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Mar 17

Photos by the numbers: 136

October 21, 2005: South end of US 218 in Keokuk. This is a creative way of working around the lack of space for mileage signs in downtown. Keokuk is the only Iowa city US 136 goes through.

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Mar 17

The millstone is off

It had been 4019 days — precisely 11 years — since the most infamous loss in Iowa State basketball history. Then, in 2 hours and 51 minutes, the title of “most recent 2 seed to lose to a 15” turned … Continue reading

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Mar 16

Photos by the numbers: 135

October 7, 2008: North of Lindsborg, Kansas, old US 81 switches from being right along the east side of I-135 to being a few miles west of I-135. At least when Kansas puts its US routes on interstates they are … Continue reading

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Mar 15

Pat Forde really hates Iowa State (cont.)

Remember the “BCS bylaw” joke after Oklahoma State lost to Iowa State? Well, Pat Forde is at it again, this time going after more than the basketball team: Best case: With the nation anticipating a Kentucky-Connecticut round of 32 game, underappreciated … Continue reading

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Mar 15

Photos by the numbers: 134

June 12, 2005: An odd, unorthodox exit panel on I-29 at Salix and a looooong bridge.

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Mar 14

Photos by the numbers: 133

May 10, 2002: North end of IA 133 in Nevada, right by the Story County Courthouse Justice Center. The Lincoln Highway is a few blocks north. IA 133 was created in 1964, when US 30 was realigned off the Lincoln … Continue reading

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Mar 13

Photos by the numbers: 132

March 19, 2007: I-35 north of the Twin Cities. The west end of US 8 (a partial interchange) and the north end of US 61 are right after each other.

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Mar 12

Photos by the numbers: 131

June 25, 2007: Near the President Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids. US 131 has half a mile in Indiana (which I clinched in 2000) and the rest is in Michigan.

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Mar 11

Photos by the numbers: 130

August 31, 2007: East end of IA 130 at I-80. The route used to go to downtown Davenport. Between 1941 and 1969, it was part of IA 150. It was considered a slightly more important route at the time, but … Continue reading

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Mar 10

Photos by the numbers: 129

June 12, 2005: One of the signs with the semi-infamous text “I-129” in Sioux City. This is the east end of I-129, which is a few hundred feet away from the state line.

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