This is a selection of photos from trips in the second half of 2007. Please note that the comments under the photos will not appear when you click on the image to enlarge it (800x600). Apple-click to open in a new tab.
South end of IA 62, east side of Maquoketa |
Historical BGS because Elwood has been renamed University Boulevard. |
Namesake of Kossuth County, Iowa, in front of the courthouse |
Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend |
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An Iowa City mentioned on an I-90 BGS in Minnesota |
Old US 16, Minnesota-South Dakota state line |
Good light on I-90 in Sioux Falls. |
One of two I-229's in the country. |
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First reinforced concrete bridge in the world, Rock Rapids IA |
What's a Tama Street doing all the way up here in the corner of the state? |
Lyon County Courthouse, Rock Rapids |
This might possibly have been an endpoint for US 18 when it was created, but if so, it was immediately extended into South Dakota. |
Nearly brand new US 75/IA 60 interchange |
Note that US 75 is exiting from itself as the four-lane becomes IA 60. |
The infamous, and now-gone, "I-129" BGS. |
The US 75/77 intersection in Tekamah NE has been turned into a roundabout. |
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Since 2007, Sac City had to make ANOTHER World's Largest Popcorn Ball. |
LGS at US 71 at US 20 EB, now the intersection of IA 471 and D36. |
Plow in the Oak, US 71 near Exira |
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This gantry was on its way down as the I-80/US 71 interchange was rebuilt. |
Whoops |
This photo shows a transition period in Iowa interchange signage: A mileage sign with standalone shields, but also single-panel signs. |
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Norma "Duffy" Lyon of Tama County made this cow-calf sculpture just north of the former US 30/63 intersection in Toledo. |