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Author Archives: Jeff
Aug
23
Tama bridge’s future remains unclear
For the second week in a row, I went to a Tama City Council meeting. Once again, the Lincoln Highway bridge was the subject. My Substack is ideally about Iowa history and highways, and right now, this is the story … Continue reading
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Aug
21
Nevada interchange meeting this week
As part of the conversion of US 30 between Ames and Nevada to a full freeway, the Iowa DOT plans to build an interchange on the west side of Nevada near the airport. The exit would not be completed until … Continue reading
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Aug
18
State Center intersection a trouble spot
October 27, 2011: This intersection on US 30, the north end of old IA 234, has had several non-fatal crashes in the past few years, KCCI reports. The now-seeming tradition of trouble with at-grade intersections on roads upgraded to four … Continue reading
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Aug
16
Lincoln Highway bridge can’t be rehabilitated
See my story about Monday’s Tama City Council meeting on Substack.
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Aug
14
IA 906 decommissioned
July 24, 2019: This oversized US 6 shield was how the DOT initially signed US 6’s reroute onto I-80 on the east end of Council Bluffs. Straight ahead was IA 906, aka Kanesville Boulevard in the city. The Iowa Department … Continue reading
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Aug
11
Winding Stairs Festival marks Traer’s sesquicentennial
July 9, 2023: Happy birthday! We’re celebrating Traer’s 150th birthday this weekend, although many of the activities were back in June. The schedule is on the WSF committee’s Facebook page. My parents are grand marshals for tomorrow’s parade, which starts … Continue reading
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Aug
09
At long last, a correction in Traer’s highway history
For years I have tried to reconcile early 20th century maps of the area just east of Traer with the present alignment of IA 8. I knew that at least part of the diagonal heading east from Second Street did … Continue reading
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Aug
07
‘Tidings from Traer’
August 9, 2008: The north side of Traer’s business block was constructed after a fire in 1894 burned the whole thing down. Toledo Chronicle, August 7, 1873: The town of Traer, the present terminus of the Pacific branch of the … Continue reading
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Aug
06
The Big 12’s expansion, copy-edited
An unemployed copy editor is a hungry copy editor. The news story on Cyclone Fanatic about Big 12 expansion provided a buffet. This is done with Adobe Acrobat’s markup tools, although I used the old-school “remove character” mark for visibility. A … Continue reading
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Aug
04
The Iowa State Fair: An appreciation
My latest Substack column is about something I love. I admit that after going 0-for-3 in job interviews over five weeks, I’m not feeling the last sentence I wrote for it right now. Please subscribe, with money if you feel … Continue reading
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