{"id":4539,"date":"2014-02-26T20:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T02:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2014-02-26T20:10:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T02:10:04","slug":"lower-midwest-trip-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/lower-midwest-trip-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Midwest Trip Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Altamont, Illinois, Sept. 26 \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>My second major trip of 2013 covered the states and parts of states in the Old Northwest Territory that I hadn’t visited in July, along with Kentucky. Along the way, I clinched I-70 in two states (until the Stan Musial bridge opened earlier this month), visited my last two counties in Illinois, and saw my first SEC and Big Ten football games in person.<\/p>\n

Some of this text is in a choppier style from immediate writeup. This will be true throughout the reports.<\/p>\n

Route: IA 5, IA 92, IA 163, US 34 (via old 34 through Agency), US 218, IA\/MO 27, US 61, US 24, old US 36, Bus 36 into downtown Hannibal, MO 79, I-72, IL 106 to Barry, I-72, IL 267, US 67 north on new segment to Hillside then turn around, IL 255, I-270, I-70<\/p>\n

Once on IA 163 at Oskaloosa, the GPS had me going straight through to the north US 61\/24 junction north of Hannibal. It did not signal “stay on US 218” at Mount Pleasant or “stay on IA 27” at the split; it assumed I would follow the four-lane all the way through.<\/p>\n

Changes on the Fairfield bypass: “Convention Center” now a second line on EB exit for Business 34, and Keosauqua is moved to main IA 1 BGS. Farther south, “Former 394” is off BGS at 218 split, now “27 South” in Clearview in old space.<\/p>\n

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\nFont frenzy: That’s a Clearview greenout on an FHWA sign. For previous versions of this sign, see the IA 394<\/a> page.<\/em><\/p>\n

I did a quick stopover on the west end of Mount Pleasant’s Business 34 to detour within the city limits of Westwood, noticing a rare-for-Iowa “End State Maintenance” sign on the offramp.<\/p>\n

Followed MO 16 into Canton for Casey’s, which was closing the following week for remodeling. Missouri is among the states losing 89 octane gas.<\/a> I took the south part of business route out, new for me.<\/p>\n

I traveled some old US 36 in the Hannibal area, which was the business route in the city, and then IL 106 east of the Mississippi to Barry.<\/p>\n

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\nThe newer plaque at the still-extant west base of the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge in Hannibal.<\/em><\/p>\n

After I left I-72 at Jacksonville, I got stuck behind a semi for the ENTIRE length of IL 267. Corn looked very spiky, a few plots being harvested, some looked more ready than others.<\/p>\n

I followed 267 all the way down to US 67, where I headed north a bit to see the recently finished north end of the IL 255 freeway, and then headed south on 255. “To I-270” is south control city for IL 255. The GPS went bonkers because this was too new for it.<\/p>\n

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\nNorth of Alton. IL 267 is signed the entire length of the pre-2002 alignment of US 67 in central Illinois. Illinois has built an interstate-grade freeway, but only extended the 255 number, not the I-255 designation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Traffic came to a complete stop right after I-270 ramp to I-55 north and I waited 20 minutes to go 5 miles. KMOX finally mentioned the jam after I was out. Once I was on I-70, there were beautiful conditions during dusk.<\/p>\n

I ended the day in Altamont in time to see most of Iowa State’s win at Tulsa \u2014 the last ISU win until the end of November.<\/p>\n

New counties: 1 (Bond IL)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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