{"id":9424,"date":"2017-12-05T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=9424"},"modified":"2017-12-05T00:55:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T06:55:01","slug":"marshalltown-gets-its-sign-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/marshalltown-gets-its-sign-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshalltown gets its sign back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJuly 29, 2009:<\/strong> BGS for the left exit of US 65 NB from I-80 EB. The sign was removed when the I-80\/US 65 exit was rebuilt and expanded.<\/em><\/p>\n

After the Great Renumbering of 1969 ended IA 64’s status as a cross-state highway, Marshalltown did not have a continuous number connection to Des Moines. Now, it looked<\/em> like it did, because of the diagonal, but IA 330 stopped at US 65<\/a>. However, Marshalltown remained the destination for the US 65 exit on I-80, even though 65 does not go there. It was reasonable because of the diagonal and because it was a logical place to list it. (Marshalltown is signed on I-80 WB as a supplementary destination on IA 146, although in that case it would work better at IA 224, but then Sully or Lake Red Rock would have to get bumped off.)<\/p>\n

The IA 330 designation was officially extended to I-80 at the end of 2012, but shortly after, the sign to Marshalltown disappeared as the DOT began a project to add lanes to I-80<\/a> and eliminate one of Iowa’s most prominent left exits. When new signs came up, the listing was for Bondurant and Altoona, not Marshalltown, and there was a reason: The exit for eastbound US 6 wasn’t a separate ramp anymore.<\/p>\n

But now, the Marshalltown Times-Republican<\/em> reports<\/a>, Marshalltown is back on the BGS for this exit. On long vacations, for me, that sign was a way of saying “almost home” (90 minutes to go after multiple days away), so it’s nice to see the change.<\/p>\n

[The management is aware there is no webpage yet for IA 330’s south end at Altoona. The appropriate parties have been notified. \u2014 Ed.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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