-
Recent Posts
Informational PDFs
- 2010 Iowa City Population Descending Order
- 2010 Iowa County Population Descending Order
- 2020 Iowa City Population Descending Order
- 2020 Iowa County Population Descending Order
- Iowa HS FB playoff brackets 2014
- Iowa HS FB playoff brackets 2015
- Iowa HS FB playoff brackets 2018
- School Directions Booklet FINAL
Key Posts
- College conferences and House apportionment
- How Iowa State has lost football games in the 21st century
- Iowa 2010 population breakdown
- Iowa daily newspaper publication, 2022
- Iowa school enrollment changes, 2001-15 (maps)
- Iowa's largest school enrollment gainers, 2001-15
- Kossuth County Area Schools and Rural Iowa's Population Collapse
- Post offices targeted for closure (1)
- Post offices targeted for closure (2)
Roadgeeking
Categories
Author Archives: Jeff
May
06
Informational meeting on US 20 plans
The U.S. 20 Corridor Association met in Sac City (which is no longer directly on US 20), and the Fort Dodge Messenger has a report. The immediate next step in upgrading 20 to four lanes will be between Moville and … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous
Comments Off on Informational meeting on US 20 plans
May
05
I-74 project timeline presented
The Iowa DOT’s PIM site has put online the giant posters that were at an informational meeting last week. The file is a VERY large PDF. Everything through 2020 is laid out, but that includes nothing north of Middle Road … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Highway Miscellaneous
Comments Off on I-74 project timeline presented
May
04
Exira school building fire today
This school fire is a good one — Exira is planning a controlled burn of its original brick building. The AP article about it notes that it was closed not just because of declining enrollment, but because “The structure was … Continue reading
Posted in Schools
Comments Off on Exira school building fire today
May
01
Des Moines and Diagonal: Polar opposites with similarities
A quirky fact about Iowa school districts will expire this summer along with the Clearfield school district. The Des Moines school district by far has the largest student population in the state. Since the closure of Lineville-Clio, Diagonal has been … Continue reading
Posted in Schools
Comments Off on Des Moines and Diagonal: Polar opposites with similarities
Apr
30
University Avenue construction needed, but not wanted
KWWL has a(nother) story about the troublesome state of University Avenue — once US 218, now IA 934 — in Cedar Falls and Waterloo. A DOT employee says there are “negotiations” for transferring jurisdiction to the cities. At the same … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous
Comments Off on University Avenue construction needed, but not wanted
Apr
30
License Plate Letters — CIB
I should’ve updated with a CH or two, but never did.
Posted in License Plates
Comments Off on License Plate Letters — CIB
Apr
29
Arkansas replaced I-540 with I-49
August 7, 2010: Every I-540 shield in northwestern Arkansas north of I-40 was removed last week and replaced with I-49. Although there is no connection yet to I-49 in Missouri, and any construction south of I-40 will likely take decades … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous
Comments Off on Arkansas replaced I-540 with I-49
Apr
28
Google adds Street View time machine
This was sort of under the radar, but the Wall Street Journal and CNET picked up on it. Google added something I had wondered about recently: For places that have had the Street View camera go through multiple times, you … Continue reading
Posted in Maps
Comments Off on Google adds Street View time machine
Apr
26
The secret almost-histories of IA 401 and 412
The DOT’s document archive is a wealth of information, most of the dry engineering type, but also more about signs and construction maps. Through that, I discovered one thing I never knew and one I wondered about in Iowa’s 400-series … Continue reading
Posted in Highway Miscellaneous
Comments Off on The secret almost-histories of IA 401 and 412
Apr
25
Anyone want to buy a bridge?
Tama County is fast losing its few remaining Pratt truss bridges from the beginning of the 20th Century. The latest bridge to be on the chopping block is one locally known as the Chambers Ford bridge, across the Iowa River … Continue reading
Posted in Tama County
Comments Off on Anyone want to buy a bridge?