{"id":3932,"date":"2013-09-27T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:18:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:18:59","slug":"upper-midwest-trip-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/upper-midwest-trip-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Midwest Trip Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vermillion, South Dakota, July 12 \u2014<\/strong> The first day of my July vacation included visiting my 1300th county \u2014 again. First, though, I had some points in western Iowa to visit.<\/p>\n

Route: I-80, US 59, F32, M47, F24, IA 37, M16, F32, US 30 with LH loops, NE 91, US 77, US 20, US 81 (with NE 12 to NE 121), SD 50<\/p>\n

The beginning of the trip hit some towns in Shelby County I had not been to, and some brats at the Hy-Vee in Harlan. From there, I went west to Woodbine and followed the loops of the Lincoln Highway that I skipped while traveling the main route a few weeks ago. This includes the Harrison County stairsteps. It’s the first time in a long time the Iowa DOT has put signs on a dirt road, in this case the section that runs west of the US 30\/IA 44 intersection. The “loop” in Missouri Valley follows US 30 to Blair, and ends at the state line<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From Blair, I drove west to clinch US 275 for the third time, thanks to the Sidney bypass and now the full expressway and interchange at US 77. Then I went north on 77.<\/p>\n

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\nThe former north end of US 73 has been reconstructed into an infernal roundabout.<\/em><\/p>\n

Construction in Sioux City causes long backups on the Veterans Memorial Bridge at rush hour. I gave up on construction pictures there and headed west on US 20 instead.<\/p>\n

On the east side of Laurel is a monument to the B-17 crash<\/a> that killed a man from Goldfield. I continued west on US 20 to US 81, extending my traveled span on that route from Iowa.<\/p>\n

Wayne County NE, reached via gravel roads, became my new 1300th county after Bedford, Virginia, ceased to be an independent city.<\/p>\n

I was going to stop in Yankton for the night, but the city was full up. Instead, I had to go east to Vermillion. This would actually prove to be a good thing.
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\nThe former US 81 bridge<\/a> across the Missouri River has been retained as a pedestrian bridge. A new bridge opened in fall 2008.<\/em><\/p>\n

New counties so far:<\/em> 5 (4 NE, 1 SD<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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