Category Archives: Construction

Nov 22

No Thanksgiving opening for Fort Madison bypass

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 11:07 PM by Jeff

Weather holds things up.

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Nov 09

Fort Madison ceremonially opens US 61

Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 12:19 PM by Jeff

I was hoping the bypass would open in the next couple of weeks so I could go to the ribbon-cutting. The bypass isn’t open yet, but the ribbon has already been cut. So I’ll need to go down there sometime … Continue reading →

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Oct 24

Joe Posnanski gets lost in Fremont County

Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011, at 12:58 AM by Jeff

Missouri River flooding 1, Sports Illustrated writer with a GPS 0: I took the exit that would take me West on Hwy 2, and got to the bottom of the ramp, and the GPS told me to turn left, go … Continue reading →

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Aug 02

US 30 four-lane by Toledo opens Aug. 13

Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at 1:18 AM by Jeff

Reports the Toledo Chronicle: A ribbon-cutting planned for Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. will mark the expected completion of the U.S. 30 Expressway bypass through Toledo and Tama and extension to the west. The project, from the Expressway near the … Continue reading →

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Jul 12

US 30 four lanes across Marshall County

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at 3:23 PM by Jeff

Delayed many years by budget troubles and one more year by rainy weather, US 30 is now four lanes from State Center to IA 330 – and, by extension, from Ogden to the casino in Tama County. It happened last … Continue reading →

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