{"id":3937,"date":"2013-09-28T10:58:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2013-09-22T23:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T04:57:28","slug":"upper-midwest-trip-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/upper-midwest-trip-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Midwest Trip Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chaska, Minnesota, July 13 \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Since I was starting the day in Vermillion, I decided that I would forgo anything west. This turned out to be good because US 18 was closed between SD 19 and I-29. Then, when I elected to do I-90 to cross into Minnesota instead of SD 11, I got another break because MN 23 was closed between I-90 and Pipestone.<\/p>\n

Route: SD 19, (SD 19A to Centerville), SD 46, I-29, US 18, K12, A18, SD 11, 57th St, Sycamore, SD 42, I-229, I-90, US 75, MN 23, MN 7, MN 22, US 212, MN 41<\/p>\n

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\nSD 19A, which runs through Centerville, is one of the few suffixed routes left in South Dakota. The wide shield makes the state outline truer to form.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aerial photos showed there are two truss bridges across the Big Sioux River, near US 18 and A26. Both were closed, the one near US 18 more recently so.<\/p>\n

At Pipestone National Monument I watched the film and walked around the grounds. It was interesting; some dioramas at park HQ looked original to the time it was built (late ’50s\/early ’60s) but remained informative.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUSPipestone National Monument<\/em><\/p>\n

MN 23 had “Road Work Next 30 Miles” at the north Pipestone junction. Fortunately it wasn’t that bad, the blacktop-style followed by new, good concrete much later on. It had a couple of random four-lane segments and some one-lane-divided at intersections.<\/p>\n

I was making good time, so I headed east on MN 7 to see how close I could get to the Twin Cities. Turns out, the whole way.<\/p>\n

New counties so far:<\/em> 14 (4 NE, 1+1 SD, 8 MN<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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