Author Archives: Jeff

Apr 25

Northbound I-35 Ankeny rest area closes Monday

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 11:40 AM by Jeff

It will be the first torn down for the new interchange. (Des Moines Register)

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Apr 24

Where’s “US 20 in Iowa”?

Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 2:36 PM by Jeff

Not on Google Maps, apparently. “US Route XX in Illinois” has been applied to every US route in the country that passes through Illinois, from US 41 in southern Florida to US 20 through Iowa. And besides, even in Illinois … Continue reading →

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Apr 24

I-380 construction

Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 1:29 PM by Jeff

IA 297 had 50 days to live when this picture was taken, May 20, 2003 The most interesting thing about this summer’s reconstruction project of I-380/US 20 is the creation of unequal lanes. There is going to be a 14-foot-wide … Continue reading →

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Apr 23

Red light, green light

Posted on Monday, April 23, 2012, at 4:07 PM by Jeff

Des Moines has 420 signalized intersections. West Des Moines has 110. (Note: Sidebar on link may not work in Safari.) Tama County has six.

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Apr 20

A dozen pages updated

Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012, at 1:55 PM by Jeff

The most time-consuming part of updating pages, it seems, is re-counting the order for the photo dates at the bottom of each page. That said, these were from pictures taken in mid-2011. Pages updated: 62, 111, 113, 142, 202, 221, … Continue reading →

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Apr 19

Is there a doctor in the county?

Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 2:46 PM by Jeff

Taylor County has no doctor’s offices, according to this map. (Start at the national level and zoom in.) About half of the counties in the middle shade of orange there only have one doctor’s office.

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Apr 18

Pat Summitt stepping down

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 8:21 PM by Jeff

Summitt on the sidelines vs. Baylor, March 26, 2012 My tickets for the 2012 NCAA Women’s Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games were right across from the Tennessee bench. I finally had a chance to see coaching legend Pat Summitt … Continue reading →

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Apr 18

Woden-Crystal Lake’s dissolution dilemma

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 12:39 PM by Jeff

WCLT High School sign in Crystal Lake, July 2011. The “Titonka” plank has been removed. At the end of last school year, the Woden-Crystal Lake and Titonka school districts went their separate ways. WCL started a sharing agreement with Forest … Continue reading →

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Apr 18

Meeting on US 61

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 12:57 AM by Jeff

Last week, reported in the Burlington Hawk Eye. With the completion of the Fort Madison bypass and rerouting onto interstates in the Quad Cities, the only two-lane stretches of US 61 in the state are the 32-mile segment between Burlington … Continue reading →

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Apr 16

Photos by the numbers: End sequence

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

You knew it had to come some time, right? Well, I finally got tired of going through the same 10,000-odd photos (after sorting out inapplicable categories) in search of one more number. So there aren’t going to be scheduled posts … Continue reading →

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