Category Archives: Sequences

Mar 27

Photos by the numbers: 146

May 13, 2002: North end of IA 146 in Le Grand, pre-bypass. The straight-through alignment of US 30 through Le Grand existed throughout the second half of the 20th century. Between the intersection here and Montour, though, there is some … Continue reading

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Mar 26

Photos by the numbers: 145

June 24, 2003: West end of IA 145, one of three state highways in Fremont County killed off in the Second Great Decommissioning. Originally a spur to Thurman, after 1980 it connected US 275 and I-29.

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Mar 25

Photos by the numbers: 144

   December 8, 2002; July 29, 2010; July 6, 2011: Three views of northbound I-35 in northeast Hamilton County. This was the original junction with US 20, evident with the Pilot and older Boondocks truck stops at the interchange. Since the … Continue reading

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Mar 24

Photos by the numbers: 143

July 12, 2008: These one-panel sign sets are in Newport News, Virginia.

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Mar 23

Photos by the numbers: 142

November 6, 2009: The left exit for US 65 north in Altoona was part of the original interstate construction. It made a lot of sense since the road underneath was not perpendicular to I-80 but at an angle. This enabled … Continue reading

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Mar 22

Photos by the numbers: 141

August 31, 2008: Fading signs on new-ish metal pole northwest of Denison. The US 59/IA 141 duplex northwest of Denison is one of the few tiny non-interstate four-lane segments in western Iowa.

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Mar 21

Photos by the numbers: 140

August 12, 2005: West end of I-140 outside Knoxville. (Or north end, kind of.) Mainline I-40/75 is four lanes in each direction here.

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Mar 20

Photos by the numbers: 139

May 18, 2004: There was some strange signing going on in the mid-’90s. When the US 63 bypass of Denver was built, this was one of the signs put up. The exit BGSs had the same thing going, with the oddly … Continue reading

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Mar 19

Photos by the numbers: 138

June 10, 2011: IL 138 ends at old US 66 in Mount Olive. Actually, it’s OLD old 66, because as with much of I-55, there was a bypass route built before the interstate was constructed farther out. EDIT 3/22: Wrong Mount. … Continue reading

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Mar 18

Photos by the numbers: 137

May 10, 2005: A new alignment of IA 137 was built south of Eddyville along with the US 63 bypass. At the time of this picture, 137’s end had moved to new 63, behind the camera. The car is turning … Continue reading

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