Author Archives: Jeff

June 25, 2009: Sideling Hill cut on I-68 in western Maryland. Sadly, we did not have time to stop at the visitors center, which closed permanently six weeks later. Here’s a description of the geographical features. This trip also gave … Continue reading →

April 18, 2006: North end of US 67 near Iowa’s easternmost point. US 67 is a diagonal route, although its later northernmost segment runs more north-south. For nearly 35 years, 67 defined the eastern curve of Iowa from Davenport to … Continue reading →

June 12, 2011: Downtown Chicago at the “classic” or “traditional” end of US 66. It is always interesting to be traveling on a lonely Iowa county road and hear news and traffic on WBBM. (Less so to actually BE on … Continue reading →

May 19, 2004: Downtown Albert Lea, less than five miles from US 65’s north end. This is also the south end of MN 13. It would have been smarter for Minnesota to extend US 69 either to this intersection (instead … Continue reading →

December 29, 2001: G.E. Patterson (Calhoun) approaching 3rd Street in Memphis. The problem is, even 10 years ago, official maps show that all the US routes have been moved east onto Danny Thomas Boulevard. But signage, and Google, still direct … Continue reading →

April 19, 2008: East junction of US 50/63 in central Missouri. My southernmost point traveled on US 63 as a signed route. (Arkansas shoved it onto I-55 and I-40 to nonsensically meander down to Louisiana.) US 63 is four lanes … Continue reading →

July 7, 2008: US 62 and 68 leave Ohio and head into Kentucky northwest of Maysville. US 62 is one of the nation’s longest diagonal routes.

March 19, 2007: North end of US 61 in Wyoming, Minnesota. The route used to go up to Duluth and then along the west side of Lake Superior to Canada.

June 25, 2006: Junction five miles north of the Iowa/Minnesota line by the Minnesota welcome center for both roads. Iowa finished four-laning IA 60 in 2008 and Minnesota is completing the connection to I-90.