{"id":1236,"date":"2012-02-09T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2012-02-08T00:19:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T06:19:23","slug":"texas-day-7b-i-610-and-washington-on-the-brazos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/texas-day-7b-i-610-and-washington-on-the-brazos\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Day 7B: I-610 and Washington on the Brazos"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post covers the rest of my Sunday outside of the basketball game.<\/em><\/p>\n

College Station, Texas, Jan. 29 \u2014 <\/strong>I started out the day by clinching I-610 in light traffic. I had a little snag after exiting I-10 to get back on 610 to reach US 290, but it worked out. It was much easier to shift five lanes over to get to 290 this time.<\/p>\n

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\nThe north interchange of I-610 with US 59. Flyover ramps ahoy!
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\nSeven hundred and sixty three! The distance back to El Paso on I-10 is about equal to I-80 from the Wyoming\/Nebraska line to the Mississippi River.<\/em><\/p>\n

The US 290\/TX 6 corridor to College Station is all four-lane now. The newness of the pavement (and the 2005 map) show this was not the case when we had come down for the Houston Bowl.<\/p>\n

I tripped myself up by thinking I could go to Washington-on-the-Brazos before the basketball game. In retrospect I see how foolish this was. Fortunately, I had a cushion of time, so I spun back around and hightailed it to Reed Arena to see the Iowa State women play Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

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\nThis “unfinished building owned by a gunsmith” was the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I had about a half-hour trip back from College Station to Washington-on-the-Brazos<\/a> and only an hour left for the visitors center and Star of the Republic Museum<\/a>. I actually got most of it done, except I didn’t get to see the movie or tour Independence Hall. The museum includes the oldest known Lone Star flag. The grounds stayed open after 5 so I got to wander around the fields that used to be the town.<\/p>\n

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\nAbout all that’s left of Washington, Texas, today is the post office.<\/em><\/p>\n

I returned to College Station for the night to engage in a part of vacation I usually don’t have to worry about: Figuring out how to cram everything and a winter coat back<\/em> into a suitcase for a plane flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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