from the B Avenue/Z Avenue bridge. A full gallery of that fall’s construction can be seen here. ============== U.S. 20 between Sioux City and … Continue reading →

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Oct 16

The political effect, or not, of a ribbon-cutting

Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

November 12, 2008: Gov. Chet Culver addresses the crowd at the opening of the US 34 Fairfield bypass, completing the expressway between Des Moines and Burlington first proposed 40 years earlier (although, as originally planned, it used IA 92 to Oskaloosa). … Continue reading →

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Oct 15

One of US 20’s birth announcements

Posted on Monday, October 15, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Highway Markers Go Up This Week In Ida County and elsewhere over the entire state of Iowa the handsome new state highway signs are being erected this week. In some localities, the county engineers began putting them in place Saturday, … Continue reading →

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Oct 12

Iowa State-West Virginia preview

Posted on Friday, October 12, 2018, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

(Let’s ignore the place-setting of the Ozarks, shall we?)

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Oct 11

No Southwest Connector in Des Moines

Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 31, 2013: Polk County Supervisor Angela Connolly (holding scissors) and other city and county officials cut the ribbon to open a diagonal road between Army Post Road and IA 28 (1st/63rd streets) in West Des Moines at Brown’s Woods … Continue reading →

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Oct 10

America’s Finest News Source strikes again

Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Iowa Aims To Keep Young People From Moving Out Of State With New ‘The Stress Will Kill Your Mother’ Retention Campaign I mean, it’s not like anything else has worked. a press conference advising Iowan millennials to find a nice … Continue reading →

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Oct 09

Boondocks travel station closing

Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In the same weekend that we will celebrate the completion of four-lane US 20 across Iowa, a different part of US 20 history will be shutting down. The Boondocks Cafe, truck stop and motel, which opened June 5, 1973, will … Continue reading →

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Oct 08

As more of 20 opens, advocacy group prepares to dissolve

Posted on Monday, October 8, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Last Thursday, about half of the portion of US 20 in Iowa that remained two lanes at the end of 2012 opened to four lanes. It’s the segment between Holstein and Early, reopening after a detour that moved travelers onto … Continue reading →

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