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Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous
Dec
28
Speed limit decrease on IA 5 expressway
The Knoxville Journal Express says the speed limit will be dropped from 65 to 55 “on the stretch of Highway 5/92 from the Y intersection to the north, past the Pleasantville exits.” I am confused about where the “Y intersection” … Continue reading
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Dec
18
On the road to Ollie
November 15, 2013 County roads V67 and V5G are both signed on the north-south road between IA 78 and Ollie, pop. 215, which was IA 304 until the Great Decommissioning of 1980. In Ollie, V5G splits off on a northwestern … Continue reading
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Dec
13
Iowa DOT wants to close interstate rest areas
I don’t have time for a full-fledged writeup about this important issue at this time, but here are some links: Iowa plans to close some rest stops (Des Moines Register) Plan to close rest stops worries truckers (Des Moines Register) … Continue reading
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Dec
11
New Lincoln Highway kiosks in Cedar Rapids
KWWL has three paragraphs, but the story notes that these are the last kiosks to be placed in Linn County. A different website has a 19-photo slide show of national Lincoln Highway pictures.
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Dec
06
The other I-480
October 1, 2013: A grammatically incorrect “Ends 480” in northeastern Ohio sign is placed just south of the Ohio Turnpike, but drivers must exit and travel a short connector to reach I-80. It’s not possible to travel the entire distance … Continue reading
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Dec
04
US 63 reroute in Rochester set for 2014
July 17, 2013: This is where US 63 will join/leave US 52, eventually. County Road 14 connecting 52 and 63 is still rural, for now. Although there were previous reports that Rochester MN had accepted the transfer of US 63 … Continue reading
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Nov
25
Reconstructed IA 86 now open
This photo from Chris Ehret shows new IA 86 at the Minnesota state line. If “Dickinson County” had been white on green and on the top of the pole, it would look like an older style county sign, but this … Continue reading
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Nov
21
I-74 bridge moves fractionally closer
Speaking of things destined to be built Real Soon Now, WQAD reports that construction of a new I-74 bridge across the Mississippi River is expected to begin in 2017 and won’t be done for another five years. All you will see … Continue reading
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Nov
20
Tama County US 30 meeting tomorrow
The Iowa DOT is holding a hearing in Toledo on Thursday to discuss proposals for upgrading US 30 east of Tama. What makes this hearing different from many of those in the past few years is that there will be … Continue reading
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Nov
18
IA 175 bridge transfer, end to tolls scheduled
September 17, 2007 The second-to-last privately owned toll bridge on the Iowa part of the Missouri River is about to be free. A story earlier this month from the Sioux City Journal (reprinted in the Lincoln Journal Star) said the … Continue reading
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