Category Archives: Sequences

September 2, 2009: On the northwest side of Waukon — you can see it on the map — IA 76 makes a turn off A52 (old IA 9) and heads for Minnesota. The unique characteristics of this sign are the … Continue reading →

May 10, 2007: US 75 at MN 171 near the Canada border. Although the picture shows a double arrow, US 75 to the left of this picture is a giant dead-end. It’s been that way for nearly a decade, since … Continue reading →

August 6, 2005: East of Peoria, two interchanges in a row on I-74 are for other interstates, I-474 and I-155. I-74 is Iowa’s connection through the southern part of the old Northwest Territory. It’s only in the state for a … Continue reading →

October 15, 2009: South end of US 73 on the western edge of the Kansas City metro. The location changed a few years ago, after Kansas moved the remaining independent pieces of US 24/40 east of KS 7 onto I-70. … Continue reading →

July 16, 2008: East end of US 54 in western Illinois. It used to go to Chicago; a piece that doesn’t stick closely to the interstates is still IL 54. US 36 was signed as the freeway route and I-72 … Continue reading →

May 9, 2007: Bemidji, Minnesota. Northernmost point traveled on US 71, less than 120 miles from Canada. My southernmost point on US 71 is in the Shreveport area.

July 15, 2008 and June 9, 2011: Split shields in downtown Indianapolis and St. Louis. Weird, aren’t they? I’ve been on I-70 from the west edge of Denver to the east I-55 split and from Indianapolis to Fredericksburg MD, leaving … Continue reading →

May 5, 2009: Kansas City, Kansas. This is after the rerouting of US 24/40 onto I-70 in KCK, taking away the independent segment of those routes east of US 73/KS 7. US 69 and 169 bump against each other repeatedly … Continue reading →

June 25, 2009: Sideling Hill cut on I-68 in western Maryland. Sadly, we did not have time to stop at the visitors center, which closed permanently six weeks later. Here’s a description of the geographical features. This trip also gave … Continue reading →

April 18, 2006: North end of US 67 near Iowa’s easternmost point. US 67 is a diagonal route, although its later northernmost segment runs more north-south. For nearly 35 years, 67 defined the eastern curve of Iowa from Davenport to … Continue reading →