Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous

Oct 09

Boondocks travel station closing

Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In the same weekend that we will celebrate the completion of four-lane US 20 across Iowa, a different part of US 20 history will be shutting down. The Boondocks Cafe, truck stop and motel, which opened June 5, 1973, will … Continue reading →

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Oct 01

Lincoln Highway bridge $5,000 from goal

Posted on Monday, October 1, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Story from WHO.

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Aug 22

Long-idle southeast Iowa pages get new photos

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 18, 2018: Old IA 79 remains labeled “DMC Hwy 79” but Des Moines County changed it to J20 — while not doing anything to Old US 34, which runs east from here. Middletown prettied up the intersection with a … Continue reading →

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Aug 20

US 20 completion ceremony October 19

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The first media outlet I saw reporting it was KSCJ radio. Now, with additional confirmation from the Sioux City Journal and the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune… Iowa’s ultimate US 20 ribbon-cutting will be 3 PM October 19 at Boulders Inn … Continue reading →

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Aug 14

I-29 supersedes exit numbers in Council Bluffs

Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 2, 2016: These exits for IA 192 and 24th Street are becoming Exits 49 and 50, respectively, heading north on I-29, as the dual divided freeway project advances in Council Bluffs. The two exits on the shared I-29/80 segment … Continue reading →

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Jul 03

In defense of rest areas

Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

June 5, 2014: Various methods of getting places are shown at the I-35 southbound Story City rest area. Inside is a historic look at the highways of Story County — the Lincoln Highway, US 30, and I-35. Rest areas are … Continue reading →

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Jun 28

Webster County hip to Historic Highway 20

Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

December 12, 2005: Business 20 approaches US 169 on the west side of Fort Dodge. Ahead is the beginning for Business 169 (former IA 926) as well. The Historic U.S. Route 20 Association, whose work I have promoted on this blog … Continue reading →

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Jun 04

US 400 is a deeply, deeply stupid highway

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 7, 2008: There’s a random 14-mile stretch of controlled-access two-lane US 400 in southeastern Kansas. This photo is in the middle of it, between Neodesha and Independence. Once 400 hooks up with US 54 77 miles west of here, it … Continue reading →

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Apr 19

Little Lowden Lincoln Highway link lost

Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 6, 2013: This malfunctioned photo is of the 155th Street bridge over Yankee Run near Lowden. It was a 15-ton limit then, lowered to 10 tons in 2014. Both the National Bridge Inventory and Bridgehunter say it was built … Continue reading →

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Apr 02

Could the state drop IA 922?

Posted on Monday, April 2, 2018, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

May 18, 2017: From the interchange at the south end of IA 922/Business 151. These shields have been replaced with the new wide style and small arrows. The Business 151 page has a bunch of new photos BTW. The Iowa … Continue reading →

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