{"id":14706,"date":"2023-02-17T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=14706"},"modified":"2023-02-17T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T07:40:00","slug":"marcus-intersection-will-eventually-get-roundabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/marcus-intersection-will-eventually-get-roundabout\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus intersection will eventually get roundabout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/ends\/July09\/3_143_eblgs.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"230\" \/><br \/>\n<em><strong>July 23, 2009:<\/strong> Eastbound IA 3 at the south end of IA 143.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/ends\/ia143.html\">intersection of IA 3 and 143<\/a> just south of Marcus is on the Iowa DOT&#8217;s horizon for installation of a roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cherokee Chronicle Times<\/em> reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicletimes.com\/articles\/news\/roundabout-set-for-highway-3-at-marcus\/\">&#8220;an abnormally high level of fatal accidents&#8221;<\/a> has prompted the state to look toward a $4 million project. It&#8217;s not on the most recent five-year plan, but could get added to a future one.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an increase in development in the area. Big flashing red lights have been added to the north-south stop signs, but IA 3 traffic remains free-flowing.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most roundabouts, this one is wanted by the city, the <em>Chronicle-Times<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23, 2009: Eastbound IA 3 at the south end of IA 143. The intersection of IA 3 and 143 just south of Marcus is on the Iowa DOT&#8217;s horizon for installation of a roundabout. The Cherokee Chronicle Times reports &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/marcus-intersection-will-eventually-get-roundabout\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14707,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14706\/revisions\/14707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}