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Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous
Apr
26
The secret almost-histories of IA 401 and 412
The DOT’s document archive is a wealth of information, most of the dry engineering type, but also more about signs and construction maps. Through that, I discovered one thing I never knew and one I wondered about in Iowa’s 400-series … Continue reading
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Apr
11
More information on proposed Wapello bypass
The DOT meeting about US 61 in Wapello, which I referred to earlier this week, has been scheduled for April 24. The project information is already online (PDF). In that writeup we learn a little more about US 61 in … Continue reading
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Apr
08
Wapello bypass part of future US 61 plans
A report last week in the Muscatine Journal says that an option to expand US 61 to five lanes through the town of Wapello has been removed from consideration. Two alternatives use a western bypass. Building a four-lane US 61 … Continue reading
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Apr
04
Interchanges out of US 20 plan in Dubuque
This is a “clearing the spindle” week, where I bring up items glossed over during posting of my trip log and my illness. The project page for proposed improvements to US 20 on the west side of Dubuque only includes … Continue reading
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Apr
02
IA 31 to be realigned around Correctionville
July 23, 2009: This intersection, and the road ahead, will look very different at the end of this decade. For assorted reasons, I never got around to making a blog post about the planned relocation of IA 31, but now … Continue reading
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Mar
31
Old 20 to be rebuilt for new 20 to progress
This is a “clearing the spindle” week, where I bring up items glossed over during posting of my trip log and my illness. In the current DOT five-year plan, US 20 is supposed to be four-laned between Moville and Correctionville … Continue reading
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Feb
26
US 30 speed limit in Glidden changed
KCIM-AM has a short blurb about a speed study in Glidden with a surprise ending.
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Feb
24
That Metaphor Isn’t What You Think It Is Dept., Net Neutrality edition
Wired: If you want to send a file from San Francisco to New York, the data will pass through a few different networks along the way, just as you would need to use multiple highways in order to drive from … Continue reading
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Feb
19
Refreshing the 900s pages
July 7, 2013: The Lincoln Highway meets IA 21 northwest of Belle Plaine. A loop follows the earliest route, while the main route follows 21. This was the east end of secret IA 940 (1980-2003). With this winter being what … Continue reading
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Feb
10
Benton County opposes J-turn at 30/218 intersection
As of August, the DOT had narrowed the options for what to do with the US 30/218 intersection (where the four-lane currently ends) to two: A double-parclo interchange, with ramps in the northwest and southeast corners of the intersection, or … Continue reading
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