{"id":14195,"date":"2022-07-15T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2022-07-14T21:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T02:16:40","slug":"dubuque-us-61-151-signage-to-be-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/dubuque-us-61-151-signage-to-be-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubuque US 61-151 signage to be updated"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJune 18, 2015:<\/strong> This exit sign along US 61\/151 in Dubuque is among those that will be replaced later this year.<\/em><\/p>\n

The opening of the Southwest Arterial, and subsequent removal of US 52 through Dubuque, resulted in a “green-out” on various signs on the US 61\/151 expressway\/freeway through the city. Soon those traces will be gone.\u00a0A July 19 sign letting that is officially “statewide” but mostly concentrated in Dubuque County replaces signs dating back to the early 1990s, when the road opened (see my Dubuque Highway Chronology<\/a> for more).<\/p>\n

Exit numbers are coming to US 61\/151 in the area, too! The letter of the law of “lowest highway number gets the exits*” would have resulted in some discontinuity, because US 52 was clearly a piggybacking route. (MM 47 in the photo above is 52’s.) But now that US 52 and IA 3 are no longer in this area, the state is taking the opportunity to add US 61’s exit numbering through the city. Grandview Avenue will be Exit 187, IA 946 (the connector to US 20) will be Exit 188, White Street will be Exit 189A, 9th\/11th Streets (plus the “Historic Millwork District”) will be Exit 189B, and Kerper Boulevard will be Exit 190.<\/p>\n

Signs in the letting have Dubuque Greyhound Park on them, but greyhound races ended permanently in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other parts of the letting include:<\/p>\n