Author Archives: Jeff

Mar 28

March’s US 63 news

Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 9:09 PM by Jeff

This was in one of the links of the map post, but I thought I’d break it out: The House approved a bill that would add the segment of US 63 between Ottumwa and Waterloo to the Commercial and Industrial … Continue reading →

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Mar 28

Photos by the numbers: 147

Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

September 1, 2009: Rochester makes an appearance on this sign heading north out of Luxemburg. I am not sure it is the first. For the rest of its route in Iowa, US 52 will run through, out of, and around … Continue reading →

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Mar 27

Map Day!

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 5:47 PM by Jeff

The 2012 map went live online today. Assorted sources report that the number of maps printed was cut nearly in half this year. This is not necessarily a bad thing as long as there are still enough. GPSs and smart … Continue reading →

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Mar 27

License plate countdown — ZGH

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 12:22 PM by Jeff

In addition, a Tama County YPK was printed in blue, meaning that YQA was the likely beginning of the black printing. UPDATE 4/22: I was wrong. All it meant was that it was somewhere between YPK and YQA. Now I’ve … Continue reading →

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Mar 27

Photos by the numbers: 146

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

May 13, 2002: North end of IA 146 in Le Grand, pre-bypass. The straight-through alignment of US 30 through Le Grand existed throughout the second half of the 20th century. Between the intersection here and Montour, though, there is some … Continue reading →

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Mar 26

Photos by the numbers: 145

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

June 24, 2003: West end of IA 145, one of three state highways in Fremont County killed off in the Second Great Decommissioning. Originally a spur to Thurman, after 1980 it connected US 275 and I-29.

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Mar 25

Photos by the numbers: 144

Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

   December 8, 2002; July 29, 2010; July 6, 2011: Three views of northbound I-35 in northeast Hamilton County. This was the original junction with US 20, evident with the Pilot and older Boondocks truck stops at the interchange. Since the … Continue reading →

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Mar 25

NCAA spelling compliance

Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at 12:24 AM by Jeff

While I was spending ten minutes* waiting for my exorbitantly priced** food to arrive during Saturday’s women’s basketball games at the Iowa Events Center, I had nothing better to do than look closer at the stuff by the concession stand … Continue reading →

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Mar 24

Photos by the numbers: 143

Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 12, 2008: These one-panel sign sets are in Newport News, Virginia.

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Mar 23

Photos by the numbers: 142

Posted on Friday, March 23, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

November 6, 2009: The left exit for US 65 north in Altoona was part of the original interstate construction. It made a lot of sense since the road underneath was not perpendicular to I-80 but at an angle. This enabled … Continue reading →

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