Nov 23

Photos by the numbers: 18

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at 6:59 AM by Jeff

June 14, 2008: East end of US 18 in Milwaukee. Taken during summer 2008 Midwest road geek meet.

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Nov 22

No Thanksgiving opening for Fort Madison bypass

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 11:07 PM by Jeff

Weather holds things up.

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Nov 22

Photos by the numbers: 17

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 6:58 AM by Jeff

January 1, 2010, 4:59:55 AM MST: There’s nothing particularly special or good about this picture. In fact, what you see is about all there was in the frame, with the cold Phoenix night (morning?) sky edited out in between.

However, it was my first picture of the decade, taken eight hours after Iowa State’s 14-13 win in the Insight Bowl and two hours before the flight to Dallas.

This photo also shows that I-17 in Phoenix uses Tucson as a control city despite ending less than 10 miles south of here.

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Nov 21

Photos by the numbers: 16

Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011, at 10:06 PM by Jeff

September 18, 2010: The west end of IA 16. Or north end. Whatever. (See the page for an explanation.)

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Nov 20

Photos by the numbers: 15

Posted on Sunday, November 20, 2011, at 7:04 AM by Jeff

April 20, 2008: Mexico, Missouri. South end of the MO 15 that used to continue into Iowa. This BGS uses the lazy-squiggle state outline for the Missouri state shields.

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Nov 19

The view from Section O

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 2:06 PM by Jeff

Iowa State was 1-1 in Super Sports Week, after the women’s basketball team rallied to beat Drake and the men’s team lost. With a $11 $17 ticket waiting for me, I headed to Jack Trice Stadium hoping that the Cyclone football team would make the inevitable loss look respectable.

Interspersed with the official play-by-play, here’s what I was thinking: Continue reading →

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Nov 19

Photos by the numbers: 14

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 31, 2005: The north end of IA 14 in Charles City, east of here, was (likely) unchanged from its creation in 1920 until 2006, when US 18 was rerouted and two of Charles City’s three interchanges got re-signed. Now 18 continues on the four-lane past this point to the next exit.

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Nov 19

Iowa State 37, (2) Oklahoma State 31 (2OT)

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 1:09 AM by Jeff

Ames, Iowa — Now that is how you end a Super Sports Week. Article here.

Condolences to Oklahoma State University, not on the loss, but on the fatal plane crash that is a reminder there are more important things than sports.

(BTW, regarding my previous post about milestones: How’s that for one version of #600?)

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Nov 18

Photos by the numbers: 13

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 10, 2008: The southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. It’s only 140 miles up the peninsula through Maryland’s Eastern Shore and southern Delaware.

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Nov 17

ISU near 500th win – and 600th loss

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 7:33 PM by Jeff

Friday’s game against Oklahoma State is Iowa State’s 1137th. That much the athletics office and the NCAA agree on. But even before superficially drilling into the numbers there’s a discrepancy.

The NCAA says that through the end of 2010, Iowa State’s record was 494-587-46. Iowa State said it was 493-588-46. It is not one game in question, but three.

November 2, 1907: The Des Moines Register mentioned the controversy with this Nebraska game last year. A drop-kicked field goal bounced twice before going through the uprights. Iowa State said the four-point field goal counted, and Nebraska said it didn’t. College football rules chairman Walter Camp ruled months later that the field goal was good. The NCAA and Nebraska don’t accept that ruling. (The official NCAA record book says Nebraska is 86-17-2 in what was the 20th-most-played rivalry in history, while ISU says Nebraska is 85-18-2.) Continue reading →

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