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Jul
22
Iowa’s 1920 highway system: What ISN’T here?
In 1920, Iowa was the 16th-largest state in the country by population. That population was as distributed as it was ever going to be, as many rural counties had peaked in population 20 years earlier and were already starting to … Continue reading
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Jul
21
The genealogy of a highway
As you saw in the glossary post, this stuff can get into the weeds. I admit that some of the things I’m researching, I’ve done over a longer time span than the roads in question officially existed. Here I want to … Continue reading
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Jul
20
Iowa’s 1920 highway system: Your guide to the guide
This is an explainer for pages about the routes that made up Iowa’s 1920 highway system. It’s designed to augment, but definitely not replace, Jason Hancock’s and my websites. “In 1920, they knew it as”: Did the highway follow, or … Continue reading
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Jul
17
Iowa Highway Ends: A glossary
With my upcoming exploration of the 1920 highway system, I thought it might be a good idea to explain certain terms and concepts that will come up often. This can double for explanation of the website in general. I’ve done … Continue reading
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Jul
16
Iowa’s 1920 highway system: A series
It’s a project 100 years in the making. Or 20. Or five. Since the fall of 2001 I have been chronicling the endpoints of current highways in Iowa. It’s something that has both reached backwards in time (for older ends … Continue reading
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Jul
15
Roundabout plan renewed for Urbana corner
In late 2016, after a multi-fatality crash at the IA 150 curve west of Urbana, the DOT started looking at ways to change the intersection. The first was a simple, obvious intersection. Traffic to and from Urbana (old IA 363) … Continue reading
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Jul
14
Tama County Fair cancelled
The Tama County Fair in Gladbrook stood a slightly better chance of not being called off, compared to other county fairs, because it is so small, pretty much 4H/FFA exclusive. But then both the softball and baseball teams at North … Continue reading
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Jul
13
The Gone-der-burger, 13 months too late
Gunder is a map dot in Clayton County with one establishment to its unincorporated name: The Irish Shanti, home of the Gunderburger, a whole pound (post-cooked!) of delicious cow packaged between two slices of bread, served with crinkle fries or … Continue reading
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Jul
10
De Soto getting its first stoplights
The DOT has an online meeting for a small project on US 169: “installation of traffic signals at the I-80 ramp terminals along with turn lanes.” This is on the north side of the town of De Soto, and based … Continue reading
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Jul
09
Viking Road interchange complete
Pavement markings and cleanup on IA 58 at the Viking Road interchange in Cedar Falls were to be done earlier this week, a DOT press release says. I was a skeptic that it could be done, even when they said … Continue reading
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